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Lay(v2): to lay (down) a pipe/ carpet/ cable, the had laid the groundwork for
furture development.
Fit(v4): they fitted alarm bells to the ceilings, all the celings were fitted with
smoke alarms. see: install, fasten, mount At: position. see: install at: machines.
Fix: to fix a shelf to the wall, to fix a post in the ground, he noted every detail
so as to fix the scene in his mind.
Put(4): We had to put new locks on all the doors.
Slip(4): she slipped her hands into his, he slipped the letter back into its
envelope, she slipped her head around the door, I manage to slip a few jokes into
my speech, I managed to slip in a few jokes, they had slipped some moeny to the
guards, they had slipped the gurads some moeny. Search: 'joke speech'
Interleave. see: intersperse.
Bed(v): The bricks were bedded in sand to improve drainage.
Make sure that you bed the roots firmly in the soil.
Whack(v2): just whack your bags in the corner.
Shove(2): she shoved the books into her bag and hurried off, he came over and
shoved a letter into my hand, shove the case under the bed, she shoved the idea to
the back of her mind.
Slap(2): He slapped the newspaper down on the desk.
She slapped a $10 bill into my hand.
Stuff= shove: she stuffed the money under the cushion, he quickly stuffed his
clothes into a bag, he stuffed his hands in his pockets. see: his hands were
burried in his pocket. see: squash up against sth. see: position: pile(2)
Stick(3): stick your bags down here, he stuck his hands in his pcokets and strolled
off, he stuck his head around the door, stick 'em up.
Dump(4): just dump your stuff over there we will sort it out later.
Throw(2): just throw your bag here.
Slap(2): she slapped the newspaper on the desk, he slapped the $10 bill into my
hand.
Slam(2): She slammed down the phone angrily.
He slammed on the brakes (= stopped the car very suddenly).
Bang(v3): SYNONYM slam
He banged the money down on the counter.
She banged saucepans around irritably.
Smack(2)= bang: she smacked her hands on to the table, he smacked a fist into the
palm of his hand.
Plonk: just plonk the bags anywhere, he plonked a pile of books down on the table.
Plunk= plonk: he plunked the package down on the table.
Pop(v4): he popped his head around the door and said 'hello', pop your bag on here,
I will pop the books in on my way home.
Heap(v1): rocks were heaped up on the roadside, she looked at the vegetables heaped
on the table.
Heap(v2): she heaped food on my plate, she heaped my plate with food. See:
GiveTake: she plied us with tea and cake.
See: combination/ extra: stack, pile etc.
Recess(2v): the lights should recess into the wall, recessed shelves.
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#Describe accident
Fall over sth= trip: I rushed for the door and fell over the cat in the hallway.
Slip: she slipped over on the ice and broke her leg, as I ran upstairs my foot
slipped and I fell.
Clip(v3): clip something The car clipped the kerb as it turned.
clip something + adverb/preposition She clipped the ball into the net.
Ding(v2): I dinged my passenger door.
Sickening(2): Her head hit the ground with a sickening thud.
The truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch.
Hit-and-run: a hit-and-run accident/death
a hit-and-run driver (= one who causes an accident but drives away without
helping)
Cartwheel: The car struck the embankment and cartwheeled several times.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition Oxford University Press, 2015
RTA
Ram: two were injured when the taxi was rammed from behind by a bus.
Ram sth into sth: he rammed his truck into the one in front of him.
Run sth into sth: he ran his car into a tree.
Go into sth: the car skidded and went into a tree
Slam sth into/ through sth: the car slammed into the tree, the force of the
explosion slammed me against the wall,
Plough into sth: a truck ploughed into the back of a bus.
Run over sth: two children were run over and killed.
Run sth down
Aquaplance= hydroplane
Skid: the car skided on the icey roads, tye taxi skidded to a halt just in time,
her foot skidded on the greasy land and she fell heavily.
Slip
Pile-up: three people died in a multiple pile-up last night, a multiple pile-up on
a frozen road included a mini van and five saloons.
Shunt(n)
Smash-up: it was a horrible smash-up.
Smash(n2): a car smash.
Smash(6): he's smashed (up) his new car.
Crash= wreck: a girl was killed in a crash invlolved a stolen car, a car/ plance
crash.
Crash(v): I was terrified that the plane would crash, we are going to crash, a
truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus, he crashed his car
into a wall.
See: Dictionary synonyms.
Collide: a car and a van/ the two trains collided head on in the thick fog, as he
fell he collided with the table.
Collision: a head-on collision between two trains, he was injured in a collision
with another player, a mid-air collision, his car was in collision with a
motorbike.
Rollover
Prang(n/v). see: wreck(v)
Sidewipe: a bus sideswiped two parked cars.
Sideswipe(n): a sideswipe by a bus.
Broadside(v): The driver ran a stop light and broadsided the truck.
Broadside(adv): SYNONYM sideways
The car skidded and crashed broadside into another car.
(British English) The boat swung broadside on to the current of the river.
See: swerve, veer
Slew: + adverb/preposition The car skidded and slewed sideways.
slew something + adverb/preposition He slewed the motorbike over as they hit the
freeway.
Swerve: She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist.
The bus suddenly swerved into his path.
The ball swerved into the net.
See: direction Turn: Swing(4). see: deflectoin.
Headlong(3): rather than have a headlong collison the driver swerved in front of
the bus. see: head-on
Head first= headlong: she fell head first down the stairs, she fell head long into
the icy pool.
Feet first: he landed feet first.
Trample: people were trampled underfoot in the rush for exit, he was trampled to
death by a runaway horse, the campers have trampled the corn down, don't trample
on/ over the flowers. see: stampede.
Rip into/ through sth: the explosion ripped through their home, the bullent ripped
into his shoulder.
Weave(v4): she was weaving in and out of the traffic, he he hurried on weaving
throught the crowd, the road weaves through a range of hills, he had to weave his
way through the milling crowds. see: zig zag.
Wobble(v2): he wobbled off on his bike.
Go(v4): the car went skidding off into a ditch, she went sobbing up the stairs, she
crashed into a waiter and his tray went flying. see: send sth flying.
Foul(v4): the rope fouled the propeller, the line became fouled in the propeller, a
rope fouled up as we pulled thr sail down.
Down(prep): the stone fell down thr hill, tears ran down her face, her hair hung
down her back to her waist.