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41 by road
(in a lorry, car etc: We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.) par la route -
42 caravan
['kærəvæn]1) (a vehicle on wheels for living in, now pulled by car etc, formerly by horse: a holiday caravan; a gypsy caravan.) caravane2) (a group of people travelling together for safety especially across a desert on camels: a caravan of merchants.) caravane -
43 cockpit
['kokpit](a compartment in which the pilot of an aeroplane, driver of a racing-car etc sits: He climbed into the cockpit and drove off.) cockpit -
44 decelerate
[di:'seləreit](to slow down, especially in a car etc: You must decelerate before a crossroads.) ralentir -
45 draw in
((of a car etc) to come to a halt at the side of the road.) s'arrêter le long du trottoir -
46 draw out
1) (to take (money) from a bank: I drew out $40 yesterday.) retirer2) (to make longer: We drew out the journey as much as we could but we still arrived early.) faire durer3) ((of a car etc) to move into the middle of the road from the side.) démarrer -
47 draw up
1) ((of a car etc) to stop: We drew up outside their house.) (s')arrêter2) (to arrange in an acceptable form or order: They drew up the soldiers in line; The solicitor drew up a contract for them to sign.) aligner, dresser3) (to move closer: Draw up a chair!) approcher4) (to extend (oneself) into an upright position: He drew himself up to his full height.) (se) redresser -
48 drive off
1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) partir (en voiture)2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) chasser3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) driver -
49 drive on
1) (to carry on driving a car etc: Drive on - we haven't time to stop!) continuer sa route2) (to urge strongly forward: It was ambition that drove him on.) pousser -
50 driver
noun (a person who drives a car etc: a bus-driver.) conducteur/-trice -
51 flag down
past tense, past participle - flagged; verb (to wave at (a car etc) in order to make it stop: We flagged down a taxi.) faire signe (à) -
52 freewheel
verb (to travel (downhill) on a bicycle, in a car etc without using mechanical power.) être/aller en roue libre -
53 gear lever/change/stick
((American) the apparatus in a car etc which is used to change gear.) levier de vitesse -
54 gearbox
noun (the part of a car etc which has the gears in it.) boîte de vitesses -
55 meals on wheels
(free meals delivered by car etc to the elderly and the sick.) -
56 park
1. noun1) (a public piece of ground with grass and trees: The children go to the park every morning to play.) parc2) (the land surrounding a large country house: Deer run wild in the park surrounding the mansion.) parc2. verb(to stop and leave (a motor car etc) for a time: He parked in front of our house.) stationner- parking-meter -
57 right of way
1) (the right of the public to use a path that goes across private property.) droit de passage2) ((right-of-way - plural rights-of-way) a road or path over private land, along which the public have a right to walk.) droit de passage3) (the right of one car etc to move first eg when crossing a cross-roads, or going round a roundabout: It was your fault that our cars crashed - I had right of way.) priorité -
58 shock-absorber
noun (a device (in a motor car etc) for reducing the effect of bumps.) amortisseur (de chocs) -
59 speedometer
[spi:'domitə]noun (an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling.) indicateur de vitesse -
60 steering
noun (the equipment or apparatus for steering a ship or car etc: The steering is faulty.) gouvernail, direction
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