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📖 Определения и значения для слова wheel

📒 one of the round objects under a car, bicycle, bus, etc. that turns when it moves

  • He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.
  • the rear wheels of the car
  • She was killed when she was crushed under the wheels of a bus.

📒 the round object used for controlling the direction in which a car, etc. or ship moves

  • Always keep both hands on the wheel.
  • behind the wheel Never get behind the wheel if you're too tired.
  • This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident.

📒 a car

  • At last he had his own wheels.

📒 a flat, round part in a machine

  • gear wheels

📒 an organization or a system that seems to work like a complicated machine that is difficult to understand

  • the wheels of bureaucracy/commerce/government
  • It was Rob's idea. I merely set the wheels in motion (= started the process).

📒 having the number or type of wheels mentioned

  • a sixteen-wheeled lorry

📒 a car, bicycle, etc. with the number of wheels mentioned

  • a three-wheeler

📒 not paying enough attention to what you need to do

  • Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
  • They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.
  • Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen.

📒 a person who is a small part of a large organization

📒 to help something to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics

📒 to start working very hard at a particular task

  • Everyone is going to have to put their shoulder to the wheel.

📒 to prevent somebody from putting their plans into operation

📒 to waste time creating something that already exists and works well

  • There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel.

📒 a situation that is difficult to understand because it involves complicated or secret processes and decisions

  • There are wheels within wheels in this organization—you never really know what is going on.
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