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Les Transports
Traveling by Train Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| l'aller simple (m) | one-way ticket |
| l'aller-retour (m) | round-trip ticket |
| le billet | ticket |
| le casier | locker |
| le chef de train | conductor |
| le compartiment | compartment |
| le compartiment (le wagon) fumeur | smoking section |
| le compartiment (le wagon) non-fumeur | nonsmoking section |
| composter | to validate a ticket |
| le composteur | ticket-validating machine |
| la consigne | locker area |
| le contrôleur | ticket collector |
| la correspondance | change of train |
| En voiture! | All aboard! |
| la gare | train station |
| le guichet | ticket window |
| le T.G.V. (le train ᅢᅠ grande vitesse) | high-speed train |
| la voie | track |
| le wagon-lit | sleeping car |
| le wagon-restaurant | dining car |
| un tableau | arrival and departure board |
| une ligne de banllieue | train serving the suburbs |
| une grande ligne | train serving major cities |
| l'horaire | timetable |
| le quai | boarding platform |
| le couloir | hallway or aisle |
| une salle d'attente | waiting room |
| une valise | suitcase |
| des bagages | luggage |
| une place disponible | an available seat |
| annulé | cancelled |
| sans escale | non-stop |
| un arrêt | a stop |
| complet/complète | full |
| descendre du train | to get off the train |
| monter en voiture | to get on the train |
| réserver une place | to reserve a seat |
| le prochain train | the next train |
| Il faut changer à Dijon | It's necessary to change (trains) at Dijon |
| en retard | late |
| avoir de retard | to be late |
| à l'heure | on time |
| de bonne heure | early (in the day) |
| en avance | early (ahead of schedule |
| ouvrir | to open |
| desservir | to provide service to |
| servir | to serve |
| partir | to depart / to leave |
| sortir | to go out / to exit |
| dormir | to sleep |
| trouver | to find |
| perdre | to lose |
| arriver | to arrive |
| payer | to pay |
| rater | to miss |
| vendre | to sell |
| entendre | to hear |
| attendre | to wait for |
| acheter | to buy |
| les chariots à bagages | luggage carts |
| rouler | to roll / to travel |
| faire la queue | to line up |
| la queue | the line |
| un annonce | an announcement |
| annoncer | to announce |
| le kiosque | the news stand |
| la plupart | the majority |
| quelques | some |
| debout | standing |
| assis | seated |