Unit 16: Free time: relaxation and leisure

Question 1

therapeutic

I find listening to music very therapeutic

(n): therapeutics, therapy, therapist

Answer 1

1) helping to treat an illness
2) makes you healthy in body or mind

Question 2

culture vulture

Rob’s a real culture vulturel he goes to the theatre regularly and to ev

Rob’s a real culture vulture; he goes to the theatre regularly and to every art gallery that he can find.

Answer 2

big fan of anything cultural

Question 3

dabbler

(v): dabble

Fatima’s a bit of a dabbler; she takes up a hobby for a couple of weeks, the she gets bored and starts something different.

Answer 3

person who never keeps doing one activity for long

Question 4

lock yourself away

She locks herself away for hours in her room and listens to music.

Answer 4

isolate yourself from the word

Question 5

be hooked on

People who are truly hooked on drug will go to any lengths to satisfy their craving for the drug.

Answer 5

be addicted to sth

Question 6

get up to

What do you get up to at weekends, Mariana?

Answer 6

do

Question 7

full diary

Do you have a hectic social life? I have a pretty full diary.

Answer 7

a lot of activities

Question 8

keen participant

Answer 8

take part in sth enthusiastically