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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to go on a car trip |
to travel by car for many days |
When I was a kid, we went on a car trip to the Grand
Canyon. |
| 2 |
to fall asleep at the wheel |
to accidentally begin sleeping while driving |
Tom fell asleep at the wheel and drove into a tree. |
| 3 |
to pull into a gas station |
to stop your car at a service station |
We pulled into a gas station and bought some snacks. |
| 4 |
to drive across the country |
to travel from one end of a country to the other end by
car |
In America, it takes about six days to drive across the country
from LA to New York. |
| 5 |
to cover a lot of ground |
to travel a great distance in a given time period |
We covered a lot of ground every day, driving for at least
eight hours. |
| 6 |
to sing along with a song |
to match your voice and words with a song and sing together
with it |
When I was bored driving, I liked to sing along with the songs
on the radio. |
| 7 |
to hitchhike |
to travel by becoming a passenger in a stranger's car |
I tried to hitchhike, but nobody picked me up. |
| 8 |
roof rack |
an assembly of special rails on the top of a car used for
placing cargo on |
We put our suitcases on the roof rack and drove away. |
| 9 |
to break down |
of a car, to stop working properly |
The car broke down after we left home, so we had to walk to a
mechanic's shop and ask for help. |
| 10 |
to hit the road |
to begin traveling |
We hit the road in the morning and were able to drive 400km by
evening. |
| 11 |
to plan ~ in advance |
to make a detailed travel plan before you begin traveling |
Our trip was ten days long, and we planned it all in
advance. |
| 12 |
to get some shut eye |
to sleep |
While my wife drove I got some shut eye. |
| 13 |
to tow ~ |
of a vehicle, to drag another vehicle along behind it |
We towed a trailer behind our car because we had so much
camping gear. |
| 14 |
to get car sick |
to feel ill or nauseous because of the motion of a car |
I get car sick if I read while riding in a car. |
| 15 |
to drive in shifts |
of a group or couple, to take turns driving |
We drove in shifts, so we were able to keep driving all day and
all night. |
| 16 |
in no time |
after a very, very short interval of time |
We drove 200km per hour, so we made it to Kyoto in no
time. |
| 17 |
to refuel ~ |
to put more gasoline into a car |
They refueled before heading into the mountains. |
| 18 |
to be low on gas |
of a car, to have an insufficient amount of gasoline to
continue driving for very long |
I was low on gas, so I stopped at the first gas station I
saw. |
| 19 |
kilometers per liter |
a measure of the efficiency of a vehicle, how many kilometers
it can go using one liter of fuel |
American cars are not very efficient, sometimes only getting a
few kilometers per liter. |
| 20 |
a rest stop |
a special area on the side of the road featuring a small park
and restrooms |
We pulled off at the rest stop and walked around for a little
bit. |
| 21 |
to syphon ~ |
to transfer liquid from one vessel to another by means of
gravity |
They were out of gas, so we syphoned some into their tank. |