Unit 7 Journeys (2) Flashcards

1
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To travel on holiday carrying your equipment and clothes in a backpack

A

Backpack

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2
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A rude, noisy and sometimes aggressive and violent boy or young man

A

Yob

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3
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Not having a strong or interesting taste

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Bland

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4
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To walk slowly around to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction

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Wander

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5
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Past participle of the verb to bear

A

Borne

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6
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To treat sb badly, without considering them or their needs

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Walk (all) over sb

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7
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Broken

A

Bust

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8
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The final result of series of events

A

Upshot

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9
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Not fair; expecting too much

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Unreasonable

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10
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To walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you are tired or carrying sth heavy

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Trudge

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11
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To spend time walking, especially in mountains and for enjoyment and interest

A

Trek

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12
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To walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling

A

Traipse

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13
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To walk using the front partsof your feet only, so that other people cannot hear you

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Tiptoe

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14
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An extra amount of money that you must pay in addition to the ususal price

A

Surcharge

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15
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To hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and almost fall

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Stumble

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16
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To walk proudly with your head up and chest out to show that you think you are important

A

Strut

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17
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To walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way

A

Stroll

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18
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To walk with long steps in a particular direction

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Stride

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19
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To stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey

A

Stop over (at/in)

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20
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To arrive at a hotel or private hospital to begin your stay there

A

Check into

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21
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To relax and stop feeling angry or nervous about sth

A

Chill out

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22
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Accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind

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Classic

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23
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  1. Widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea
  2. Connected with or influenced by the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Classical

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24
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To travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home

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Commute

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To obey a rule, law, atc.
Conform (to/with sth)
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To move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard
Creep
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Harmful
Detrimental
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Extremely; very much
Exceedingly
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To a degree or level that is greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate
Excessively
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A short journey made for pleasure, especially one that has been organised for a group of people
Excursion
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An organised journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is nor well known
Expedition
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To suggest that sth is true or that you feel or think sth, without saying so directly
Imply
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To reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available
Infer
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Not based on, or not using, clear logical thought
Irrational
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To sleep
Kip
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To walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured
Limp
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A toilet
Loo
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To walk with stiffregular steps like a soldier
March
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To carry or drag sth heavy with a lot of effort
Lug
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A friend
Mate
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Used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally
Mutual
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A trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting for no more than one day
Outing
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To be greater or more important than sth
Outweigh
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A journey to a holy place for religious reasons
Pilgrimage
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To walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired
Plod
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The system of pipes, etc. that supply water to a building
Plumbing
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To create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with
Pose
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To let sb stay at your home
Put sb up
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To meet sb by chance
Run into sb
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To criticise sb/sth in an unkind way
Run sb/sth down
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To show sb sth or tell sb about an idea in order to see their reaction to it
Run sth by sb
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To walk in a slow relaxed way
Saunter
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To go to a station, an airport, etc. to say goodbye to sb who is starting a journey
See sb off
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To move very quietly, trying to avoid being seen or heard
Sneak
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To walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall
Stagger
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To make a short visit somewhere
Stop by
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A short holliday
Break
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An act of travelling from one place to another
Journey
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A journey made for pleasure in which several different places are visited
Tour
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A journey to a place and back for pleasure or for a particular purpose
Trip
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A long journey excpecially by sea or space
Voyage
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Time spent travelling
Travels
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Causing anxiety and dissatisfaction
Desquieting
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The effect sth will have in the future
Consequence
65
Expressed or explained your thoughts clearly in words
Articulated
66
Everywhere
Omnipresent
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Unpleasant
Grim
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Imposible to make less angry
Implacable