Reading Flashcards

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accommodation

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buildings or rooms where people live or stay.(noun)

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bike rental

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? or bike hire business rents out bicycles for short periods of time, usually for a few hours.(noun)

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Cottage

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a small house in the country. (noun)

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People carrier

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a large car with about eight seats, used especially by people with families SYN mini-van. (noun)

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resort

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a place where a lot of people go for holidays. (noun)

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streetcar

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atypeofbusthat runs onelectricityalongmetaltracksin theroadSYNtram. (noun)

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Youth hostel

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a place where people, especially young people who are travelling, can stay very cheaply for a short time. (noun)

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restricted

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small orlimitedinsize, area, or amount. (adjective)

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struggle

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to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult. (verb)

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home-to-home

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from time the participant leaves her/ his residents within his/her home country until returning to the same

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picturesque

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A place that is attractive and interesting, and has no ugly modern buildings. (adjective)

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like-minded

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people have similar opinions, ideas, attitudes, or interests.(adjective)

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emissions

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An emission of something such as gas or radiation is the release of it into the atmosphere.(noun)

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congested

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road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.(adjective)

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clientele

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a place or organization are its customers or clients.(noun)

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staycation

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a holiday in which leisure activities are pursued while staying at one’s own home. (noun)

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sector

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A particular sector of a country’s economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.

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commuter

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People who travel to work

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lobby

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A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.(noun)

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runway

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At an airport, the runway is the long strip of ground with a hard surface which an aeroplane takes off from or lands on. (noun)

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outbound

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An outbound flight is one that is leaving or about to leave a particular place.(adjective)

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simplification

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You can use simplification to refer to the thing that is produced when you make something simpler or when you reduce it to its basic elements.

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contradict

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If you contradict someone, you tell them that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.(verb)

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split

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If something splits or if you split it, it is divided into two or more parts.(verb)