accident
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a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)synonyms: collision
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an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injurytypes:collisiona serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)blessurean accident that results in physical damage or hurtnaufragean accident that destroys a ship at seamutilationan injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body parttype of:incidentan instance of misfortune
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an instance of misfortunesynonyms: incidenttypes:déraillementan accident in which a train runs off its trackchutean accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fallcollisiona serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)blessurean accident that results in physical damage or hurtnaufragean accident that destroys a ship at seatype of:malchanceunnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
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Learn these words from the online news article by Holly St. Lifer (Inside: Level B, Unit 6). Here are our links to the selections of "To the Rescue": Dogs at Work, How to Train a Guide Dog; The Wonder Dog, Angels in the Snow, Zlateh the Goat, The Story of Mzee and Owen, A Conflict Close to Home Here are our links to the units of Level B: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
Learn these words derived from the Latin roots cas, cad, cid meaning "to fall or happen."
Alice falls asleep in a meadow and wakes in a surreal world inhabited by characters such as the White Rabbit, the Red Queen, and the Cheshire Cat. Learn these words from Lewis Carroll's delightful and witty novel. Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–3, Chapters 4–6, Chapters 7–9, Chapters 10–12