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Unit 7 Journeys (2) Flashcards

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1
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To travel on holiday carrying your equipment and clothes in a backpack

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Backpack

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

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Yob

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Not having a strong or interesting taste

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Bland

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

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Wander

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Past participle of the verb to bear

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Borne

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To treat sb badly, without considering them or their needs

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Walk (all) over sb

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Broken

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Bust

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The final result of series of events

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Upshot

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Not fair; expecting too much

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Unreasonable

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

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Trudge

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

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Trek

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12
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To walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling

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Traipse

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

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Tiptoe

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

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Surcharge

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

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Stumble

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16
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To walk proudly with your head up and chest out to show that you think you are important

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Strut

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To walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way

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Stroll

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To walk with long steps in a particular direction

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Stride

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19
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To stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey

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Stop over (at/in)

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

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Check into

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21
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To relax and stop feeling angry or nervous about sth

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Chill out

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22
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Accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind

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Classic

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  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
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Classical

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

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Commute

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To obey a rule, law, atc.

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Conform (to/with sth)

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

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Creep

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Harmful

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Detrimental

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Extremely; very much

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Exceedingly

29
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To a degree or level that is greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate

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Excessively

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

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Excursion

31
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An organised journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is nor well known

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Expedition

32
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To suggest that sth is true or that you feel or think sth, without saying so directly

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Imply

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

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Infer

34
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Not based on, or not using, clear logical thought

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Irrational

35
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To sleep

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Kip

36
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To walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured

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Limp

37
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A toilet

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Loo

38
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To walk with stiffregular steps like a soldier

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March

39
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To carry or drag sth heavy with a lot of effort

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Lug

40
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A friend

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Mate

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

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Mutual

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

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Outing

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To be greater or more important than sth

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Outweigh

44
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A journey to a holy place for religious reasons

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Pilgrimage

45
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To walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired

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Plod

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

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Plumbing

47
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To create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with

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Pose

48
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To let sb stay at your home

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Put sb up

49
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To meet sb by chance

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Run into sb

50
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To criticise sb/sth in an unkind way

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Run sb/sth down

51
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To show sb sth or tell sb about an idea in order to see their reaction to it

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Run sth by sb

52
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To walk in a slow relaxed way

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Saunter

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

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See sb off

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

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Sneak

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

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Stagger

56
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To make a short visit somewhere

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Stop by

57
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A short holliday

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Break

58
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An act of travelling from one place to another

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Journey

59
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A journey made for pleasure in which several different places are visited

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Tour

60
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A journey to a place and back for pleasure or for a particular purpose

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Trip

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A long journey excpecially by sea or space

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Voyage

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Time spent travelling

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Travels

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Causing anxiety and dissatisfaction

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Desquieting

64
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The effect sth will have in the future

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Consequence

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Expressed or explained your thoughts clearly in words

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Articulated

66
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Everywhere

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Omnipresent

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Unpleasant

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Grim

68
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Imposible to make less angry

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Implacable

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