Here's a joke for all car enthusiasts!
A man is having trouble with his car; it frequently stalls. So he goes to a garage, and asks them to fix it. They replace the transmission and put in new spark plugs. But his car still doesn't run right, so he takes it to another garage. At this second garage, the mechanic pokes around for ten minutes, then pulls a screwdriver out of his belt and tightens a screw. And now the car runs perfectly. But the man is irate when he gets a bill in the mail for $200. He storms back to the mechanic, and says, 'This is outrageous! All you did was tighten a screw, and you ask for $200! I want an itemized bill!' So the mechanic takes out a pad and pencil, and writes down an itemized bill, as follows:
Labor: turning screw $5
Knowing which screw to turn: $195
NEW WORDS
STALL
[stɔ:l]
tech. to stop due to engine overload/insufficient fuel, av. to lock due to loss of speed, etc.
TRANSMISSION
[trænz'miʃn]
gearbox
SPARK PLUG
['spa:k'plʌg]
1. auto. spark plug
POKE
[pouk]
I. 1. to poke, to prod, to push, to poke around
poke around poke about, colloq. to wander around
SCREWDRIVER
['skru:draivə]
n screwdriver
TIGHTEN
[taitn]
v to tighten, to pull tight, to stretch, to tense
to TIGHTEN up a screw to tighten/secure a screw
IRATE
[ai'reit]
a angry, enraged, furious, wrathful, mad, upset
STORM
[stɔ:m]
I. 1. storm
to STORM at to scold
OUTRAGEOUS
[aut'reidʒəs]
1. brutal, savage
Itemized bill
['aitəmaizd bil]
Detailed description of the bill
PAD
[pæd]
6. notebook, notepad
TURN
[tə:n]
I. 1. to turn, to rotate