the car skidded

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• the car skidded — the car slid on its wheels, the car slid uncontrollably …   English contemporary dictionary

• the unthinkable — something that you cannot accept, believe, or imagine; especially : something that is so bad that you do not want to think about it And then, the unthinkable happened: the car skidded out of control and crashed. • • • Main Entry: ↑unthinkable …   Useful english dictionary

• car — noun 1 road vehicle with four wheels ⇨ See also ↑automobile ADJECTIVE ▪ fast ▪ new ▪ diesel (esp. BrE), electric, fuel efficient (esp. AmE), hybrid …   Collocations dictionary

• jam on the brake(s) — | jam the brake(s) on idiom to operate the ↑brakes on a vehicle suddenly and with force • The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes. Main entry: ↑jamidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• jam the brake(s) on — jam on the brake(s) | jam the brake(s) on idiom to operate the ↑brakes on a vehicle suddenly and with force • The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes. Main entry: ↑jamidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• List of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman episodes — The following is an episode list for the television series Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. In the United States, the show aired on ABC, premiering on September 12, 1993,[1] and concluding on June 14, 1997.[2] At the end of its run, 87 …   Wikipedia

• Mr. Monk and the Candidate — Monk episode Excuse me Monk s fear of heights allows Ian Sykes on the left to slip past him on a la …   Wikipedia

• skid — skid1 [skıd] v past tense and past participle skidded present participle skidding if a vehicle or a wheel on a vehicle skids, it suddenly slides sideways and you cannot control it ▪ The car skidded as she turned onto the highway. skid… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slide — vb Slide, slip, glide, skid, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan can mean to move along easily and smoothly over or as if over a surface. Slide usually implies accelerating motion and continuous contact with a smooth and slippery surface; it is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• slide — I n. a hair slide (BE; AE has barrette) II v. 1) (d; intr.) to slide down (to slide down a hill) 2) (d; intr.) to slide from, out of (the glass slid from her hand) 3) (d; intr.) to slide into (the car skidded and slid into a ditch) 4) (AE)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• David C. Schilling — David Carl Schilling Born December 15, 1918(1918 12 15) Leavenworth, Kansas Died August 14, 1956(1956 08 14) (aged 37) Eriswell, Suffolk …   Wikipedia