She's in the Infirmary (a hospital, it is now used mainly in the
names of hospitals).
From what he could see of the tires, there was plenty of tread
(the pattern of raised lines on a tyre that prevents vehicle from sliding on
the road) on them.
The windscreen was gone, driver's -side door and boot (a trunk, a
covered space at the back of a car, for storing things in) gaping (to be
or become wide open), both
airbags deployed (to use something or someone, especially in an
effective way).
But this area's notorious (famous for something bad) for boy
racers.
I think the Golf still qualifies as a 'hot hatch' (shortened from
hot hatchback, is an informal term used in the motoring press in UK).
Rebus asked him how many Golfs ended up in the compactor (a machine
that crushes material, especially waste material, so that it fits into a
smaller space).
He sported (to wear or be decorated with something) oily blue
overalls under a scuffed (to rub or scratch a surface) leather jacket,
and dirt was ingrained (to establish something so firmly that it is not
likely to change) on his palms and under his nails. The baseball cap he wore
was so grubby (informal, dirty) the lettering on it was indecipherable,
and a thick graying beard covered his chin and throat.
'Cutting back (to use something in smaller amount) on your
vocabulary,' Rebus explained.
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