Belisha beacon
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a post with a round orange light on top that flashes on and off, used in the UK as a warning to drivers that there is a zebra crossing (=a special place where cars must stop when people cross the road)
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a post with a round orange light on top that flashes on and off, used in the UK as a warning to drivers that there is a zebra crossing (=a special place where cars must stop when people cross the road)
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a place where two roads cross each other, with a yellow box painted on the road surface where you must not stop
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a plastic object shaped like a cone that is put in the road to prevent traffic from driving or stopping somewhere
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a traffic light that gives a separate signal to traffic turning in a particular direction
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a dangerous or illegal way of crossing a street at a place where cars do not usually stop. Someone who does this is called a jaywalker.
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a place where one road crosses or joins another. The usual American word is intersection
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a place where a road crosses a railway and gates are used to stop cars when a train is coming
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a woman whose job is to help people to cross the road safely, especially children going to and from school
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a man whose job is to help people to cross the road safely, especially children going to and from school
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an area where vehicles must stop for people who are walking across the street
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a place for crossing a road where you can stop traffic by pushing a button to operate a set of traffic lights
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the legal right to pass in front of other vehicles when entering or crossing a road
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a piece of equipment with coloured lights on it that tells the driver of a vehicle to stop, go, or slow down
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an orange pointed object put on a road to keep traffic away, for example while the road is being repaired
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an area in the middle of a road where you can wait until it is safe to cross to the other side
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a set of black and white lines across a road showing where vehicles must stop when people want to cross the road
to not stop when there is a red traffic light
to continue driving even though a traffic light is red and you should stop
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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