Basic Needs

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: -s
Everyday Expressions
n. ( automobile)
He goes to school by car.
n. ( carriage) box car sleeping car
Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways.

n.
I go to work by street car every day.
--- body
--- tire (British English: tyre)
--- headlight
--- turn signal
--- bumper
--- hood
--- steering wheel
--- rearview mirror
--- trunk
--- windshield
--- engine
--- transmission
--- clutch
--- dash board
--- coupe (2 door sporty car)
--- sedan (4 door family car)
--- limousine
--- convertible
--- SUV (sport utility vehicle)
--- brake
--- ABS (Anti-lock brake system)
--- license plate

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- car sick
--- a cable car
--- concept car (prototype not actually in production)
--- car accident
--- car chase
--- car fare
Idioms & Slang
car pool(ing) --- parking space
car jack ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
If George hadnt wrapped his car around a tree, hed be here to cut his
birthday cake tonight.
There was a car jack this morning in the east part of city. Fortunately,
nobody was hurt. The perpetrator is still at large.
A: Can I borrow your car tonight?
B: Just make sure you dont wreck it.
A: Nancy, you want to go to a movie now?
B: Sorry, I cant leave now. Im car pooling today.

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car.

Please do not leave your car unattended.


Mr. Carlson: Is that the new car out there? The little red Wop job?
Mr. Braddock: That's Ben's graduation present.
Mrs. Robinson: We'd go to his car.
Ben: Oh no. In the car you did it?
Mrs. Robinson: I don't think we were the first.
Ben: What kind of car was it?
Mrs. Robinson: What?
Ben: Do you remember the make of the car?
Mrs. Robinson: Oh my God.
Ben: Really. I want to know.
Mrs. Robinson: It was a Ford, Benjamin. .
Quotations
I dont even like old cars Id rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at
least human, for Gods sake.
J. D. Salinger (b. 1919), U.S. author. Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye,
ch. 17 (1951).