automobile
/ˈɔtəmoʊˌbiɫ/, /ˌɔtəmoʊˈbiɫ/
nouna car
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1. They basically churn automobiles.
2. The automobile revolutionized transportation.
3. So here's the automobile.
4. Elevators are automobiles.
5. People love their automobiles.
cab
/ˈkæb/
nouna taxi
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1. Stop the cab!
2. - Hold that cab.
3. - Oh. - Straw cab, see synth.
4. Outta my cab!
5. My dad was driving a cab.
double-decker
/dˈʌbəldˈɛkɚ/
nouna two-story bus
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1. The promenade is located directly above a double-decker highway.
2. It's a London General double-decker bus.
3. There's double-decker one.
4. - Okay, this is the double-decker.
5. - You would be a double-decker taco, yeah.
freight car
/fɹˈeɪt kˈɑːɹ/
nouna railroad car used for transporting goods
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freight train
/fɹˈeɪt tɹˈeɪn/
nouna train that transports goods, not people
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1. Chris christie telling GMA the VIRUS hit him like a Freight Train.
2. When it got to US, it hit US like a Freight Train.
3. But the DIFFERENCE is, OUR leaders, particularly our GOVERNOR, has REALLY done nothing in terms of slowing THIS, you know, Freight Train down.
garbage truck
/ɡˈɑːɹbɪdʒ tɹˈʌk/
nouna large vehicle used for collecting household trash
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jeep
/ˈdʒip/
nouna sturdy vehicle designed for traveling on rough surfaces
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1. Jeep specializes in sport utility vehicles.
2. Jeep sold about 228,000 wranglers in 2019 and 240,000 the year before.
3. Japanese buyers bought 13,354 Jeeps in 2019.
4. Jeep sold about 228,000 wranglers in 2019 and 240,000 the year before.
5. This jeep is missing one.
limo
/ˈɫɪmoʊ/
nouna long luxurious car with a partition between the passengers and the driver
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1. Got a limo.
2. Where is my limo?
3. Where is my limo?
4. The limo becomes my new comfort.
5. Limo date was way up there.
minibus
/ˈmɪniˌbəs/
nouna small bus
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1. They hailed a minibus taxi, but after that, they weren’t heard from again.
2. We ran to the minibus and left.
3. TROLLEY BUS: As in Minibuses, it is better to stay away from the seats next to windows and doors to avoid glass shards in an accident.
4. But if it's going to be a 20 minute transfer in a minibus or whatever, that might be a bit better.
5. - It's to build a minibus.
monorail
/ˈmɑnɝˌeɪɫ/
nouna railway system that has only one rail instead of two, usually in an elevated position
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1. That take another spin on that monorail to the ground floor.
2. That's a monorail.
3. Can you say monorail? -
4. This is the Tomorrowland monorail station.
5. Reclaim monorail stations by shooting their robot guards.
moped
/ˈmoʊpɛd/, /ˈmoʊpt/
nouna motorcycle with a weak engine and pedals
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1. It's a moped.
2. - Do mopeds count?
3. That also includes mopeds, ferries and boats.
4. But at the age of 16, in the mid-1960s, he got a moped.
5. The moped made me cry. -
moving van
/mˈuːvɪŋ vˈæn/
nouna large vehicle used for transporting furniture and other goods from one place to another
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rickshaw
/ɹˈɪkʃɔː/
nouna doorless two-wheeled vehicle that holds one or two passengers and is drawn by a person walking or cycling, used in South East Asia
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1. Rickshaw puller, rickshaw pullers have essentially no market power and it has everything to do with demography.
2. And, "Wasn't that rickshaw driver handsome!"
3. We gave cycle rickshaws.
4. It was actually rickshaw in Punjab.
5. It was like BMW of Rickshaw.
RV
/ˌɑːɹvˈiː/
nouna vehicle with accommodations and cooking facilities, used for camping or traveling
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1. By the 1930s, RVs included beds, dining tables, water and electricity.
2. RVs became an established American cultural phenomenon by the latter 20th century.
3. The fact is RVs.
4. RVs have also become a lot more complex.
5. They also have RV parks.
snowplow
/ˈsnoʊˌpɫaʊ/
nouna vehicle or other piece of equipment used for clearing roads of snow
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1. In a suburb of Austin, city leaders don't all agree that it's worth investing in preventative measures like running power cables underground or buying snowplows.
2. They don't snowplow.
3. And we're snowplow parents.
4. That's called being on the edge of the snowplow.
5. Practice the snowplow, or wedge, position.
tram
/ˈtɹæm/
nouna vehicle that is powered by electricity and moves on rails in a street, used for transporting passengers
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1. The small tram is in front of a cinema.
2. The trams are a pretty awesome part of Helsinki.
3. And, the tram ran every eight minutes.
4. Always give priority to trams.
5. Just got a rescue tram.
airbus
/ˈɛɹbəs/
nounan airplane that transports many passengers, particularly for short distances
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1. Airbus announced an end to its A380 program in 2019 due to a lack of orders.
