somewhere and often times it’s to work. So, an example sentence with carpool would be “I carpooled with three of my co - workers, I am able to save a lot of mon ey on gas because we take turns driving. ” Next, we will look at the word “traffic.” Traffic is when there are lot of cars or vehicles on the road at once. When there is a lot of traffic, the cars move very slowly or stop altogether. An example sentence with “traffic” would be, “There is always a lot of traffic on highway 94.” All right, now let’s look at telecommute. Telecommute or work - from - home, these are the lucky people that do not have to go...get in their car or on the subway and fight their way t o work every morning. People who telecommute are people who work from home via the internet. Let’s look at the word “shortcut.” Shortcut means a shorter alternative route. So, when someone goes a different way. An example sentence with “shortcut” is, “ My dad takes a shortcut when he gets stuck in traffic.” All right, the next word “standstill” is when the cars in traffic totally stop moving, may be because of an accident or something else that happened on the road. An example sentence with “standstil l” would be, “I heard there is a standstill on the freeway, I am going to take the back road s home .” And the last word we will talk about is “traffic jam.” Traffic jam is similar to standstill. It’s... when there is a lot of traffic on the road or cars, a nd they are stopped moving or they were moving really slowly. All right friends, that’s enough for this podcast. Thanks again for tuning into the English Tonight Podcast. If you like this podcast, please give us a five - star rating on iTunes and don’t fo rget to visit us at our website or connect with our active community on Facebook or Twitter. Until next time, take care and good luck with your English language learning. Good bye. Outro: Thanks for listening to the English Tonight Podcast . For more ti ps on improving your English or a transcript of this podcast , visit us at www.speakenglishtonight.com