Trump has nothing to show for his war in Iran except 13 dead service members, a closed Strait, a broken ceasefire, and a $4.30 gallon of gas. apnews.com/article/oil-...
⛽️ The average price of a gallon of gas hit $4.39 this morning — up 9¢ in just 24 hours, and 47% higher than before the Iran war. A month ago, it was $4.06. A year ago, it was $3.19. This is ALL Trump’s fault! 😡
(British, Canadian) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon.
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
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Last night it was $4.33/gallon. Jumped 36¢ a gallon overnight.
(US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon").
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
“Trump has nothing to show for his war in Iran except 13 dead service members, a closed Strait, a broken ceasefire, and a $4.30 gallon of gas. apnews.com/article/oil-...”
“⛽️ The average price of a gallon of gas hit $4.39 this morning — up 9¢ in just 24 hours, and 47% higher than before the Iran war. A month ago, it was $4.06. A year ago, it was $3.19. This is ALL Trump’s fault! 😡”
“Last night it was $4.33/gallon. Jumped 36¢ a gallon overnight.”
“Last night it was $4.33/gallon. Jumped 26¢ gallon overnight.”
“I saw a screenshot of someone complaining about $7 gas and it costing $200 to fill up a Silverado, and my immediate reaction was, instead, "holy shit; that thing has a 30 gallon gas tank?"”
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A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints.
The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
Gallon means: A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
gallon means: A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“a cursive thought that just occurred to me: as the Trumpression goes on, and gas goes above $10 a gallon, at what point are we going to start seeing gas trailer hijacking? it's not that there was no risk before, but...”
“A rough conversion for US$/USgallon to GBP/litre is to divide by 5. So $5 per US gallon = £1 per Litre. The error is about 2% at todays exchange rate.”
“I ordered a gallon of pressure washer soap from Sam's Club and the website tried to convince me to add a three-year Protection Plan.”
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