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Lecture 4: Travel & Environment Flashcards

units 27, 30, 31, 32 (102 cards)

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to escape the crowds

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to go where there are not many people

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to get off the beaten track

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to go to places tourists do not normally go, somewhere different/unusualy

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to get back to nature

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to live a natural, rural style of life

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tourist sector

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formal for tourist industry

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discerning

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showing good judgement, esp about style and quality

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boast

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this use of boast is for listing the good qualities of a place

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hordes of people

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crowds, in a negative sense

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a wealth of sth

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large amount of, formal

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flora and fauna

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plants and animals

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national park

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areas of a country, that are protected by the government because of their natural beauty or because they have a special history

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nature reserves

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areas of land protected in order to keep safe the animals and plants that live there, often because they are rare

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tracts

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areas of land, collocates with large, vast, huge

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virgin rainforest

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original and natural

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to seek something out of the ordinary

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looking for something different, rather formal

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to unwind

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relax, reduce your general level of stress

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recharge

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get back your energy

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the bush

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wild areas covered in grass, bushes or trees, esp in africa and australia

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4 x 4 vehicles

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four by four vehicles, vehicles with dricing power on all four wheels

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waterfront

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on the edge of the sea or of a river

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stunning

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extremely beautiful

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unbeatable

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no other company can offer cheaper ones fro the same service

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awe-inspiring

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it fills you with a sense of power and beauty of what you are looking at

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ramble

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a long, pleasant walk, not too demanding

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hike

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more demanding, suggesting more difficult terrain

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trek
usually of several days over wild country
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unrivalled
no other holiday programme can match this
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scenic
having views of the attractive, natural things in the countryside
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paradise
a perfect place or situation, often collocates with tropical, when describing somewhere hot and sunny
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ecotourism
the business of organising holidays in a way which helps local people and does not damage the environment
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savour
enjoy or taste
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heartland
the inland areas furthest away from the sea or from borders with other countries
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to build someone/thing up
to praise someone or something in a way that will increase expectations of them
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to cement
to make relationships more solid
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to come up against a brick wall
to meet a barrier
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to put a ceiling on sth
to limit sth
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the glass ceiling
invisible barrier that stops people, especially women, from rising to top positions at work
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the roof fell in
my world collapsed
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the floor gave way
fainting
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to go through the roof
to increase in a rapid, uncontrolled fashion
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to hit the roof
to get very angry
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a window of opportunity
a chance to do something v special
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a quality or an idea can go out the window
it departs
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to live in an ivory tower
doesn't know about the unpleasant and ordinary things that happen in life
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a tower of strength
extremely strong, more emotional than physical
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to tower above someone
either oustandingly tall or outstanding in any other way, usually positive
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to be a gateway to
to give an opportunity to get somewhere
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to close /shut doors for someone
to take away an opportunity
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to do sth through/by the back door
doing sth unofficially
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to do sth behind closed doors
secretively
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to provide/hold the key to sth
to suggest the importance to sth
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the seeds of success, the seeds of discontent, seeds of revolution
beginning of an idea/ feeling
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to go back to your roots
going back to the o´place where your family came from
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The root of a problem
the cause
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the roots of a tradition
where it came from
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to put down roots
to settle down and make your home in one place
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An idea takes roots
when an idea becomes known or accepted
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grassroots supporters of sth
ordinary people in a society or organisation, not the leaders
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rooted, collocations?
deeply, firmly
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to stem from sth
to originate from sth
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to nip sth in the bud
to stop sth in the very beginning, before it develops
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budding (adjective)
showing promise of devolopment
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to branch out
from a main organisation - branches of a show - a business branching out
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to weed out
to get rid of
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to prune back sth
to cut, limit
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to reap the rewards of sth
to get results from sth
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to reap what you sow
to experience the logical results of your actions, usually negative
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to dig sth up
to discover sth
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an idea can germinate
beginning to develop
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to be sprouting
to be appearing quickly in large numbers
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to be flourishing
to be doing very well
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beginning to see the green shots of sth
first signs that sth is improving
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to shed (what?)
employeto thrivees, jobs weight, worries, inhibitions
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to thrive (on sth)
to grow/develop well and successfully
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plants (when they die, four verbs)
shrivel, wilt, fade, wither also used for people/situations
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mammal
animal that gives birth to live babies and gives milk
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marsupial
e.g. a kangaroo (its young grow in a pouch in front of the mother)
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rodent
e.g. mouse & rat
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reptile
e.g. snake, lizard
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carnivore
animal eating meat
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herbivore
animal with a diet consisting of grass/veggies
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predator
animal that hunts/eats other animals
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scavenger
aasfresser, an animal eating stuff it hasn't killed on its own
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warm/cold-blooded
temperatures that stay the same / animals who have to control their temperature by taking in heat from outside or by being very active
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docile creature
behaves very gently
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tame
not afraid of humans, usually by domestication/training
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domesticated
living with humans
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wild
opposite of domesticated
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savage
extremely violent or wild
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fierce
behaves aggressively
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natural habitat
preferred natural place for living and breeding
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to migrate, migration
to travel a long distance to get to a different habitat
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dodo
a large flightless bird which was found on one island in the Indian Ocean also used to mean someone or something out of touch or obsolete
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to become extinct
to die out
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game reserves/game parks
areas of land where animals are protected from hunting game can be used to mean animals/birds that are hunted
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bird sanctuary
protected natural are where birds can live and breed
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animal (rescue) shelter
place where stray animals (pets that have lost their homes) are given food and a place to live
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blood sports
sports whose purpose is to kill or injure animals
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the fur trade
the selling of animal furs for coats, jackets etc
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poachers
poeple who hunt animals illegally
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the ivory trade
the buying and selling of ivory from elephants' tusks
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animal rights activists
poeple who actively campaign for the protection and rights of animals
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