→fire engineColocacionesverbsswitch on/turn on/start an engineI fastened my seat belt and turned on the engine.switch off/turn off/stop an engineMaggie pulled over and switched off the engine.rev (up) an engineBritish English,gun an engineAmerican English(=make an engine go very fast)As ...
Englishto give someone a ticket for parking their car in thewrongplace, driving toofastetcDrivers stopping here will be ticketed and have their cars towed.3→be ticketed for something→ VerTabla de verbosEjemplos desde el Corpusticket•LastLaborDay, he wasticketedatExit43.•Sanderswasticketed...
I set my watch by the clock on the mantelpiece.wear a watchHe wore a gold watch.a watch stopsHer watch had stopped after getting wet in the sea.adjectivessomebody’s watch is fast/runs fast(=it shows a later time)No, it’s only 12.15 – your watch must be fast.somebody’s watch ...
sacashortstreet which isclosedat oneendThe house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.trackespecially British English,dirt roadAmerican Englisha narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surfaceThe farm was down a bumpy track.ring roadBritish Englisha road that goes ...
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country lane•Theabbeysiteisapproachedthrough agatein acountry laneand along agrassytrack.•A far betteralternativewas to walk the back roads andcountry lanes.•A course thatmixesopenpasture, bridleways,foresttracks andcountry lanesundeniablyfavoursthehorse.•Gripandbalanceareremarkablefor such aheav...
•The city was stillnegotiatingwithcableTVcompanies over who'd get the firstfranchisetobeamprogramsinto people's homes.•Manytownswere full of shoppingmallsand fast-foodfranchises.•Someattributedthegrowthto the democratization of thePoorLawfranchisein 1894.•BrooksMarketing, which owns the Burke...