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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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street crossing, right of way
(pedestrian crossing)
noun: street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes.
Please explain the bold group of words. And also does the `stripes' mean (a piece of cloth) in this context?
Please explain the bold group of words. And also does the `stripes' mean (a piece of cloth) in this context?
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When traffic lights indicate that it's a turn for pedestrians to cross the (road)street, they cross it. Right of way-they have a right to cross the road.
- When traffic lights indicate that it's a turn for pedestrians to cross the (road)street, they cross it.
- Right of way-they have a right to cross the road.
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Pedestrian crossing is a small striped area(consists of white stripes( stripe here is a line on a road painted in white) where pedestrians stand and where cars are not allowed to be stopped.When traffic lights indicate that it's a turn for pedestrians to cross the (road)street, they cross it.
Right of way-they have a right to cross the road.
Right of way-they have a right to cross the road.
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User_gary(pedestrian crossing)noun: street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes.
Please explain the bold group of words. And also does the `stripes' mean (a piece of cloth) in this context?
right of way:
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