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1 traffic lights
(lights of changing colours for controlling traffic at road crossings etc: Turn left at the traffic lights.) semafor -
2 traffic island
(a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across.) dopravný ostrovček -
3 traffic jam
(a situation in which large numbers of road vehicles are prevented from proceeding freely.) dopravná zápcha -
4 lane
[lein]1) (a narrow road or street: a winding lane.) úzka ulička2) (used in the names of certain roads or streets: His address is 12 Penny Lane.) ulica3) (a division of a road for one line of traffic: The new motorway has three lanes in each direction.) pruh4) (a regular course across the sea taken by ships: a regular shipping lane.) linka* * *• úzka ulica• špalier• ulicka• priechod• dopravný pás• jazdný pruh• chodnícek• cesticka• polná cesta• medza• morská cesta -
5 approach
[ə'prəu ] 1. verb(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) priblížiť sa (k)2. noun1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) príchod2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) prístup3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) pokus (o zblíženie, získanie niečoho)•- approaching* * *• približovanie• priblížit sa• príchod• približovat sa• prístup• priblíženie• pristupovat• blížit sa• postoj• pomer• ponatie• obrátit sa na -
6 diversion
1) (an alteration to a traffic route: There's a diversion at the end of the road.) odbočka2) ((an act of) diverting attention.) odvrátenie3) ((an) amusement.) zábava* * *• zábava• vyrušenie• delba• rozptýlenie• odvrátenie• obchádzka -
7 obstruct
1) (to block or close: The road was obstructed by a fallen tree.) zatarasiť2) (to stop (something) moving past or making progress: The crashed lorry obstructed the traffic.) prekážať•- obstructive* * *• zablokovat• zarazit• zatarasit• zapchat• zahatat• stát v ceste• stažit• stažovat• upchat• prekážat• hatit• brzdit• byt v ceste• bránit• cinit prekážky -
8 route
1. noun(a way of getting somewhere; a road: Our route took us through the mountains.) cesta2. verb(to arrange a route for: Heavy traffic was routed round the outside of the town.) nasmerovať cestu* * *• viest• smerovat• smer• trat• trat dostihu• urcit cestu• urcit smer• trasa• udat smer• dráha• cesta• rozkaz -
9 dual carriageway
(a road divided by a central strip of land etc with each side used by traffic moving in one direction.) dvojprúdová vozovka -
10 jaywalker
['‹eiwo:kə](a person who walks carelessly among traffic: She never looks to see if there's a car coming before she crosses the road - she's a jaywalker.) nedisciplinovaný chodec -
11 lay-by
plural - lay-bys; noun (especially in Britain, a short extra part at the side of a road for people to stop their cars in, out of the way of the traffic.) -
12 motorway
noun (a road specially made for fast traffic: They are building a new motorway to link the two cities.) diaľnica -
13 roadblock
noun (a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic: to set up a roadblock.) zátarasa, prekážka -
14 roadworks
noun plural (the building or repairing of a road: The traffic was held up by the roadworks.) práca na ceste -
15 superhighway
((American) a very wide road for fast traffic.) superdiaľnica
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