exhaust-ridden

French translation: polluant

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English term or phrase:exhaust-ridden
French translation:polluant
Entered by: Maryline Pinton

15:20 May 28, 2018
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / tourism
English term or phrase: exhaust-ridden
My yearning to see more while being afraid to see more made me want to get out of the exhaust-ridden Taxi and run out on the street to start experiencing my life again.

I suppose it means old or dirty, but I'd like to be sure.
Maryline Pinton
France
Local time: 10:22
taxi polluant
Explanation:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=VoiwtjnR1WUC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 8 minutes (2018-05-28 15:29:52 GMT)
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conceive architecture's engagement with the dusty, dirty exhaust-ridden air of urban

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Note added at 9 minutes (2018-05-28 15:30:40 GMT)
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c'est un taxi polluant par ses gaz d'échappement....
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GILOU
France
Local time: 10:22
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Merci Gilles. Je choisis votre réponse pour sa simplicité.
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Summary of answers provided
5crachant ses gaz d'échappement
Christine HOUDY
4crachotant ses gaz d'échappement
FX Fraipont (X)
3taxi polluant
GILOU


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crachotant ses gaz d'échappement


Explanation:
"Ces motos partagent, sur la ville, leur souveraineté avec les taxis jaunes, de vieilles Toyota dont pas une pièce n’est d’origine, pétaradant et crachotant d’âcres gaz d’échappement, et possédant toutes un message personnalisé inscrit à la main sur le pare-chocs arrière : les plus pieux invoquent le Seigneur (« Dieu est mon Berger »,..."
https://www.edilivre.com/mag/frontwidget/preview/book/.../76...

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 10:22
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
taxi polluant


Explanation:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=VoiwtjnR1WUC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 8 minutes (2018-05-28 15:29:52 GMT)
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conceive architecture's engagement with the dusty, dirty exhaust-ridden air of urban

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Note added at 9 minutes (2018-05-28 15:30:40 GMT)
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c'est un taxi polluant par ses gaz d'échappement....

GILOU
France
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 250
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Merci Gilles. Je choisis votre réponse pour sa simplicité.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
crachant ses gaz d'échappement


Explanation:
Une voiture classique cubain crachant des gaz d'échappement et la pollution de la rue avec des vapeurs de fumée. Vu dans le centre de La Havane, Cuba.
Pollution Cuba Photos & Pollution Cuba Images - Alamy

Une voiture classique cubain crachant des gaz d'échappement


    https://www.alamyimages.fr/photos-images/pollution-cuba.html
    https://www.alamyimages.fr/photos-images/air-pollution-cuba.html
Christine HOUDY
France
Local time: 10:22
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 24
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