- •Innovation - a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc.
- •Collocations
- •Ingrained – an ingrained attitude, belief, or habit has existed for a long time and cannot easily be changed
- •Voyage – a long journey, especially by boat or into space
- •Villain - the main bad character in a story, play, film etc.
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Pony-trekking - the activity of riding ponies across the countryside for pleasure.
Package - a holiday arranged by a travel company for a fixed price that includes the cost of your hotel and transport, and sometimes meals and entertainment.
Perpetual - happening so often that you become annoyed as a result.
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Highlighted words
Dismay - the feeling of being very worried, disappointed, or sad about something surprising or shocking that has happened.
Gratifying – making you feel pleased and satisfied.
Enduring (adg.) – lasting for a long time.
Innovation - a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc.
Ravenous – very hungry.
Repel – if something repels you, you think that it is extremely unpleasant and you want to avoid it.
Fragment – a small piece of a larger object that has broken, often into a lot of pieces.
Concept – an idea of something that exists.
Unknown words from the same page
Escapist ( adg.) – something pleasant or exciting that helps you to forget about real life and the boring or unpleasant parts of it.
Yarn – a long story with a lot of exciting details.
Dismiss – to refuse to accept that something might be true or important.
Collocations
Nouns frequently used as objects of dismiss 1
▪ allegation , claim , idea , notion , suggestion , theory.
Poll – the process of voting and the counting of votes.
Merely – used for emphasizing that something is small or unimportant
Ingrained – an ingrained attitude, belief, or habit has existed for a long time and cannot easily be changed
Paperbacks – a book with a cover made of thick paper
Avidly – very enthusiastic about something you do regularly
Hallucinatory – causing hallucinations
Hallucination - something that you think you can see or hear that is not really there, especially because of an illness or the effect of drugs
Stash – to put something in a safe or secret place, usually so that you can use it later
Devour – to eat something very fast because you are hungry
- to read, watch, or listen to something with a lot of interest or enthusiasm
Scope – the things that a particular activity, organization, subject, etc deals with
(was used in phrase – hugely ambitious in scope).
Crux – the most important aspect of something : the crux (of something)
Bury – often passive to cover something with a layer or pile of things.
Grounded in – based on.
Quandary – to be not certain what decision to take about something.
Erudition – great knowledge gained through reading or studying.
Just interesting phrases – it is not obligatory to learn them)))
Storytelling gift
To ignore tastes
Imaginary castles are built with an amount of genuine stones
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Here you will find the explanations for the words from exercise 1
Instructor – someone whose job is to teach a skill or a sport
Advisor- another spelling ofadviser
Tutor – a teacher in a college or university
Tent – a shelter made of cloth and supported with poles and ropes
Isolated – feeling alone and unhappy, with no friends to support you -an isolated place is a long way from other places and is often difficult to get to
Barrenness –
Solitude – the state of being completely alone, especially when this is pleasant or relaxing
Rendition – a particular way of performing a song, poem, piece of music etc
Edition – a set of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are published at the same time
Translation – spoken or written words that have been changed into a different language
Cliff-hanger – the film suspense
Blockbuster – something that is very successful, especially a film, show, or novel
Box office hit –
Pilgrimage - a journey that a religious person makes to a holy place.
Trek – to walk somewhere slowly and with no enthusiasm, for example because you are tired