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Too Much Traffic
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| with so many bottle-necks on so many roads (n) | a place where a road grows narrow or a place where there is often a great deal of traffic, causing traffic either to slow down or stop completely (вузьке місце) |
| car park (n) | an area of ground or a building where cars can be parked temporarily |
| roads are chock-a-block with traffic (adj) | extremely full or crowded |
| vehicles clog our city (v) | to cause a road etc. to become blocked, so slowing down or preventing movement of traffic |
| deal with congested roads (adj) | 1. extremely overcrowded, making moving around slow or difficult. 2. of the part of the body, blocked with an abnormal amount of blood or their fluid such as mucus |
| congestion (n) | the state of being congested |
| fine (v) | to make smn pay a sum of money as a punishment for breaking a law or a rule |
| parking is a source of frustration to many motorists (n) | the feeling of being annoyed and impatient |
| frustrating/frustrated (adj) | annoyed and impatient |
| provide garage (n) | a building, often attached to a house, office etc where cars may be parked or kept |
| cause gridlock in cities (n) | a situation in a city etc. in which roads become so blocked with cars that it is impossible for traffic to move in any direction and so it comes to a stop |
| motorist is very reluctant to leave the car behind (n) | a person who owns and drives a car |
| motoring (adj) | connected with driving a car |
| multi-storey (adj) | having several storeys or levels (багатоповерховий) |
| rely one multi-storey (n) | a car park having several storeys or levels |
| it comes to traffic offence (n) | an act which breaks a law or regulation (порушення дорожнього року) |
| park-and-ride schemes (adj) | adj. of a transport system, designed to reduce the amount of traffic in towns or cities, in which motorists park theur car at the edge of a town and takes a bus from there to the town centre |
| introduce park-and-ride schemes (n) | such a transport system |
| with many parking meters in evidence (n); smtm shortened to a meter | a machine at a roadside parking space into which you put coins to pay for parking and which shows the length of time that you may legally park |
| leave a parking ticket (n); smtm shortened to a ticket | an official notice which is placed on a vehicle to show that it is illegally parked and to order you to pay money as a fine |
| pedestianized large areas (adj) | adj of a street, etc, in which cars are not allowed so that people can walk safely |
| pedestrian crossing (n) | a place on a road where pedestrians may cross |
| private car (n) | a car which is owned and driven by an individual |
| indicate parking restriction (n) | a law or rule that limits smth in some way (обмеження) |
| restrict (v) | to limit the amount, size, etc of smth |
| with so many tailback on so many roads (n) | a long line of very slow moving or stationary traffic caused by smth which is blocking the road |
| traffic warden leave a parking ticket (n) | in some countries, a person in uniform employed to stop people from parking in places where they are not allowed to do so, or from parking smwhr for longer than they are allowed and to give parking tickets to motorists who ignore the regulation |
| find ways of dealing with so many vehicles (motor vehicle) formal (n) | a machine, usually with wheels and an engine which is used on land for carrying people or goods from one place to another |
| leave a parking ticket on a windscreen (n) | the front window of a motor vehicle |
Created by:
Anastasia Kudriashova
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