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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
bus
/bɐs/
noun1 of 2
a large road vehicle used for carrying many people
- “There was once a restaurant across from this bus station.”Tatoeba
- “We had to wait a little while for the bus.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
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cyclistnounA person who rides a bicycle.
bottlenecknounA narrow point that slows down the whole process.
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break downPhrasal verbTo stop working, or to divide into parts.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)