The driver could barely see the road ahead.

Meaning: The person driving the car could not see the road in front of them very well.

Choice of Words: Barely means almost not. See means to look at something. Road is a long, narrow area of land that is used for vehicles to travel on. Ahead means in the future or in front of you.

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The driver struggled to make out the road in front.

Meaning: This also means that the driver was having a hard time seeing where they were going, but it emphasizes the effort they had to put in.

Choice of Words: Struggled means to make a great effort to do something. Make out means to see or understand something that is not clear. Road is the path on which vehicles travel. Front means the part of something that faces forward. When you put them together, the sentence means that the driver had to try really hard to see the path in front of them.

The driver's vision was obscured, making it difficult to see the road ahead.

Meaning: This is a more specific way of saying that the driver was having a hard time seeing where they were going. It suggests that there was something in the way, like fog or rain.

Choice of Words: Vision is the ability to see. Obscured means to make something difficult to see or understand. Road is the path on which vehicles travel. Ahead means in front of or in the direction of movement. When you put them together, the sentence means that something was blocking the driver's view, making it hard for them to see the path in front of them.

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