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Help needed about vocabulary
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mfraczek
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Help needed about vocabulary
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Hello everybody, I �m stuck with a word. In winter when there is black ice on the road and if you lose control of your car, what verb would you use? Skid , slip, slide.... Thanks for your help  and avery nice holiday to all!
Murielle |
2 Jul 2014
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MoodyMoody
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Skid is the most specific, but slip and slide are also fine. |
2 Jul 2014
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mfraczek
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Thank you ever so much for your answers. Have a nice day Murielle  |
2 Jul 2014
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douglas
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For my personal use-I usually use slide or slip--to me a skid should leave marks on the road. This could just be due to my wild car days when I was younger though. :) |
3 Jul 2014
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yanogator
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I mostly agree with Douglas, but people do use the expression "go into a skid" when referring to icy roads. I think of "slip" as a somewhat minor loss of control and "slide" as moving some distance out of control. As Douglas said, "skid" is usually the action of momentum on a dry surface rather than on ice. Unlike Douglas, I never had any "wild car days". Bruce |
3 Jul 2014
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Doot
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I live in an area with lots of snow and we apply our breaks and the car continues to move we call it a skid. It can also we a skid if it leaves marks on a dry surface. |
3 Jul 2014
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