Vocabulary

ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Asking the way

I’m a stranger here

I’m a foreigner

Excuse me, can you tell me where... is?

Can you tell me the way to...?

How can I get from here to...?

Can you tell me how to get to...?

Is it far from here?

Is it too far to walk?

How far is it from here?

Can I walk there or must I take a bus or subway?

What is the shortest way to...?

What is the best way to get there?

Can you show me how to get there on this map?

Write down the address for me, please

I’m trying to locate this address

I don’t know the way to...

I’ve lost my way

Officer, I think I’m lost

What’s the name of this street?

Am I going the right way for...? In what direction must I go?

Where is the crossing?

Is there a city information center?

Where is the city information center?

Is there a subway station (post office, coffee shop, McDonalds) near here?

This way, sir.

It’s only a short way to the square.

It’s a long way from here.

Which is the best way there?

You are going in the opposite way (direction).

I can’t find my way in.

Which is the way out?

Are you going my way?

Shall I see you part of the way?

He lives over the way (on the other side of the road).

It is an out-of-the-way place (corner).

The taxi-driver brought us a long way round, not by the shortest way.

Where does the road lead?

You may go by either road.

You’ve mistaken the road.

May I help you over the road?

Are we on the right road?

On turning the corner you’ll see that the road descends steeply.

The road slopes to the sea by a gradual descent.

The roads are slick (slippery) with wet mud.

The motor-car skidded (slipped sidewise) on the wet road.

It’s a long distance off.

It’s no distance at all.

It’s quite a distance from here.

Oh, some distance.

He lives within easy distance from his office.

My house is within walking distance from the University.

VOCABULARY

avenue авеню

beach пляж

block квартал

booth будка, кабина

busy занятый, оживлённый (об улице)

centre центр

change изменять, менять

cinema кинотеатр

circus цирк

corner угол

cross пересекать, переходить (улицу)

crossing перекрёсток

estate жилой квартал

fare плата за проезд

find out узнавать, разузнавать

get on сесть (на трамвай)

get off выйти (из трамвая)

hostel общежитие

lane переулок

left левый

main главный, основной

mean (meant, meant) иметь в виду

noisy шумный

number номер

pardon me извините

pavement тротуар

place место; ставить, помещать

pleasure удовольствие

porter носильщик

post почта

post office почтамт

right правый

run (ran, run) бегать, ходить

square площадь

stop остановка; останавливаться

store; department store магазин; универмаг

taxi-rank стоянка такси

trolley-bus троллейбус

turn поворачивать

underground метро

zoo зоопарк