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Je_nie_dieu Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

screeched to a halt

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00I have an unclear sentence and here it is:02br
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00When the lorry 01u00screeched to a halt02u00 in front of him (he was driving a car) he didn't notice it. In fact, he didn't realise anything was wrong until his car was 01u00halfway underneath02u00 it.02br
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00I don't understand: if the lorry screeched to a halt what means it stopped suddenly then what the second sentence mean? What was the action?02br
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00Thank you.0-
  

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0 The lorry in front of him stopped very suddenly, but he noticed this too late, didn't brake in time and his car ended up underneath the back of the lorry. (If it had been a car not a lorry in front of him - he would have crashed into the back of it. ) 0-

— Annvan

  • 0 The lorry in front of him stopped very suddenly, but he noticed this too late, didn't brake in time and his car ended up underneath the back of the lorry.
  • (If it had been a car not a lorry in front of him - he would have crashed into the back of it.
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0 The lorry in front of him stopped very suddenly, but he noticed this too late, didn't brake in time and his car ended up underneath the back of the lorry. (If it had been a car not a lorry in front of him - he would have crashed into the back of it. However, because it was a higher vehicle, his car was low enough to come underneath it.) 0-
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0Annvan, thank you so much, I didn't think about vehicles' heights 050010id1
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