Vocabulary
balai
broom; broomstick flown by witches; the last bus or train (at night); tail (of a bird of prey); brush (electrical contact); blade (of windscreen wiper); year (used in referring to someone’s age)
Noun
composter
to stamp or punch (a ticket) to validate it before boarding a train or a bus; to create compost using biodegradable materials; to add compost to the ground
Verb
laid comme les sept péchés capitaux
ugly as sin; looking like the back end of a bus (extremely ugly)
Adjective
gare routière
bus station (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes)
Noun
autobus à plate-forme
A type of urban bus with a small platform at the back, once prevalent in Paris.
Noun
buse
hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo); idiot, fool; fail (fail of an exam, in school); nozzle; pipe, conduit
Noun