2. Another big name in the space is Airbus.
3. Airbus is the European manufacturer.
4. For Satellites, Airbus developed electric propulsion.
5. Airbus canceled the order.
airliner
/ˈɛɹˌɫaɪnɝ/
nouna large aircraft for transporting passengers
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1. A commercial airliner has different weight and speed requirements than that of a fighter jet.
2. That morning terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners.
3. Jet airliners usually fly at 35,000 to 42,000 feet.
4. Airliners don't usually keep you at sea level pressure.
5. To put that in perspective, commercial airliners cruise at about 36,000 feet!
hovercraft
/ˈhəvɝˌkɹæft/
nouna vehicle that can travel near the surface of water or land being supported by its air cushion and using the power of air produced by its engine
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1. Is it even a hovercraft?
2. Build us a hovercraft out of paperclips.
3. Do they let hovercrafts in?
4. The hovercraft has run amok in a lock.
5. Hovercraft have kind of a cult following around here.
jumbo jet
/dʒˈʌmboʊ dʒˈɛt/
nouna very large plane capable of carrying hundreds of passengers, particularly a Boeing 747
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zeppelin
/ˈzɛpɪɫɪn/
nouna large airship, originated in Germany
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1. I just mainly fly the zeppelin.
2. Refuel the zeppelin.
3. You guys used Zeppelin?
4. Led Zeppelin.
5. Probably Led Zeppelin.
vessel
/ˈvɛsəɫ/
nouna large boat or a ship
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1. And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch Of merchant-marring rocks?
2. Protect your vessel.
3. The vessels looked better.
4. Cochrane made this vessel into his flagship.
5. The vessel was nearly 170 meters long.
cruiser
/ˈkɹuzɝ/
nouna motorboat of large size with a cabin on board in which people can sleep, used for recreational purposes
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1. Where's the second cruiser?
2. Aircraft from Sardinia surface ships from Italy, German U‑boats, the force lost two carriers, four cruisers several destroyers and 9 of the 14 transports.
3. Was I in the cruiser?
4. The police cruiser died.
5. It's a Cruiser! -
canoe
/kəˈnu/
nouna narrow boat that is light and has pointed ends, which can be moved using paddles
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1. We use canoe as the medium.
2. Around 50 rowers fit in the canoes.
3. Canoes from across Douala are taking part in today’s race.
4. Okay, undo the canoe.
5. - Going on canoes!
kayak
/ˈkaɪæk/
nouna type of boat that is light and has an opening in the top in which the paddler sits
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1. Where's my kayak?
2. Where's my kayak?
3. Where's my kayak?
4. Where's my kayak?
5. So we had a few kayaks.
lifeboat
/ˈɫaɪfˌboʊt/
nouna boat used for saving people whose lives are at risk at sea
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1. Some lifeboats only had a handful of passengers.
2. Even worse, the crew of the ship did not fill the lifeboats.
3. The lifeboats only rescued thirteen people from the water.
4. Lifeboat involves a boat.
5. A 1930s ship's lifeboat, which I've been restoring in the garden of my beach house in England.
powerboat
/ˈpaʊɝˌboʊt/
nouna motorboat that can go very fast, used particularly in races
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1. Rather, use against small surface contacts like powerboats and speedboats such as what pirates and terrorists use is what the intended targets would be.
2. The offshore powerboat champions indicted for trafficking more than 75 tons of cocaine.
3. First is breaking the world record for circling the globe with a powerboat.
speedboat
/ˈspidˌboʊt/
nouna boat designed to go very fast
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1. Like this speedboat called a go-fast boat that was intercepted by the Coast Guard.
2. Speedboat passing by a dock.
3. The Flying Squad's best clue was the speedboat.
4. And the police have speedboats and jetskis
5. [Narrator] June, 1938, a speedboat enters international waters, three miles off shore from Santa Monica, California.
integrated
/ˈɪnəˌɡɹeɪtəd/, /ˈɪnəˌɡɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈɪntəˌɡɹeɪtəd/, /ˈɪntəˌɡɹeɪtɪd/
adjectiveinvolving different parts that work well together
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1. Is this integrated to this?
2. This is very integrated into the Mediterranean zone.
3. The heat is way more integrated.
4. Where again, people have a more integrated life.
5. They will become more and more Integrated.
viaduct
/ˈvaɪədəkt/
nouna long, elevated structure that carries a railway or road across a valley or river, typically held up by a series of arches
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1. It is to prefer a daffodil to a viaduct, to a tree to a factory.
2. What's more, Chinese high-speed rail lines include a lot of viaducts.
3. What I mean is that you probably won't see a breathtaking variety of different viaduct designs.
4. For example, this 190 meter long viaduct in Vilemov completed in 1904.
5. You think you'd notice a tunnel approaching down the road, but two men kept their heads out as the bus entered a viaduct and by this point, it was too late.
submarine
/ˈsəbmɝˌin/, /ˌsəbmɝˈin/
nouna warship that can operate both on and under water
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1. I boarded the submarine.
2. Submarines are different in purpose to some other elements of a navy.
3. So we take the submarine away from the shoreline.
4. But, submarines are now so much more than machines of war.
5. Can you say submarine?
