Navigating by Landmarks
You can't hold street names — using landmarks instead.
- Them
Turn onto Whitfield Road and follow it around.
- You
I'm bad with street names. Any landmarks?
- Them
Sure. Walk towards the tall glass building.
- You
The glass one behind the church?
- Them
That's the one. Then keep the park on your right.
- You
Park on my right, and then straight on?
- Them
Straight on until you see the red bridge.
- You
Glass building, park, red bridge. Got it.
In the app you can tap any word for a definition, and turn on a line-by-line translation in your own language.
Words in this dialogue
- turnto change direction; to show up (turn up)
- ontoto a position on
- whitfielda street name
- roada way for vehicles
- followto go after
- aroundroughly; on all sides
- streeta road in a town
- nameswhat someone or something is called
- landmarkswell-known buildings or features
- walkto go on foot
- towardsin the direction of
- tallof more than average height
- glassa container you drink from
- buildinga structure; putting something up
- behindat the back of
- churcha building for Christian worship
- that'sshort for that is
- keepto go on having
- parka public green space; to leave a car; a car park
- rightcorrect; the opposite of left; just (right here); straight away (right away)
- straightgoing directly; not bent; immediately (straight away)
- untilup to the time that
- bridgea structure carrying a road over something
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