English in a Minute: Verbs that go with the noun ‘car'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 5 February 2025
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Summary
There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'car' with Neil in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:04.0 | Jump in the back and let's talk about verbs that go with car. |
| 0:09.0 | If you jump in the car, you get in. |
| 0:12.0 | If you jump out, you get out. |
| 0:15.0 | This is informal. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, jump in, let's go. |
| 0:20.0 | You can go or travel by car. |
| 0:24.0 | You're travelling to Australia by car from London. |
| 0:27.7 | Isn't that a bit far? |
| 0:30.0 | To go backwards, you reverse the car or back the car up. |
| 0:34.8 | We miss the turning. Can you back up? |
| 0:40.3 | If someone else is driving a bit slowly, you might overtake them in order to be in front of them. I'm going to overtake this car. |
| 0:46.3 | He's driving so slowly. But be careful. In wet conditions, a car can slip or skid on the road. |
| 0:55.7 | Hopefully it won't crash. |
| 0:59.1 | He crashed his car after skidding on the ice. |
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