Image: Les Colonnes de Buren, Palais-Royal, Paris, France
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Le tourisme
l’aller (m.): one-way ticket
l’aller-retour: round-trip ticket
l’auberge (f.): inn
l’auberge de jeunesse (f.): youth hostel
l’avion (m.): plane
les bagages (m.): luggage
la carte de crédit: credit card
la consigne (automatique): checkroom (luggage lockers)
l’hôtel (m.): hotel
faire du tourisme: to sightsee
le passeport (en règle): (valid) passport
passer la douane: to go through customs
le paysage: scenery, landscape
se renseigner (sur): to get information, ask (about)
la station (balnéaire/de ski): (seaside/ski resort)
le TGV (le Train à grande vitesse): French high-speed train (like Amtrak)
le train: train
le trajet: trip, drive, journey
les transports en commun (m.): public transportation
la voiture: car
le vol (complet): (full) flight
voyager (dans le monde entier/léger): to travel (all over the world/light)
WISE: online money transfer like Zelle or Venmo, used in Europe
Sur la route
l’autoroute (f.): highway, expressway
le carrefour: intersection
la carte routière: road map
le coffre: trunk (of a vehicle)
la contravention: traffic ticket
doubler: to pass
être en panne: to break down (mechanically)
faire le plein (d’essence [f.]): to fill up (with gas)
le feu rouge/orange/vert: red, yellow, green light
freiner: to use the brakes
garer la voiture: to park the car
klaxonner: to honk the horn
le panneau: road sign
le permis de conduire: driver’s license
ralentir: to slow down
rouler: to go, travel along, drive
la (bonne/mauvaise) route: (right/wrong) road
utiliser Google Maps: to use Google Maps