Roads
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a minor road |
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eine Nebenstraße |
‘Our sat nav took us on a number of minor roads to get here, so it took us longer than expected.’ |
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a main road |
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eine Hauptstraße |
‘Our offices are located close to the main road between Brighton and Gatwick.’ |
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a dual carriageway |
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eine zweispurige Straße |
‘It’s quicker to take the dual carriageway to the port.’ American English = ‘a divided highway’ |
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a motorway |
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eine Autobahn |
‘There are long delays on the motorway, so I suggest you take an alternative route.’ American English = ‘a freeway’ |
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On the motorway
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a central reservation |
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eine zentrale Reservierung |
‘There’s a lot of litter in the central reservation.’ |
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a hard shoulder |
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ein Pannenstreifen |
‘I think the car has a flat tyre. I’ll pull onto the hard shoulder.’ |
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a lane |
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eine Spur |
‘Stay in the left lane at the junction to turn left onto Station Road.’ This is in the sense of a lane on a motorway or dual carriageway. ‘A lane’ is also used for a small road typically in the countryside. |
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a motorway service station |
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eine Autobahnraststätte |
‘This is the last motorway service station for thirty miles.’ |
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Roads
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a cat's eye |
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Ein Katzenauge |
‘The fog was pretty bad, but the cat's eyes made it easier to see where the road was.’ |
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a junction |
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eine Abzweigung |
‘Go straight over the junction then turn right at the petrol station.’ |
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a one-way street |
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eine Einbahn |
‘You can’t turn left here - it’s a one-way street.’ |
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a pedestrian crossing |
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ein Fußgängerüberweg |
‘It’s safer to use the pedestrian crossing further down the road.’ This is also known as a ‘pelican crossing’. |
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a petrol station |
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eine Tankstelle |
‘Are there any petrol stations near here? I’m running low on petrol.’ American English = ‘a gas station’ |
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a pothole |
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ein Schlagloch |
‘We hit a pothole on the way here. I think the wheel is damaged.’ |
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a road sign |
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ein Straßenzeichen |
‘There are a lot of road signs at the junction, it’s quite confusing.’ |
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a roundabout |
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ein Kreisverkehr |
‘Our head office is located just off the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway.’ American English = ‘a traffic circle’ |
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a slip road |
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eine Auffahrt |
‘Take the slip road onto the motorway.’ |
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a speed camera |
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‘There are a number of speed cameras on the dual carriageway.’ |
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a street light |
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ein Straßenlicht |
‘There are no street lights along this stretch of road.’ |
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traffic lights |
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Verkehrsampel |
‘The traffic lights have stopped working so there are long delays.’ |
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a zebra crossing |
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ein Zebrastreifen |
‘The new zebra crossing has made it safer to cross the road.’ American English = ‘a cross walk’ |
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