2/20 Car Accident

* almost: 거의 (~할 뻔한)
ex> We almost won the contest.

* get into a car accident: 자동차 사고를 당하다

* fender-bender: 가벼운 사고, 접촉사고

* cut: 끼어들다, 새치기를 하다
ex> It's really rude to cut in line.
ex> I told her not to cut in front of us.

* abruptly: 갑자기, 불쑥
ex> We were abruptly woken up in the night.

* slam on one's brake(s): to push on a vehicle's brakes suddenly and hard.  ex> The driver in front me slammed her brakes on and I nearly ran into her.

* fall off: 떨어지다

* scramble to: ~로 급히 움직이다  ex> All the teenagers scrambled for the rock star but couldn't catch him.

* make sure: 확실히 하다, 확인하다
ex> Can you make sure the gas is turned off?

* be shaken up: 충격을 받다
ex> We were pretty shaken up after the burglary.


@ I totaled my car.  내 차를 박살냈어.

1. She almost broke up with her boyfriend.
2. The old woman cut her way to the front of the line.
3. Make sure you call your mother this weekend.
4. We were all shaken up after seeing the horror movie.