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Usages of la route
Le brouillard matinal cache parfois la route.
Morning fog sometimes hides the road.
La route est longue.
The road is long.
Les policiers disent qu’il faut rester à l’arrêt jusqu’à ce qu’ils ouvrent la route.
The police officers say we must stay stopped until they reopen the road.
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