Car I Parked Noun Kɑː(R Kɑːr Paula Drove

• paula got into the car and drove off.
• how did you come?’ ‘by car.’
• are you going in the car?
• her husband was driving the car at the time of the accident.

car

1. a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers
• SEE ALSO company car
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• Paula got into the car and drove off.
• How did you come?’ ‘By car.’
• Are you going in the car?
• Her husband was driving the car at the time of the accident.
• Where can I park the car?
• There were parked cars on both sides of the road.
• a car driver/manufacturer/dealer
• a car accident/crash
• I can't find my car keys.

Extra Examples

• He pulled his car over at a small hotel.
• She swerved her car sharply to the right.
• Her car skidded on a patch of ice.
• His car hit a van coming in the opposite direction.
• I lost control of the car and it spun off the road.
• The red car suddenly pulled out in front of me.
• I'll wait for you in the car.
• It's too far to walk. I'll take the car.
• The kids all piled into the car.
• It's very expensive to run a car these days.
• I have to take the car in for a service.
• The car does 55 miles per gallon.
• The car was doing over 100 miles an hour.
• The government wants more people to use public transport instead of private cars.
• The number of cars on the road is increasing all the time.
• Police in an unmarked car had been following the stolen vehicle for several minutes.
• The robbers abandoned their getaway car and ran off.
• The driver crashed the stolen car while being chased by the police.
• There was a line of parked cars in front of the building.
• He opened the car door for her.
• I can put the wheelchair in the back of the car.
• I decided to buy a second-hand car.
• They parked the car and walked the rest of the way.
2. a separate section of a train
• Several cars went off the rails.
3. a car on a train of a particular type
• a sleeping/dining car

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.