car

Everyday

1. A car is a machine with four wheels and an engine that people drive on roads. tree →
2. A car is one part of a train, like a dining car. tree →
3. A car can be the part of a lift or a cable car that carries people. tree →
4. (casual) Slang words for a car: «wheels», «ride», «motor» (UK), «ute» (Australia, NZ: a small truck), «banger» or «clunker» (an old car). tree →
5. (casual) «Carpool», «car share» mean going together in one car; «car boot sale» (UK) is a market sold from car boots. tree →
6. (rude) «Get in the bloody car!» is everyday grumbling. tree →
7. (formal) Exams and notices say «motor vehicle», «automobile» (USA), «passenger vehicle», «seating capacity» and «fuel consumption». tree →

In the lessons

things counted (cars, wheels, seats), or a ride with distance, speed and gas; in safety lessons, seat belts and crossing roads; phrases «by car», «car park», «car seat», «get in the car», «electric car», «car boot», «car sick»; in casual talk «nice wheels», «my old banger», «can I get a ride?», «shotgun!» (I sit in the front); in rough talk «get in the bloody car, we're late»; in the exam voice «a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 5», «fuel consumption per 100 kilometres»

Examples

• There are 9 cars. How many wheels? tree →
• Each car holds 5 people. tree →
• The car goes 60 miles an hour. tree →
• Always wear your seat belt in the car. tree →
• We went to the beach by car. tree →
• The train has 8 cars. tree →
• Look both ways for cars before you cross. tree →
• Small children ride in a car seat. tree →
• Shotgun! I'm in the front. tree →
• Get in the bloody car, we're late! tree →
• Dad's old banger broke down again. tree →
• Each motor vehicle has a seating capacity of 5 persons. Determine the number of vehicles required to convey 23 persons. tree →

Note

Cars have 4 wheels each; people ÷ seats per car, rounded up. Trap: a train car is one part of a train. Distance = speed × time. «motor vehicle» and «automobile» in an exam mean car; «seating capacity» is how many people fit. «wheels» in slang may mean a car, not 4 wheels. Safety: always buckle up, and never play near parked cars.

In Jewish tradition

Here "cared for him" is the old verb for looking after; the word "car" appears only as part of "cared" or "caring". In Beth-car it is part of a place name.

Interpretation. Tradition reads "apple of His eye" as God's tender protection of Israel in the wilderness.

Examples

• He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. (Prophets 1SA.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him: 'Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and become anxious concerning us.' (Prophets 1SA.9.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Cars have 4 wheels each; people ÷ seats per car, rounded up. Trap: a train car is one part of a train. Distance = speed × time. «motor vehicle» and «automobile» in an exam mean car; «seating capacity» is how many people fit. «wheels» in slang may mean a car, not 4 wheels. Safety: always buckle up, and never play near parked cars.