ESLPodcast 49 - Car Trouble Flashcards
Clearly, obviously (because it is visually obvious).
I was driving down the Santa Monica freeway yesterday, headed towards downtown, when all of a sudden I see my engine light come on. ….., that’s not the sort of thing one likes to see.
Reporter: So how does it feel to have won the Grand Slam?
Guy jumping around on a tennis pitch: Woo hoo!!! I’ve won!!! Yeah baby!!! Yeehaw!!! Come on!!!
Reporter: He is, needless to say, a very happy man.
A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency
I was driving down the Santa Monica freeway yesterday, headed towards downtown, when all of a sudden I see my engine light come on. Needless to say, that’s not the sort of thing one likes to see. So I immediately pull over to the side of the road and park on the …….. . I pop the hood and look to see what the problem might be.
He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.
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was driving down the Santa Monica freeway yesterday, headed towards downtown, when all of a sudden I see my engine light come on. Needless to say, that’s not the sort of thing one likes to see. So I immediately pull over to the side of the road and park on the shoulder . I pop the hood and look to see what the problem might be. I’m no mechanic. I barely know how to change the oil and the …….‚ but perhaps something would pop out at me.
wiper fluid
appear suddenly
was driving down the Santa Monica freeway yesterday, headed towards downtown, when all of a sudden I see my engine light come on. Needless to say, that’s not the sort of thing one likes to see. So I immediately pull over to the side of the road and park on the shoulder . I pop the hood and look to see what the problem might be. I’m no mechanic. I barely know how to change the oil and the wiper fluid‚ but perhaps something would…….at me.
“Spring popped up everywhere in the valley”
where cars and trucks are serviced and repaire
The car didn’t overheat, since there was no steam coming out of the radiator . I checked the battery cables, and the battery was definitely not dead. I didn’t know quite what else to do, so I pulled out my cell phone and called AAA for a tow to the nearest ……..
a repair shop
very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price; usually used after the verb cost.
The tow truck finally arrived and we went to a nearby mechanic. He checked everything, and then told me that he had found the problem: the engine light sensor was broken! I now had to take it into the dealer to get it fixed. Well, at least it didn’t end up c…..
That Polack costs me an arm and a leg, he thought
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