Unit 7 Journeys

Question 1

Backpack

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Yob

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Bland

Answer 3

Not having a strong or interesting taste

Question 4

Wander

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Borne

Answer 5

Past participle of the verb to bear

Question 6

Walk (all) over sb

Answer 6

To treat sb badly, without considering them or their needs

Question 7

Bust

Answer 7

Broken

Question 8

Upshot

Answer 8

The final result of series of events

Question 9

Unreasonable

Answer 9

Not fair; expecting too much

Question 10

Trudge

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Trek

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Traipse

Answer 12

To walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling

Question 13

Tiptoe

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Surcharge

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Stumble

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Strut

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Stroll

Answer 17

To walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way

Question 18

Stride

Answer 18

To walk with long steps in a particular direction

Question 19

Stop over (at/in)

Answer 19

To stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey

Question 20

Check into

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Chill out

Answer 21

To relax and stop feeling angry or nervous about sth

Question 22

Classic

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Classical

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Commute

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Conform (to/with sth)

Answer 25

To obey a rule, law, atc.

Question 26

Creep

Answer 26

To move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard

Question 27

Detrimental

Answer 27

Harmful

Question 28

Exceedingly

Answer 28

Extremely; very much

Question 29

Excessively

Answer 29

To a degree or level that is greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate

Question 30

Excursion

Answer 30

A short journey made for pleasure, especially one that has been organised for a group of people

Question 31

Expedition

Answer 31

An organised journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is nor well known

Question 32

Imply

Answer 32

To suggest that sth is true or that you feel or think sth, without saying so directly

Question 33

Infer

Answer 33

To reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available

Question 34

Irrational

Answer 34

Not based on, or not using, clear logical thought

Question 35

Kip

Answer 35

To sleep

Question 36

Limp

Answer 36

To walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured

Question 37

Loo

Answer 37

A toilet

Question 38

March

Answer 38

To walk with stiffregular steps like a soldier

Question 39

Lug

Answer 39

To carry or drag sth heavy with a lot of effort

Question 40

Mate

Answer 40

A friend

Question 41

Mutual

Answer 41

Used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally

Question 42

Outing

Answer 42

A trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting for no more than one day

Question 43

Outweigh

Answer 43

To be greater or more important than sth

Question 44

Pilgrimage

Answer 44

A journey to a holy place for religious reasons

Question 45

Plod

Answer 45

To walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired

Question 46

Plumbing

Answer 46

The system of pipes, etc. that supply water to a building

Question 47

Pose

Answer 47

To create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with

Question 48

Put sb up

Answer 48

To let sb stay at your home

Question 49

Run into sb

Answer 49

To meet sb by chance

Question 50

Run sb/sth down

Answer 50

To criticise sb/sth in an unkind way

Question 51

Run sth by sb

Answer 51

To show sb sth or tell sb about an idea in order to see their reaction to it

Question 52

Saunter

Answer 52

To walk in a slow relaxed way

Question 53

See sb off

Answer 53

To go to a station, an airport, etc. to say goodbye to sb who is starting a journey

Question 54

Sneak

Answer 54

To move very quietly, trying to avoid being seen or heard

Question 55

Stagger

Answer 55

To walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall

Question 56

Stop by

Answer 56

To make a short visit somewhere

Question 57

Break

Answer 57

A short holliday

Question 58

Journey

Answer 58

An act of travelling from one place to another

Question 59

Tour

Answer 59

A journey made for pleasure in which several different places are visited

Question 60

Trip

Answer 60

A journey to a place and back for pleasure or for a particular purpose

Question 61

Voyage

Answer 61

A long journey excpecially by sea or space

Question 62

Travels

Answer 62

Time spent travelling

Question 63

Desquieting

Answer 63

Causing anxiety and dissatisfaction

Question 64

Consequence

Answer 64

The effect sth will have in the future

Question 65

Articulated

Answer 65

Expressed or explained your thoughts clearly in words

Question 66

Omnipresent

Answer 66

Everywhere

Question 67

Grim

Answer 67

Unpleasant

Question 68

Implacable

Answer 68

Imposible to make less angry