Expressions for Holidays and Places

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EXPRESSIONS FOR HOLIDAYS AND PLACES

GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: get of a place not known or populated

with many people

We wanted to fnd a camping site that was a little bit o the beaten track

CHILL OUT: to relax

TO HAVE TO ROUGH IT: do without basic comorts, live without comorts

like running water, heat, etc.

We roughed it until our house was repaired

SPENDING A FORTUNE: wasting lot o money

GET BY ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET: to have a reduced budget, low one.

We spent our holidays on a shoestring budget

CULTURE VULTURE: someone who is interested in music, art, theatre

He s a bit o a culture-vulture-always out at galleries and theatres

GET BACK TO NATURE: to start living a more simply lie, oten in the

country

BE IN THE LAP OF LUXURY: living in very comortable conditions because

you have lot o money

Vocabulary

DOWNCAST Abatido, desconsolado, apesumbrado

CONSTRAINT: bligaci!n , limitaci!n "he constraints o work#

E!BODY: $ncarnar, personi%car

SAVOUR: &aborear

ROW: 'iscusi!n, pelea.

DREARY: 'eprimente, gris, triste, sombr(o

AESTHETIC: $st)tico

SEASONED: $xperto, veterano, conocedor

WEARY Agotado, cansado

DISCERNING *erspica+, sag+

AR!CHAIR TRAVELLER: -iaero imaginario /meor en el so0

INVETERATE TRAVELLER Arraigado, habituado a algo


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COLLOCATIONS WITH TRAVELLER

FRE"UENT: 'r *arr was a #r$%u$&' 'ra($l$rto 'ublin

INDEPENDENT: "here has been a rise in the numbers o )&*$+$&*$&'

'ra($l$r,as opposed o those on packages

SEASONED: S$a,o&$* 'ra($l$r,know exactly how to get an upgrade on

their bookings

INTREPID: 12m ed up with reading about all these )&'r$+)* 'ra($l$r,

going up the Ama+onas river in canoe.

WEARY: "he hotel ofers -$ary 'ra($l$r,an excellent opportunity to

recharge their batteries.

DISCERNING: 3ux -ac is the resort or *),c$r&)&. 'ra($l$r,4ones who

know how to appreciate the good things in lie.

AN AR!CHAIR: 5y ather has always been more o a& ar/c0a)r 'ra($l$r,

much to my mother2s disgust6

INVETERATE: &usie is the kind o )&($'$ra'$ 'ra($l$rwho will probably

never settle down in one place.

UNWARY: "he hotel lie in wait #or u&-ary 'ra($l$r,and then take them

to unsuitable lodgings.

/$l hotel est al acecho de incautos viaeros para colocarlos en inadecuadosaloamientos0

7ell and truly HOOKED ON: strongly attracted to sthg or sb.

was well and truly hooked on travel

SECOND NATURE: sthg that is so amiliar that is done without having to

think about it

!peaking "rench is second nature to me as my dad is rom #aris

SINK OR SWI!: A situation in which you will ail i you don2t make a lot o

efort

took the challenge$ it was a case o sink or swim$ really

EYE OPENER: &thg that is surprising and that teaches you something new

%y trip to ndia was a great eye opener situation

SOAKED UP THE AT!OSPHERE: $mpaparse de la atm!sera

When travelling you are able to soak up the atmosphere o new places


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PUT STH TO THE TEST: to %nd out how good sth is

Her &uestions really put my patience to the test

OTHER WAYS TO SAY FOR EXAMPLE

's seen in( "or instance(

)his is illustrated( )hese include(

e*g* )his can be seen when(

such as( #articularly(

+ote well(

ASPECTS OF THE FUTURE

E1+r$,,)o&, 'o $1+r$,, +robab)l)'y:

TO BE BOUND TO 2 INFINITIVE: totally certain /8990

He is reckless$ bound to have an accident one day

TO BE CERTAIN TO 2 INFINITIVE high probability /;90

3He is certain to miss the opportunity o his lie

TO BE LIKELY TO 2 4INFINITIVE small probability, but probable

He is likely to get bored at the meeting

TO BE UNLIKELY TO 2 INFINITIVE : not expected to happen

)he new law is unlikely to success

E1+r$,,)o&, #or '0$ VERY NEAR FUTURE

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had no #ualms about lying to the police 3escr4pulo$

remordimiento5

have no chance offnishing the e,am

6oing to the cinema had no aeal ater what they told me aboutthe flm

GET SB;S GOAT To a&&oy ,o/$o&$ ($ry /uc0 )hat sort o

attitude really gets my goat 7onservative ideas about women

really get my goat

CARRIED AWAY To b$co/$ ,o $1c)'$* abou' ,'0. '0a' you *o

&o' co&'rol -0a' you ,ay or *o< 3)heres ar too much ood$ m

araid got a bit carried away got a bit carried away when was

shopping and spent to much money

FORK OUT To +ay: $,+$c)ally u&-)ll)&.ly orked out ten bucks

or the ticket How much did you ork out or the shoes

HEFTY Lar.$ )& a/ou&': ,)=$: #orc$> ' hety fne ' hety bill

%y salary increased by a hety 89 :

TIGHT BUDGET L)/)'$* 7ant aord an e,pensive trip$ m on a

tight budget

RUN WILD B$ u&co&'roll$* !he let her imagination run wild

when she painted the room

DEAD SET ON 7)&.9 To b$ *$'$r/)&$* m dead set on going

to university

IN LINE WITH STH S)/)lar 'o: a' '0$ ,a/$ l$($l a, ,'0. His

ideas or e,panding the company are very much in line with mine

THU!B A LIFT To ,'a&* &$ar '0$ $*.$ o# a roa* a&* 0ol* ou'

your 0a&* -)'0 '0$ '0u/b ra),$* a, ,).&al #or a ($0)cl$ 'o

,'o+ a&* 'a?$ you ,o/$-0$r$ 3We thumbed a lit to 0ondon

FACE THE !USIC To acc$+' cr)')c),/ or +u&),0/$&' #or ,'0.

you 0a($ *o&$ ;n his return to 7anada he fnally aced the music

and told his wie about his debts

ELBOW SB ASIDE To #orc$ ,'0. or ,b ou' o# a +o,)')o& or 8ob

)he woman elbowed people aside in the &ueue so she could get on

the plane frst

FOOT THE BILL To +ay a b)ll 2ont worry about paying or your

hotel- m happy to oot the bill


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SHOULDER THE BURDEN6BLA!E6RESPONSIBILITY6COST To

acc$+' '0a' you ar$ r$,+o&,)bl$ #or ,'0. ba* or *)@cul' ts

part o a managers

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