9 // Transportation Flashcards
stop working
BREAK DOWN
Christina’s motorcycle broke down while she was traveling through the desert.
suddenly stop working
CUT OUT
Clive tried to restart the motorboat’s engine after it cut out without any warning.
enter (a taxi or a car)
GET INTO
Angelo left his house and got into the taxi.
exit (a car or a taxi)
GET OUT OF
As the movies start got out of the limousine, photographers surrounded him.
enter (public transportation)
GET ON
George and Yolanda got on the train to Paris.
exit (public transportation)
GET OFF
Gina got off the bus when it arrived at her stop.
drive away
leave
DRIVE OFF
George checked the road for other vehicles before driving off.
return in the direction you have just come from
TURN BACK
Jen turned back when she realized that she had forgotten her phone.
leave a road and drive onto a different one
TURN OFF
Tanya turned off the main road and drove along the track to the beach.
join a road from a different one
TURN ONTO
When you reach the castle, turn onto the highway and head west.
take a person somewhere in a car and leave them there
DROP OFF
Kamal dropped me off at the train station on his way to work.
go to collect someone (usually in a car)
PICK SB UP
Sally picked her friends up outside the movie theater at 9pm.
go more slowly
SLOW DOWN
You should always slow down when you drive past a school.
go more quickly
SPEED UP
The train left the station slowly, before speeding up as it headed to the coast.
begin to fly
TAKE OFF
The helicopter took off from the top of the skyscraper.
