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un embouteillage

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Definition: traffic jam, holdup, (fig) bottleneck

Il y a toujours des embouteillages dans les grandes villes - There are always traffic jams in big cities

C'est l'impatience qui cause beaucoup d'embouteillages - Impatience is what causes a lot of bottlenecks

Related: embouteiller - to block, to jam; une bouteille - bottle

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Pronunciation: [a(n) bu tay yazh]Audio Link

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