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traffic in English:

1. there's no countable version there's no countable version



English word "traffic"(there's no countable version) occurs in sets:

Non count - to count

2. is is


Is he sleeping?
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
The library is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Water is liquid. When it freezes, it becomes solid.
From year to year, pollution is worsening.
I'd like to make a call to Tokyo, Japan. The number is 3202-5625.
According to this magazine, the economic situation in Japan is getting worse year by year.
Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.
It is very difficult to persuade people to change their life style.
You cannot enter the museum. It is currently under repair.
My interest in politics is strictly academic.
The government's economic policy is credited for Japan's postwar economic success.
It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.
Zürich is considered to be a major financial hub.
A good biography is interesting and instructive.

English word "traffic"(is) occurs in sets:

Invariably singular &plural non-count nouns

3. signals signals


We must pay attention to traffic signals.
She gave him mixed signals.
This complex situation arose because signals from the environment itself can be inadequate.
We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
In the early days people communicated by smoke signals.
And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.
This means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.
A traffic policeman signals directions to drivers by waving his hands and arms.

English word "traffic"(signals) occurs in sets:

ROZDZIAŁ 5 COLLOCATION

4. jam jam


traffic jam
On the top shelf of the fridge we should store product like kefir, yogurt and jams, on the middle – cheese and cold cuts and on the lower shelf vegetable.
Please hide the blueberry jam where Takako can't see it.
Please tell me the secret to making good jam.
Would you help me fix the jam of paper in the printer?
I substitute honey for jam.
So all you need is good cheese and a jar of black cherry jam.
In 2011, Toyota recalled two million vehicles which, they alleged, had gas pedals that could jam and cause the car to accelerate uncontrollably.
He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.
We jammed on guitars all evening
Yesterday, our band jamed with Pefect.
The centre of town was jammed with cars moving at a very slow pace. The motorway was jammed solid (= the traffic could not move) all morning.
The door jammed behind me and I couldn't get out
if you want to slam or jam or dunk it.
Today I cooked little jam tarts with my cousin.

5. roundabout roundabout


The purpose of a roundabout is to slow down traffic.
Don't say it in a roundabout way.
I can pick you up at the Hyde Park Corner roundabout.
I'm at the roundabout.
There’s a roundabout on this road.
After hours of browsing TV Tropes, Lyle could predict the ending of any show. This gave him a distaste for entertainment that, in a roundabout way, enabled him to make time for a more productive life.
This roundabout is dangerous.
Turn left at the first roundabout
Take the first right at the roundabout to get to the port.
They are building a new roundabout in the city centre
At the roundabout turn left. Go straight ahead and then turn left at the first roundabout.
We didn't know where to get off the roundabout.
Washington roundabout
He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
Silicon Roundabout is home to a large number of IT start-ups.