3/6 Talk about a car accident you were in.

I got into a pretty bad car accident several years ago.

ex> Luckily, I've never gotten into a car accident in my life.

I was entering an intersection, but there was a driver that was running a red light from the other direction.

* run a red light: 정지 신호를 무시하다

ex> I didn’t realize I was running a red light.

He totally came out of nowhere. I don’t think he had his eyes on the road.

* come out of nowhere: 난데없이 나타나다

We ended up crashing into each other.

* crash into each other: 서로 충돌하다

ex> The two vehicles crashed into each other head-on.

My hood was completely smashed in. I decided that my car was a write-off.

* be smashed in: 찌그러지다

ex> The rear bumper of my car was smashed in.

* write-off: 수리가 불가능한 상태, 완전히 파손된 상태

My car was totaled and had to be scrapped. I also got whiplash from the impact, and had to stay in the hospital for a couple of weeks.

* get whiplash: (사고 충격으로) 목 부상을 입다

ex> I got whiplash from being rear-ended.

* be totaled: 아예 못 쓰게 되다, 전파되다

Fortunately, the costs were all covered by insurance.

@ I took my car in for repairs.  차를 수리 맡겼어.

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1.      He got into a bad car accident last year.

2.      I ran a red light by mistake.

3.      My front bumper was smashed in last night.

4.      I got whiplash from a car accident last month.