Unit 7 Journeys (2) Flashcards
To travel on holiday carrying your equipment and clothes in a backpack
Backpack
A rude, noisy and sometimes aggressive and violent boy or young man
Yob
Not having a strong or interesting taste
Bland
To walk slowly around to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction
Wander
Past participle of the verb to bear
Borne
To treat sb badly, without considering them or their needs
Walk (all) over sb
Broken
Bust
The final result of series of events
Upshot
Not fair; expecting too much
Unreasonable
To walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you are tired or carrying sth heavy
Trudge
To spend time walking, especially in mountains and for enjoyment and interest
Trek
To walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling
Traipse
To walk using the front partsof your feet only, so that other people cannot hear you
Tiptoe
An extra amount of money that you must pay in addition to the ususal price
Surcharge
To hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and almost fall
Stumble
To walk proudly with your head up and chest out to show that you think you are important
Strut
To walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way
Stroll
To walk with long steps in a particular direction
Stride
To stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey
Stop over (at/in)
To arrive at a hotel or private hospital to begin your stay there
Check into
To relax and stop feeling angry or nervous about sth
Chill out
Accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind
Classic
- Widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea
- Connected with or influenced by the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
Classical
To travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home
Commute
To obey a rule, law, atc.
Conform (to/with sth)
To move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard
Creep
Harmful
Detrimental
Extremely; very much
Exceedingly
To a degree or level that is greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate
Excessively
A short journey made for pleasure, especially one that has been organised for a group of people
Excursion
An organised journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is nor well known
Expedition
To suggest that sth is true or that you feel or think sth, without saying so directly
Imply
To reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available
Infer
Not based on, or not using, clear logical thought
Irrational
To sleep
Kip
To walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured
Limp
A toilet
Loo
To walk with stiffregular steps like a soldier
March
To carry or drag sth heavy with a lot of effort
Lug
A friend
Mate
Used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally
Mutual
A trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting for no more than one day
Outing
To be greater or more important than sth
Outweigh
A journey to a holy place for religious reasons
Pilgrimage
To walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired
Plod
The system of pipes, etc. that supply water to a building
Plumbing
To create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with
Pose
To let sb stay at your home
Put sb up
To meet sb by chance
Run into sb
To criticise sb/sth in an unkind way
Run sb/sth down
To show sb sth or tell sb about an idea in order to see their reaction to it
Run sth by sb
To walk in a slow relaxed way
Saunter
To go to a station, an airport, etc. to say goodbye to sb who is starting a journey
See sb off
To move very quietly, trying to avoid being seen or heard
Sneak
To walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall
Stagger
To make a short visit somewhere
Stop by
A short holliday
Break
An act of travelling from one place to another
Journey
A journey made for pleasure in which several different places are visited
Tour
A journey to a place and back for pleasure or for a particular purpose
Trip
A long journey excpecially by sea or space
Voyage
Time spent travelling
Travels
Causing anxiety and dissatisfaction
Desquieting
The effect sth will have in the future
Consequence
Expressed or explained your thoughts clearly in words
Articulated
Everywhere
Omnipresent
Unpleasant
Grim
Imposible to make less angry
Implacable
