Travel Flashcards

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to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
to communicate; impart; make known: to convey a wish.

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Convey

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Obwodnica

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Ring road

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(of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy. Bujny

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Lush

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to go on a hike, using a backpack

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Backpacker

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to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc

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Plough

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(of a trailer truck) to have the cab and trailer swivel at the linkage until they form a V shape, as the result of an abrupt stop or accident.

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Jackknifed

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(of a trailer truck) to have the cab and trailer swivel at the linkage until they form a V shape, as the result of an abrupt stop or accident.

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Array

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having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

of or pertaining to the earliest period or state; primitive.

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Pristine

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a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.

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Geyser

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to spend a period of time being lazy.

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Laze away

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being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:

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Arid

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To provide food and entertainment

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Cater

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a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return:

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Excursion

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A small sheltered inlet or bay

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Cove

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To move with an eddying or whirling motion

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Swirl

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Twist

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Wind

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Say good-bye

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Bid farewell

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a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission. Task

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Errand

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ready in action; quick to act as occasion demands. Exactly

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Prompt/promptly

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(in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.

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Pagoda

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acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; tasty

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Palatable

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a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.

a playfully mischievous person; scamp.

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Rogue - The youngest boys are little rogues.

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the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.

the characteristic sound a gull makes.

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Mew

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the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.

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Quota

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any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.

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Gauze

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in a gay or breezy manner; jauntily.

lightly; delicately.

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Airily

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to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.

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Gape

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an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part; decoration

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Ornament

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to observe; look at; see.

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Behold

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quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe

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Agile

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to become mixed, blended, or united.

to associate or mix in company

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Mingle : She refuses to mingle with bigots.

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to engage in a petty quarrel.

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Squabble