1: After the party, Linda and some of her co-workers went to P.J.’s pub and continued drinking.
2: By the time Linda left the pub and headed home, she had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood.
3: Several of her friends offered her a ride but she refused.
4: On the road she lost control of her car and hit a truck.
5: She received serious head injuries, including brain damage.
6: She was in hospital for several months and needed both physiotherapy and speech therapy.
1: meaning of the prefix ‘co’; other words: ‘co-pilot’ ‘co-author’, ‘co-owner,’ ‘co-operate’
2: meaning of ‘by the time’
3: meaning of ‘head’
4: ‘lose control of’ (clausal-prepositional verb)
5: ‘receive injuries’ compare with ‘normal’ meaning of ‘receive’ and with ‘was injured’(no object possible with passive voice)
6: ‘physiotherapy’ and ‘speech therapy’ Etymology: from Greek ‘therapeia’ meaning ‘healing’ (also ‘psychotherapy’)