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Helpful Labels – The Car Posted by on Jan 19, 2015

In our previous ‘Helpful Labels’ posts we looked at short, useful phrases which could be made into labels and placed strategically in relevant places around  the house. Today we are going out and about in the car. Sticking labels all over the interior of your car may not be very practical, so we’ll leave it…

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A Flat Tyre Posted by on Dec 3, 2013

Yesterday morning we were going to buy some milk from the supermarket, and as Geoff was parking the car next to the curb, he touched it with the edge of the tyre. We heard a scraping noise  and then the car started going down on one side. “****!!!” said Geoff angrily. So he parked the…

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La Macchina, Un Vocabolario Posted by on Jan 25, 2013

So, you’re traveling in Italy and you’ve got a problem with la tua macchina but your car vocabulary consists of la macchina (the car), le ruote (the wheels) and lo sterzo (the steering wheel). How do you go about telling the mechanic that there’s a strange noise coming from the left rear passenger seat, that…

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