Parts of a car – internal

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Parts of a car – internal

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Inside a car

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	an air vent	ein Entlüfter	‘Can you close the air vents?’
0/0	air conditioning	Klimaanlage	‘Can you turn the air conditioning up, please?’
0/0	an interior light	eine Innenbeleuchtung	‘Can you turn the interior light on?’
0/0	a dashboard	ein Armaturenbrett	‘Don’t forget to put the parking permit on the dashboard.’
0/0	a fan	ein Ventilator	‘The fan is broken, so it’s very hot in the car.’
0/0	a floor mat	eine Bodenmatte	‘We need to buy some new floor mats. These are rather worn.’
0/0	a gear stick	ein Schalthebel	‘The gear stick on this car is behind the steering wheel.’ American English = ‘a gear shift’
0/0	a glovebox	ein Handschuhfach	‘The insurance documents are in the glovebox.’
0/0	a handbrake	eine Handbremse	‘Don’t forget to apply the handbrake at the end of the journey.’
0/0	a headrest	eine Kopfstütze	‘The headrests can be adjusted if needed.’
0/0	a heated seat	ein geheizter Sitzplatz	‘Does the car have heated seats?’
0/0	a heater	eine Heizung	‘The heater is broken. It’s very cold in the car in winter.’
0/0	a petrol gauge	eine Tankanzeige	‘The petrol gauge is showing that we don’t have much fuel left.’
0/0	a rearview mirror	ein Rückspiegel	‘Don’t forget to check the rear-view mirror before indicating.’
0/0	a sat nav	ein Satellitennavigationsgerät	‘I’m not too sure where it is, so I’ll use the sat nav.’ Or ‘a GPS’
0/0	a seat	ein Sitz	‘There are two seats in the front of the car and three seats in the back.’
0/0	a seat belt	ein Sicherheitsgurt	‘Have you fastened your seat belt? The warning light on the dashboard is on.’
0/0	a speedometer	ein Geschwindigkeitsmesser	‘The speedometer on this car shows the speed in both miles per hour and kilometres per hour.’
0/0	a steering wheel	ein Steuerrad	‘The controls for the radio are on the steering wheel.’
0/0	a warning light	eine Warnleuchte	‘A warning light is on. We might need to take the car to the garage.’