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Mr. Tom Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

We are low on fuel.

Hi

Are these expressions natural English?

(Iny my country we use the word petrol and not fuel)

  1. We were very low on fuel.
  2. We were running very low on fuel.
  3. We needed to fuel up.
  4. We needed to fuel up the car.
  5. As the man at the station started to pump the fuel in the car, a blast occurred.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Hi Tom - they are correct (technically) but some would just come across as more native English if rephrased below: 3. We need to top up with fuel/ petrol. 4.

— Genevieve Poupard

  • Hi Tom - they are correct (technically) but some would just come across as more native English if rephrased below: 3.
  • We need to top up with fuel/ petrol.
  • 4.
  • We needed to refuel the car/ we needed to fill up the car with petrol 5.
  • As the man at the station started to pump the fuel i nto the car, a blast occurred.
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Hi Tom - they are correct (technically) but some would just come across as more native English if rephrased below:
3. We need to top up with fuel/ petrol.
4. We needed to refuel the car/ we needed to fill up the car with petrol
5. As the man at the station started to pump the

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US answer. (We don't ever say "petrol", but we know what it is.)

Mr. TomWe were very low on fuel.

This is possible for a car, but it sounds a bit like you're in an airplane or semi. Cars use gas. Semis use diesel fuel, often shortened to "diesel".

Mr. TomWe were running very low on fuel.

Same as above. "To ru

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Mr. Tom(Iny my country we use the word petrol and not fuel)

That's used in the UK, as well as diesel.

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