News Flashcards

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تصادف مرگبار

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*fatal crash
-3 people ran away from a fatal crash

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an accident in which two or more people or vehicles hit each other while moving in different directions
برخورد

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*col‧li‧sion /kəˈlɪʒən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable], collide
*collision with
-The school bus was involved in a collision with a truck.
-Two people were killed in a head-on collision (=between two vehicles that are moving directly towards each other) on highway 218.

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a strong disagreement between two people or groups

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*col‧li‧sion /kəˈlɪʒən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
*collision between
- a collision between the two countries over fishing rights

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to hit the back of one car with another in an accident

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*rear-ended
-My new car was rear-ended while it was parked outside the station

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to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this

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*spin1 /spɪn/ ●●● S3 verb (past tense and past participle spun /spʌn/, present participle spinning)

SYN: TURN AROUND

-I sat back and watched the ceiling fan spin above me.
-The boy was spinning around in his father’s desk chair.

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HIT WITH FORCE, to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force

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*slam /slæm/ ●●○ verb (slammed, slamming)
-All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain.

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shutting the door, gate, etc with a loud noise

what is the SYN?

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*slam /slæm/ ●●○ verb (slammed, slamming)

SYN:bang

-We heard a car door slam.
-He slammed the door shut.
-Outside in the street, car doors slammed and people were shouting.

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