Vocab Ch 26-30

Question 1

charter flight

Answer 1

with package-/all-inclusive holiday

Question 2

stopover

Answer 2

a stop before you continue your travels

Question 3

exotic

Answer 3

unusual or exciting

Question 4

through train

Answer 4

direct train

Question 5

half and full board

Answer 5

talking about meals you get

Question 6

discerning

Answer 6

showing good judgement, especially about style and quality

Question 7

tracts

Answer 7

areas of land

Question 8

awe-inspiring

Answer 8

it fills you with a sense of power and beauty of what you are looking at

Question 9

ramble

Answer 9

long, pleasant walk, not too demanding

Question 10

trek

Answer 10

a walk over several days over wild country

Question 11

scenic

Answer 11

having views of the attractive, natural things in the countryside

Question 12

heartland

Answer 12

the inland areas furthers away from the sea or borders with other countries

Question 13

arid

Answer 13

dry

Question 14

tundra

Answer 14

area in the north with no trees and permanently frozen ground

Question 15

coniferous

Answer 15

in leaf all year round

Question 16

deciduous

Answer 16

lose leaves in winter

Question 17

prairies

Answer 17

flat grasslands in Canada and northern USA

Question 18

paddy fields

Answer 18

rice fields

Question 19

cereals

Answer 19

type of grass cultivated to produce a grain

Question 20

indigenous

Answer 20

existing naturally in that place

Question 21

nippy

Answer 21

cold

Question 22

sweltering

Answer 22

hot

Question 23

roasting

Answer 23

hot

Question 24

sultry

Answer 24

hot and humid

Question 25

stifling

Answer 25

hot and humid

Question 26

deluge

Answer 26

huge rainfall

Question 27

muggy

Answer 27

humid

Question 28

clammy

Answer 28

humid

Question 29

sunny disposition

Answer 29

hardly ever miserable

Question 30

snowed under with

Answer 30

lots of things to do

Question 31

leaving under a cloud

Answer 31

under suspicion

Question 32

building something/someone up

Answer 32

praising/increase expectations

Question 33

coming up against a brick wall

Answer 33

meeting a barrier

Question 34

glass ceiling

Answer 34

a barrier stopping woman from rising to top positions at work

Question 35

floor gave way

Answer 35

fainting

Question 36

hitting the roof

Answer 36

getting angry

Question 37

living in an ivory tower

Answer 37

not knowing about the unpleasant and ordinary things that happen in life

Question 38

doing something through the back door

Answer 38

doing something unofficially