UNIT 2 VOCABULARY

Question 1

someone who travels a lot and
visits a lot of different countries

Answer 1

globetrotter

Question 2

the most important or basic
part of something

Answer 2

at the heart of

Question 3

to start a journey by ship

Answer 3

embark on

Question 4

impossible to get into or
get through

Answer 4

impenetrable

Question 5

travelling a long distance,
especially by air

Answer 5

long-haul

Question 6

far away from the places that
people usually visit

Answer 6

off the beaten track

Question 7

food and other necessary
supplies, especially for
a journey

Answer 7

provisions

Question 8

an activity or subject
that people do not know
anything about or have not
experienced before

Answer 8

uncharted territory

Question 9

willing to do a
particular activity

Answer 9

be up for

Question 10

to practise and improve
your skills or knowledge
of something

Answer 10

brush up on

Question 11

to have to deal with something
difficult or unpleasant

Answer 11

come up against

Question 12

to have to deal with something
difficult or unpleasant

Answer 12

come up against

Question 13

to discover a fact or piece
of information

Answer 13

find out about

Question 14

to go somewhere different
from where you live in order to
have a rest or a holiday

Answer 14

get away from

Question 15

to do something after you have
intended to do it for some time

Answer 15

get round to

Question 16

to think about a time or event
in the past

Answer 16

look back on

Question 17

to stop thinking about
something

Answer 17

switch off from

Question 18

used for referring to something
in a very general way

Answer 18

by and large

Question 19

used for saying that something
has much more of a particular
quality than anything else

Answer 19

far and away

Question 20

in a large area or in many
different places, some of them
a long way away

Answer 20

far and wide

Question 21

used for something someone
does with their full energy
and enthusiasm

Answer 21

heart and soul

Question 22

a serious or dangerous
situation that you must deal
with immediately in order
to prevent something bad
from happening

Answer 22

life-or-death

Question 23

used for describing a situation
in which someone who has
been very poor becomes
very rich

Answer 23

rags-to-riches

Question 24

not damaged or hurt at all

Answer 24

safe and sound

Question 25

used for saying that two things
or people are directly next to
each other

Answer 25

side by side

Question 26

happening or doing something
in a slow and gradual way, but
achieving definite results

Answer 26

slowly but surely

Question 27

many times, usually so often
that you become annoyed

Answer 27

time after time