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Movement & Travel — Lesson 4

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arrived

əˈraɪvd

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress — she arrived home late.

We arrived at the hotel at 8 pm.

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arrives

əˈraɪvz

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress — the train arrives at 9 o'clock.

The train arrives at 9 o'clock.

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arriving

əˈraɪvɪŋ

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress — the plane is arriving on time.

The train is arriving at the station now.

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ascend

əˈsɛnd

Travel up — the plane began to ascend after takeoff.

The plane began to ascend after takeoff.

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ascended

əˈsɛndɪd

Travel up — the plane ascended to 30,000 feet.

The hikers ascended the mountain over several days.

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ascends

əˈsends

Travel up — the plane ascends through the clouds.

The plane ascends through the clouds.

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backpedal

bækˈpɛdəl

Pedal backwards on a bicycle — rather than backpedal on the proposal, she defended her position strongly.

The politician backpedaled after his controversial comments caused public outrage.

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backpedaled

bækˈpɛdəld

Pedal backwards on a bicycle — she backpedaled when she noticed everyone disagreed with her.

The politician quickly backpedaled after realizing his statement was controversial.

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backtrack

ˈbæktræk

Retrace one's course — the politician was forced to backtrack on his earlier statements.

The hikers had to backtrack when they realised they had taken the wrong path.

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backtracked

ˈbæktrækt

Retrace one's course — the politician backtracked on his earlier promise to cut taxes.

We had to backtrack when we realized we were on the wrong trail.

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ballooned

bəˈlund

Ride in a hot-air balloon — prices have ballooned since the supply shortage began.

The dress ballooned around her as she spun in the wind.

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banked

bæŋkt

Tip laterally — he forgot that he banked the extra cash.

She banked her paycheck as soon as she received it.

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