lift British ride american /lift, raid/ (n C] if
you give someone a lift or a ride, you take them somewhere in your car give sb a li/t/ride Pedro stopped to give me a lift.
+ to Do you need a ride to school? a lift/ride home I accepted her offer of a
lift home.
someone who drives а car, train, or other vehicle
driver /'draivзг/ |n C) someone who drives
a car, bus, train etc: A car and a truck crashed into each other, but both drivers were unhurt. I accidents caused by drunk drivers
a good/bad driver Masahiro is an excellent driver.
a bus/traia/truck driver Ask the bus
driver where to get off.
motorist /'msour^st/ [n C| someone who
DRIVE
drives а саг: motorists who ignore speed limits
Use the word motorist when you are talking about laws, taxes, or prices that affect people who drive cars.
chauffeur //эо^г, ;эиТз:г/ [л С] someone whose job is to drive а саг for a rich or important person: Princess Diana's chauffeur held the door open for her.
motorists/the motorist (=all motorists, considered as a group) Motorists will have to pay another £60 a year in tax. \ Why should the countryside be destroyed for the benefit of the motorist?
A
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DRIVE
Then, when you came to a junction, you pulled out without signalling or looking.
A David has just taken his ^^ driving test
DRIVE
David takes his driving test
0 First, you drove all the way along the street without changing gear.
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...and overtook a police car.
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^^ Then I asked you to find a parking space. First, you tried to park in one that was too small and you scraped the side of the car.
vocabulary
accident teksid?nt/ (n C] when а саг, bus, train etc hits another vehicle or hits a person, tree, or building, causing damage or injuries Have an accident Ken had an accident when he was driving to work.
bad/serfous/terribU accident Highway Patrol reported a serious accident on Avenue 7. brake /breik/ [n CJ the thing that you use to make a car go more slowly or to make it stop slam on your brakes («press die brakes very hard to make your car stop suddenly) brake (u I/T] to slow down or stop by using the brakes
crash into stk/kraj intu: (sth)/ (phrasa/ verb T] if
one vehide crashes Into another, or into a tree, building etc, it hits it hard and causes damage deru /dent/ ju T| to cause slight damage to something, making a hollow area in Its surface by hitting it: Someone's dented my new car!
driving licence British driver's license American /"draivir] ,la!s*is, draivdrz (lais*is/ |n C| an official
document which proves that you have the legal
right to drive a car alone
driving test Alrarvn) .test/ In C] a test that you must pass before you can legally drive alone take your driving test (=do your driving test) I'm taking my driving test on Friday - wish me luck! p cut/fail your driving test (=be successful or not)
examiner /ig'zaminar/ (n CI the person who watches you drive when you take your test, and who decides whether you pass or fail
gear/fliaV [n CJ a part of the system in a car that turns power from the engine into movement. Cars have
several gears, which you can change as you go faster
or тенге slowly: The new Toyota has five gears, first qearlsecond gear etc The traffic was very slow, and we moued along in first gear, скалt§« gear British sfc^fc gear ambscan («move
from one gear into anomer)
There was a truck behind us The driver of the truck had to slam on his brakes. The car behind the truck swerved, skidded, and crashed into
another car.
Then, you drove at 60 in an area where the speed limit is 40..
^ Finally, you didn't stop at a red light, and almost caused another terrible accident.
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junction AkMikJan/ (also intersection /*intarsek- J>n/ especially amerjcan) [я Cj a place where one road joins another: Stop when you come to the junction, overtake /,3uv3pteik/ especially British pass /pais/ especially amerjcan (u I/T] to drive past another car and get in front of it. Don't overtake now - there's a bend up ahead. park /рсиПс/ (и I/T] to put your car in a place and
leave it there for a period of time parking space /•paiTcig .speis/[n C| a space where
you can park your car pull out /(pol 'aut/ Iphrasal verb I] to drive your car from one road onto another road, or drive onto a road after stopping at the side: Always look in your mirror before you pull out. red light /.red lait/ (n C| a light in a traffic light that is red and means you must stop: He failed his test because he didn't stop at a red light. reverse /n'vai's/ (also back especially american) (» I/T) to drive your car backwards
+■ up/along/into #tc She reversed out of the driveway. I Someone backed into my car («hit it when they reversed their car), scrape /skreip/ (« T] if you scrape your car, you accidentally make it rub against a hard surface and damage the paint on it signal/signd/ lu I] to show the direction that you
are going to turn by using lights on the car skid/skid/lull if your car skids, it suddenly moves
sideways or forwards and you cannot control it slow down /.slau daon/ [phrasal verb Ц to drive more slowly: S/our down as you approach the intersection.
speed limit /bpiid .limit/ |n C| the fastest speed that you are allowed to drive at on a particular part of a road
swerve /sw*rv/ lv I] to suddenly move sideways to
avoid hitting something truck Лглк/ [n С1 a large heavy vehicle used for carrying goods
DRUNK
when you have drunk too much
alcohol
^ see also drink, restaurants/eating
and drinkinc, ill/sick
Q drunk
DRUNK
drunk /drAqk; {adj not before noun] someone who is drunk has drunk too much alcohol and cannot think clearly: She was so drunk, she could hardly stand up. I Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night, get drunk [=become drunk) Everyone at the party got very drunk.