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15 Cards in this Set
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Automechanics |
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The way cars work
My car always breaking down , but I don't know enough about automechanics to be able to fix it myself. |
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Ball |
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Any game you play with a ball esp buseball
We'll be outside playing ball until dinner. |
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Banger |
(N) A noisy old car His car is a banger |
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Barely |
(Adv) Just / only / hardly We barely had time to catch the train |
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Chest |
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A large strong box with a lid used for strong things
A medicine chest |
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Declare |
(V) Say sth esp in a formal or impressive way Brady declared that he had no intention of giving up the fight |
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Destine |
(Adj) Intended esp by fate , for some special purpose We both felt that we were destined to meet |
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Disturbing |
(Adj) Make you feel exteremely worried or upset I found the book deeply disturbing |
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Evenly |
(Adv) Will equal amounts for each person or in each place The two teams are very evenly matched ( = are equally likely to win.) |
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Pull over |
(V) Stop by the side of the road. Pull( your car) over and let me pass. |
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Emergency brake |
(N) The piece of equimpment in a car that you use for preventing the car from moving when it is parked or in an emergency You've forgotten to release the emergency brake |
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Enroll |
(V) Make oneself or another person offcially a member of a group She decided to enroll in the history curse at the local evening school. |
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Estimate |
(V) Say what you think an amount or value will be , either by guessing or by using available information to calculate it It is difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe. |
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Gear |
(N) The part of an engine that changes engine power into movement I put the car into fourth gear when I got onto the highway. |
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Hail |
(V) Call out to a person or vehicle to attract attention Let's hail a taxi , shall we? |
