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Our practical French teacher give you some vocabulary for getting life's ordinary tasks done. Today's lesson fills in the blanks on basic car maintenance.This feature is intended for both beginning and accomplished French speakers to provide practical vocabulary for common life scenarios.
Part one of this two-part lesson took you to the oil change centre; here we return to the mechanic, le garagiste, to cover some more complex maintenance tasks. The first step is to ask your neighbours or co-workers to help you locate an honest, reliable mechanic.A jack: un cric
Spare tire: un roue de secours
Donut tire: une galette
A patch: une rustine
Replace a tire: remonter un pneu
Wheel alignment: un équilibrage des roues
Retreds: des pneus rechapés
You may hear:
Your front left tyre is smooth. Be careful how it holds the road. You don’t want to start aquaplaning. Votre pneu avant gauche est lisse, attention à la tenue de route ou à l’aquaplanning.
Your tyre is cracked. There are cracks on the tyre wall. Votre pneu craquelle, il y a des fissures sur le chant.
OTHER GENERAL CAR VOCABULARY
To stall: caler
Warranty: une garantie
Remanufactured or retooled part: un échange standard
Connection problem: un problème de connectique
Faulty contact: un faux contact
To be in the wrong gear: sous- ou sur-régime
The car overheats: La voiture chauffe de manière anormale
The needle doesn’t go back down: L'aiguille a du mal à redescendre
The clutch is slipping: L'embrayage patine
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