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to jump a red light
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[ tu: ʤʌmp ə red lait ]
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to pass through a traffic light that is red
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heavy traffic
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[ 'hevi 'træfik ]
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lots of traffic
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to overtake
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[ tu: ,əuvə'teik ]
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to pass car which is in front of you
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to skid
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[ tu: skid ]
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to slide on the road
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to pull out
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[ tu: pul aut ]
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to join the traffic, having previously stopped
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to stall
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[ tu: stɔ:l ]
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if sb/a car stalls, the engine of the car stops suddenly
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to tow
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[ tu: təu ]
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if one vehicle tows another, it pulls that vehicle behind it, often by means of a rope or a chain
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to speed
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[ tu: spi:d ]
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to go faster than the speed limit
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to pull up
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[ tu: pul ʌp ]
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to stop in a vehicle
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a blind corner
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[ ə blaind 'kɔ:nə ]
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a corner around which you cannot see
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a collision
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[ ə kə'liʒən ]
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a crash in which two moving vehicles hit each other
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the crash barrier
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[ ði: kræʃ 'bæriə ]
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strong low fence built along the side of a road or between two halves of a motorway to prevent accidents
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to dent a car
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[ tu: dent ə kɑ: ]
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to damage the metal (the door, the bamper, the bonnet etc) of a car
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to do...kph
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[ tu: dɔkph ]
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to drive at...kph
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to draw up
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[ tu: drɔ: ʌp ]
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to stop in vehicle
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(to be on) full beam
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[ tu: bi: ɒn ful bi:m ]
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if your lights are on full beam, they are raised so that you can see more
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to get out (of a car)
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[ tu: get aut ɒv ə kɑ:r ]
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to leave a car, taxi, van, lorry
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to get off (a plane)
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[ tu: get ɔf eɪ pleɪn ]
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leave a plane, train, bike
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a hairpin bends
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[ ə 'hɛəpin bendz ]
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sharp bend in a road, where road turns back in opposite direction.
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to hit / slam on the brakes
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[ tu: hit / slæm ɔn ði: breiks ]
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to brake quickly and suddenly
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a lane
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[ ə lein ]
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large, wide roads are devided into lanes (most motorways have 3 or more lanes)
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the lights changed
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[ ði: laits ʧeinʤd ]
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the traffic lighs turned red or green
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to mount the pavement
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[ tu: maunt ði: 'peivmənt ]
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to go up on the pavement while driving
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to pull away
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[ tu: pul ə'wei ]
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to start driving having previously stopped (e.g. at traffic lights) or having previously been parked
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to pull into somewhere
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[ tu: pul 'intu 'sʌmwɛə ]
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to leave the road in order to stop somewhere
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to pull (sb) over
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[ tu: pul (sb) 'əuvə ]
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to stop at the side of the road
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to put a car into reverse
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[ tu: put ə kɑ: 'intu ri'və:s ]
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to change into reverse gear so that you can move backwards
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to swerve to avoid smth
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[ tu: swə:v tu: ə'vɔid 'sʌmƟɪŋ ]
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to suddenly move one's car sideways so as to avoid smth in the road
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to tow (smth) away
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[ tu: təu 'sʌmƟɪŋ ə'wei ]
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to remove a vehicle that has been illegally parked or that has been involved in an accident by towing it
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a windscreen
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[ ə 'wɪndskri:n ]
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the front window of a car
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to write (a car) off
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[ tu: rait eɪ kɑ:r ɔf ]
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to demage a car so badly that reparing it would cost more than buying a new one
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