UNIT 2 VOCABULARY Flashcards
someone who travels a lot and
visits a lot of different countries
globetrotter
the most important or basic
part of something
at the heart of
to start a journey by ship
embark on
impossible to get into or
get through
impenetrable
travelling a long distance,
especially by air
long-haul
far away from the places that
people usually visit
off the beaten track
food and other necessary
supplies, especially for
a journey
provisions
an activity or subject
that people do not know
anything about or have not
experienced before
uncharted territory
willing to do a
particular activity
be up for
to practise and improve
your skills or knowledge
of something
brush up on
to have to deal with something
difficult or unpleasant
come up against
to have to deal with something
difficult or unpleasant
come up against
to discover a fact or piece
of information
find out about
to go somewhere different
from where you live in order to
have a rest or a holiday
get away from
to do something after you have
intended to do it for some time
get round to
to think about a time or event
in the past
look back on
to stop thinking about
something
switch off from
used for referring to something
in a very general way
by and large
used for saying that something
has much more of a particular
quality than anything else
far and away
in a large area or in many
different places, some of them
a long way away
far and wide
used for something someone
does with their full energy
and enthusiasm
heart and soul
a serious or dangerous
situation that you must deal
with immediately in order
to prevent something bad
from happening
life-or-death
used for describing a situation
in which someone who has
been very poor becomes
very rich
rags-to-riches
not damaged or hurt at all
safe and sound
