Vehicles and Things Flashcards
Vehicles
[ VEE he kels]
Do y you drive STICK?
Can you drive a STICK shift?
In cars with manual transmission, you change gears with a stick shift.
Gas pedal
Go OFF-Roading
Do you drive off-road?
SUV-sport utility vehicle
Go muddling- taking your car through the mud
Redneck
My first car is a four-banger (has 4 cylinders)
RIDE bike
RIDE motorcycles/scooter/horses/skateboards/unicycles
If a person DROPS his bike while bike is in motion, you he will probably GETS ROAD RASH
Gas is the major expenses in US
I’m out of gas. I need to stop and get gas.
Gas that you put in your car
Gas tank
Gas Gauge shows the level of gas
I have a full tank.
I have half a tank.
I have a quarter tank. I’
I am ON E. I’m ON empty.
To FILLL fill the fill fill the gas. I’m on laptop to FILL the gas tank completely - FILL it UP or FILL her UP.
Most cars in the US RUN ON gas.
Larger trucks run on diesel.
Flip a bitch -slang- Make a U-Turn
Make a K-Turn-turning your car around
Traffic is a nightmare
Bumper-to-bumper traffic
Traffic jam
There is a traffic jam.
I ran into a traffic jam on the way over.
I-5 is a parking lot - means traffic oh highway 5
Traffic is at a dead stop.
It’s backed up from A to B.
I-5 is backed up from 405 to Military Road.
I’m stuck in traffic
I’m sitting in traffic.
Accident on the road
Rubbernecking
If someone is speeding, the cops might PULL him OVER.
The cop PULLS you OVER.
You GET PULLED OVER.
PULL OVER and take a call on the side of the road.
Sped up
speeding is going to fast
Get a speeding ticket
What you do if you get pulled over.
You be respectful
You say sorry
You take a ticket
You drive away slowly
PULL UP
PULL OUT
BACK OUT
PULL UP- drive forward.
Please, PULL UP to the first window.
PULL OUT - leave the place
After you get a food from a restaurant, you would PULL OUT OF the parking lot ONTO the highway.
As soon as I pulled out the parking lot, the cop lit me up.
BACK OUT - same as PULL OUT in reverse version
I BACK OUT OF the driveway and headed down the street.
Dead end
You can make a K-Turn, a U-Turn, or you might even have to BACK OUT of the street the same way that you came in.
Dead-end job
