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Essential Road Direction Vocabulary

The document provides instructions and terminology for giving directions, including common landmarks and prepositions of direction. It explains terms like roundabout, zebra crossing, and junction, and emphasizes the use of landmarks to aid navigation. Additionally, it outlines various phrases for directing someone, such as 'go straight on' and 'turn left/right.'

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Essential Road Direction Vocabulary

The document provides instructions and terminology for giving directions, including common landmarks and prepositions of direction. It explains terms like roundabout, zebra crossing, and junction, and emphasizes the use of landmarks to aid navigation. Additionally, it outlines various phrases for directing someone, such as 'go straight on' and 'turn left/right.'

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"Go straight on at the lights / when you come to the crossro*ads."
(Lights = traffic lights; crossroads = where two roads cross)
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"Go across the roundaboirt." (Roundabout = where all the cars go

"You'll see I You'll come to a (bank). Then ..."

"Don't take the first road."

"Go on for about (2 minutes / 100 metres)."

Landmarks
We often make reference to landmarks when we give directions to
help the other person. These can be places in a town, such as
cinema, bank, bus stop, etc. They can also be parts of the road
system. Here are some common terms:
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taxi rank = a place where taxis queue for passengers
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lCvel crossingi -- where the road and railway meet. There are
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= a watkway that goes under a busy road so
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zebra crossing = black and white markings in the road for
pedestrians to cross the road (the markings look like a zebra's
stripes)

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cross. Often there are traffic lights.
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tinnel = a road under (or through) mountains
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cro5sioads = where two roads cross each other
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jinction = where one road meets another, and you can either go
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fork in the road = where the road divides, and you decide to go
left or right
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- turning = a road off to your left or right
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main road = a big road where there is lots of traffic
lane = a small road, or a part of a road (the left-hand lane / the
right-hand lane; the bus lane)

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Go across = cross something, like a road or crossroads
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Go along = continue down a road
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Go straight on = don't turn left or right
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Go but of = exit (i.e. a railway station)
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