left
/lɛft/The side of your body where your heart is.
Example: Turn left at the traffic lights and keep going.
A110 words · Beginner
Giving Directions vocabulary — A1
Directions vocabulary for the basics, such as left and right, and straight, turn or stop, plus following a sign to the end of the way.
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10right
/raɪt/The side of your body opposite the side where your heart is.
Example:
The bank is on your right, just after the bridge.
straight
/streɪt/Going forward in one line, without turning to any side.
Example:
Go straight for two hundred metres and you'll see it.
walk
/wɔk/To move somewhere on your feet, one step at a time.
Example:
You can walk to the museum in ten minutes.
turn
/tɜrn/To change the way you are going so that you face a new side.
Example:
Turn at the second street after the church.
way
/weɪ/The road or path that takes you from one place to another.
Example:
Can you show me the way to the beach?
sign
/saɪn/A flat board with words, pictures or arrows that tells people where to go or what to do.
Example:
The sign by the road points to the beach.
stop
/stɑp/To no longer move, or to make something no longer move.
Example:
Stop at the corner and wait for the green light.
past
/pæst/Continuing on beyond a place, without stopping there.
Example:
Walk past the bakery, and the bank is on your left.
end
/ɛnd/The point where something, like a road, finishes.
Example:
The hotel is at the end of this street.
