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GLOSSARY

trafficjam–whentherearesomanycarsonaroadthattheymoveveryslowly,

orcannotmoveatall

*TherearetrafficjamseverymorningonmanyofthefreewaysinLosAnge.

congested–withmanycarsthataremovingveryslowly,withoutverymuch

roomweencars

*MainStreetiscongestedatthistimeofday.Let’sdriveonadifferentroad.

bridge–apartofaroadthatisbuiltoverwateroranotherroadsothatcarsor

peoplecancrossover

*ThecityofEugeneisbuildinganewbridgeovertheWillametteRiver.

tohavenochoicebutto…–tobeforcedtodosomething;tohavenoother

optionbut…;tohavenochoicetodoanythingexcept…

*Wewerelostintheforest,veryhungryandtired,butwehadnochoicebutto

continuewalkingtotrytogethome.

bumper-to-bumper–withverylittlespaceweencars,sothattheir“bumpers”

(thelongpiecesofmetalonthefrontandbackofacar)arealmosttouching

*WhenI’mdrivinginbumper-to-bumpertraffic,Ihavetopayattentionbecauseif

thecarinfrontofmestopssuddenly,I’llhavetostopveryquickly,too.

shoulder–thesideofaroad,wherecarsshouldnotdrive;thesideoftheroad,

wherecarscanstopifthereisanemergency

*Toomanypeoplethrowtheirgarbageontotheroad’sshoulder.

backup–theareawherecarsaremovingslowlyornotatallbecausethereis

toomuchtraffic

*Weheardontheradiothatthere’sabigbackuponthefreeway,sowe’regoing

towaitafewhoursbeforestartingtodrivehome.

tobypass–togoaroundsomething

*YoucanbypasstheconstructionifyoudrivedownLincolnStreet.

stalledcar–acarthathasstoppedworkingwhileitisontheroad

*Theothercarsarehonkingbecausethere’sastalledcarintheintersectionand

it’sblockingtra