Book 9 Lesson 2 Vocabulary

bother verb: to annoy

My little brother bothers me when I study. He won’t stop talking to
me.
break / verb: something that separates into pieces, usually because it has
broke been dropped, hit etc:
I broke my coffee cup when I dropped it.
buckle (up) verb: to fasten your seat belt
Tell the children to buckle up when they get in the car.
Tell the children to buckle their seat belts when they get in the car.
cause verb: to make happen
Ahmed caused the accident because he was speeding.
cross verb: to go from one side to the other
Ali crossed the street at the corner.
face verb: to look in the direction of; to look at
Jim is facing the sun. It’s difficult for him to see.
fasten verb: to buckle (seat belt)
Tell the children to fasten their seat belts when they get in the car.
happen verb: to take place; to occur
The accident happened in the morning.
keep (on) verb: to continue
kept The soldier was very tired, but he kept on running.
I want you to keep working until you’re finished.
obey verb: to do what someone tells you; to follow rules
Ali got a ticket, because he didn’t obey the traffic laws.
ride verb: to move along on a horse or bicycle
rode The boys are riding their bicycles to school today.
run verb: to move fast on your feet
ran Ali likes to walk to school, but Ahmed prefers to run.
across preposition/adverb: from one side of something to the other side
The bank is across from the restaurant.
at fault prepositional phrase: to blame
Ahmed was driving too fast. He was at fault in the car accident.
behind preposition: in back of
I drove to work today and Ahmed’s car was behind me all the way.
careful adjective: trying very hard not to make mistakes, damage things
The sergeant is a careful driver. He never has an accident.
careless adjective: not giving enough thought and attention to something,
so that you make mistakes, damage things
The private is a careless driver. He goes too fast and doesn’t obey the
law.
dark adjective: opposite of light
It gets dark in the evening.
in back of preposition: behind; opposite of “in front of”
I was waiting on line at the bank. Majed was in back of me.
in front of preposition: opposite of “in back of
Khalid was waiting on line at the bank. I was in front of him.
light adjective: opposite of dark
It gets dark in the evening. It gets light in the morning.
accident noun: a crash involving cars, trains, planes etc.
Mrs. Al-Tamimi had an accident. Her car by another driver.
auto noun: a car
Abdullah went to the auto shop to get his car fixed.
bicycle (bike) noun: transportation that you ride
John rides his bicycle to school every day. His bike is new.
cause noun: a person, event, or thing that makes something happen
The cause of the accident was the person driving down the wrong side
of the road.
curve noun: a part of a road that is not straight
You should drive slowly around the curve.
fault noun: responsibility for an accident
The accident was Ali’s fault. He was driving on the wrong side of the
road.
fine noun: money you must pay when you break the traffic laws
The policeman gave Ahmed a speeding ticket. His fine was SR800.
insurance noun: money to pay for accident damage
I had a car accident. My insurance will pay to fix my car.
law noun: a rule you must obey
You must not drive too fast. It’s against the law.
light noun: a signal to tell you to stop and go in traffic
The policeman gave me a ticket for running a red light.
place noun: a location; where something is
There are dents in two places on my car.
police noun: law officers
The police want you to obey the law.
police officer noun: a policeman
The police officer gave me a ticket for speeding.
seat belt noun: a belt attached to the seat for protection in an accident
Fasten your seat belt when you get in the car.
ticket noun: something a police officer gives you when you break the law
The police officer gave me a ticket for driving too fast.
traffic noun: cars driving on the road
There is a lot of traffic in Riyadh on Thursday evenings.
different from adjective: not the same as
Ahmed is in the Army. Ali is in the Navy. Ali’s uniform is different
from Ahmed’s.
similar to adjective: like; almost the same as
John’s BMW is similar to Ali’s Mercedes. Both cars are blue and have
four doors.
the same as adjective: exactly alike
Bill’s car is the same as Bob’s car. They’re both blue 2007 Toyota’s
with four doors.
heavy traffic phrase: many cars on the road so that you can only go very slowly
It took me two hours to drive to Hafar Al-Batin because there was very
heavy traffic on the highway.