Cars Flashcards

1
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To be made redundant

A

To lose your job

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2
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Recognizable

A

Easy to see or remember

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In charge of

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To be responsible for

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4
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Ambitious

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Wanting to succeed, having goals

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5
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Highway

A

Road where many cars can travel at high speeds

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6
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Prediction

A

What you think will happen in the future

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7
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Traffic jam

A

When many cars are on the road and can only move very slowly, or maybe not at all

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8
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Habit

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Something that one does on a regular basis

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Spacious

A

Having lots of room

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10
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Increase

A

To get bigger

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11
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Successor

A

Something that comes after something else

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12
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Knob

A

A small, round gadget in your car that you turn

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13
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Button

A

A small, round feature of your car that you push

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14
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Sickness

A

Illness, something causing poor health

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15
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Rigid

A

Inflexible, not easy to move

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16
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Dependent

A

Needing something else in order to work

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17
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Plentiful

A

Many

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18
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Invent

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To create something new

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19
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Improve

A

To make something better

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20
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Remote control

A

Device used to change the channel on your TV, or increase/decrease volume

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21
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Electric kettle

A

Device used to heat up water

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22
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Headphones

A

Device used to listen to music, watch movies, or have a phone call so that others can’t hear

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23
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Advantage

A

A positive thing

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24
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Disadvantage

A

A negative thing

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25
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Pollution

A

What happens when harmful materials are put into the environment

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26
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Brittle

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Stiff, easy to break

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27
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Flammable

A

Easily set on fire

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28
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Required

A

Necessary

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29
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Shatterproof

A

Impossible or not easy to break

30
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Durable

A

Long-lasting

31
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Rigid

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Hard, tough

32
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Malleable

A

Easy to change shape of

33
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Contemporary

A

Modern

34
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Emphasize

A

To highlight something, to make it stand out

35
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Constraint

A

Restriction

36
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Derivative

A

Something that is modeled after something that already exists

37
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Successor

A

Something which comes after another thing

38
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Appearance

A

How something looks

39
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Drowsy

A

Sleepy

40
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Schedule

A

Calendar of appointments/tasks one must do

41
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Competitor

A

Another company in the same market who

42
Q

Eco audit

A

The process a car manufacturer must go through to make sure they are being environmentally friendly

43
Q

Unnecessary

A

Not needed

44
Q

Spare tire

A

Extra tire kept in the trunk of the car

45
Q

Rarely

A

Almost never

46
Q

Jumpstart

A

To make a car’s battery that has died work again

47
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Carry out

A

To do something

48
Q

Occasional

A

Sometimes

49
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Rapid

A

Very quickly

50
Q

Modification

A

To change part of the car such as rims or window tint to make it more unique

51
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Technique

A

Way of doing something

52
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Weight

A

How heavy something is

53
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Wide

A

How far across something is

54
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To liaise with

A

To meet or work with someone

55
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Congested

A

Having lots of traffic

56
Q

Friction

A

Reibung

57
Q

Deactivation

A

Abschaltung

58
Q

Boom

A

Ökologischer Aufschwung

59
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Ease

A

Leichtigkeit

60
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Market value

A

Marktwert

61
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Interest rate

A

Zinssatz

62
Q

Financing

A

Finanzierung

63
Q

Fetch

A

Abrufen

64
Q

Knock-On

A

Ansteckend

65
Q

Desirable

A

Erwünscht

66
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Temporarily

A

Vorübergehend

67
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Polluted

A

verschmutzt

68
Q

Sewage

A

Abwasser

69
Q

Obesity

A

Fettleibigkeit

70
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Firm

A

Not hard, not soft

71
Q

Interrupt

A

To stop someone from speaking by speaking over them

72
Q

Punctual

A

Pünktlich