People vs Car

People [ ˈpi pəl ]

A people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole.

• persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
• persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group Twenty people volunteered to help.
• human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
• the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like the people of Australia; the Jewish people.
• the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination) the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople.
• the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc. a man of the people.
• the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc. the king and his people.
• the body of enfranchised citizens of a state representatives chosen by the people.
• a person's family or relatives My grandmother's people came from Iowa.
• (used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, especially under Communist leadership) people's republic; people's army.

Car [ kɑr ]

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than goods.

• an automobile.
• a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
• the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
• British Dialect.
• any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
• Literary.
• a chariot, as of war or triumph.
• Archaic.
• cart; carriage.
• left-handed.

• community
• crowd
• family
• folk
• nation
• population
• public
• society
• bodies
• bourgeois

• auto
• automobile
• bus
• convertible
• jeep
• limousine
• machine
• motor
• pickup
• ride

• 1 Lazy folks take the most pains. 
• 2 Follow your own course, and let people talk. 
• 3 Guilty consciences always make people cowards. 
• 4 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 
• 5 Every tragedy makes heroes of common people. 
• 6 Lazy folks have the most labour. 
• 7 Only a nation of educated people could remain free. 
• 8 People do not lack strength, they lack will. Victor Hugo 
• 9 Other people’s defects are good teachers. 
• 10 Never judge people by their appearance. 

• 1. The car was completely crushed under the truck.
• 2. The car had spun through 180 degrees on impact.
• 3. The car was a bargain at that price.
• 4. The car stalled at the roundabout.
• 5. The car rammed against/into the lorry.
• 6. The car overtook with a toot.
• 7. My car has had two punctures this week.
• 8. The car hit a tree or something.
• 9. I wish we had a car.
• 10. They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.