Park a car meaning in English

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Definition

to park (a car): to stop and put (a car) in a place where it can stay for a period of time verb

Examples

"You are parked in a 2 hour zone, and your meter has expired."
"Hey do you guys know if I can park here?"
"Brian : Why do we drive in a parkway, but park in a driveway?"
"Brian : So many questions... Why do we drive in a parkway, but park in a driveway?"
"-They have parked a spaceship outside Delavigne Headquarters in San Francisco"
"Susie : Well actually Dr. Donna, you parked your car in front of mine in the staff car park, and I just wanted to ask you to move it."

Exercise 1

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There maybe more than one correct answer!

The Radio Rhubarb Traffic Helicopter has broken down.

Moira accuses Ray of lying to her about his location.

Rachid is impressed with the number of beautiful girls on the beach.

Moira is able to hear the sounds of the ocean in the background.

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There maybe more than one correct answer!

The Radio Rhubarb Traffic Helicopter has broken down.

This statement is false. Ray Upton informs Brent and Moira that he and Rachid "decided to land the helicopter in the parking lot" of a Taco Bell restaurant. If a vehicle "breaks down", then it has a mechanical fault which stops it from working properly. "To land" a flying vehicle is to bring it to the ground. The traffic copter has not broken down, it is just parked in a "car park" or "parking lot".

Moira accuses Ray of lying to her about his location.

Moira speculates that Ray is lying on the beach, not that he is "lying" (or telling an untruth) to her. In English, the verb "to lie" has two primary meanings: to position the body horizontally (for example the way someone sleeps on a bed) AND to tell an untruth, or to deceive someone. Note that in the progressive (or ING) form, the verbs are conjugated exactly the same way, and so the context determines the verb's meaning. The verb "to lie" in the sense of positioning the body horizontally is irregular: lie/lay/lain.

Rachid is impressed with the number of beautiful girls on the beach.

This statement is true. Towards the end of the broadcast, Rachid states that "there are so many gorgeous women on the beach". The adjective "gorgeous" is synonymous with "beautiful" or "splendid" when used to describe a person.

Moira is able to hear the sounds of the ocean in the background.

This statement is true. Moira suspects that Ray and Rachid are on a beach because she hears the "sound of waves crashing against the shore". On the surface of a body of water, a "wave" is a moving swell or ridge which sometimes breaks once it reaches the "shore" (the point where land and sea meet). The verb "to crash" describes a collision or impact between objects, people etc.

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