street

rue

Voie d’une ville ou d’un village, bordée de bâtiments et d’espaces pour marcher.

En anglais simple : A road in a town or city, with buildings beside it and places for people to walk.

• Our street is quiet.
• They walked down the street together.
• There are three cafés on this street.

Synonymes : road

Expressions courantes : busy street, across the street, down the street

chaussée, rue

Partie d’une voie en ville ou dans un village où circulent les véhicules.

En anglais simple : The part of a road in a town or village that vehicles travel on.

• The street was wet.
• A car stopped in the middle of the street.
• Look both ways before you cross the street.

Synonymes : road, roadway

Expressions courantes : cross the street, in the street, street surface

rue, marché noir

Milieu non officiel, souvent illégal, où l’on obtient des marchandises, notamment de la drogue.

En anglais simple : An unofficial, often illegal source of goods, especially drugs.

• He bought the pills on the street.
• These drugs are easy to find on the street.
• She warned him against buying medicine off the street.

Synonymes : black market

Expressions courantes : on the street, off the street, street drugs