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Used with verbs:
"
I followed the road to the lake."
(followed, crossed, took)
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She went down the road."
(went down, went up, turned into, turned onto, turned off)
"
The car traveled down the road."
(traveled, drove)
"
They are building the road."
(be + building, be + repairing, be + clearing, be + paving, be + widening)
"
The roads are maintained throughout the year."
(be + maintained, be + blocked, be + blocked off, be + closed)
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When the road curves, get in the right lane."
(curves, bends, turns, narrows, widens, twists, winds)
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This road connects the industrial area to the central district."
(connects, links)
"
The road goes south."
(goes, leads, runs)
"
We walked along the road."
(walked, biked)
"
The road is lined with trees."
(lined)
"
This road crosses my property."
(crosses)
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The city sweeps the road every month."
(sweeps)
Used with nouns:
"
The men are doing road work."
(work, construction, maintenance, repair, improvements)
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The police set up a road block."
(block, sign)
"
We looked at the road map."
(map, atlas)
"
You shouldn't eat road kill."
(kill)
"
The city is monitoring road safety."
(safety, conditions)
"
I bought myself a road bike."
(bike)
"
We went on a road trip."
(trip)
"
I did a road test first."
(test)
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I saw a road sweeper this morning."
(sweeper, crew)
"
There is a road closure ahead."
(closure, bump, crossing, junction)
"
Road rage can be very dangerous."
(rage)
Used with adjectives:
"
Take the side road."
(side, back)
"
The empty road stretched ahead of us."
(empty, winding, smooth, tree-lined, open, straight, deserted)
"
He traveled down the country road."
(country, rural, coastal)
"
She lives on a main road."
(main, major)
"
They took the wrong road."
(wrong, hard, easy, high, low)
"
I walked along the muddy road."
(muddy, dusty, icy, unpaved, rocky, rough, long, wide, narrow, dirt, bumpy)
"
We biked along the twisting road."
(twisting, one-lane, two-lane)
"
She drove up the private road."
(private, airport, residential, public, dead-end)
"
We drove through a dangerous road."
(dangerous, busy, congested)
Used with prepositions:
"
I sat down on the road."
(on)
"
We sat in the road."
(in)
"
I saw him across the road."
(across, up, by, in)
"
She walked right into the main road without looking for cars."
(into, onto)
"
We walked along the road."
(along)
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The road from the city is unpaved."
(from, to, through)
