Page 131 - English Vocabulary In Use upper intermediet and advance

Movement and speed

Move is the basic verb for all movement, but do not forget it also means 'to move to a new
houselflat', e.g. We've moved. Do you want our new address?
Particular types of movement
Cars, lorries, etc. travel/drive along roads.
Trains travel along rails.
Boatslships sail on rivers I across the sea.
Riverslsrreams flow/run through townslvillages.
Things often have particular verbs associated with their types of movement. You should
learn these as collocations as you meet them, and record them with a phrase or sentence.
White clouds drifted across the sky.
The flag fluttered in the wind.
The leaves stirred in the light breeze.
The trees swayed back and forth as the gale grew fiercer.
The car swerved to avoid a dog which had run into the road.

Useful verbs to describe fast and slow movement

The traffic was crawling along because We'll be late! Stop dawdling!
of the roadworks.

Suddenly a car came round the bend and tore along the road at high speed. Seconds later,
a police car shot past after it.
Everyone was hurryinghushing to get their shopping done before closing time.
The train was just trundlinglplodding along at about 30 miles per hour. I knew we'd be
late.

Nouns describing speed and their typical contexts
speed general word: used for vehicles, developments, changes, etc., e.g. We
were travelling at high speed.
rate often used in statistical contexts; the rate of increaseldecrease, e.g. The
birth rate is going down.
pace how you experience something as happening fast or slow, e.g. The lesson
was going at a very slow pace.
velocity for technicauscientific contexts, e.g. The velocity of a bullet.

126 English Vocabulary in Use