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Vocab units 26-5026 Travel and accommodation
Booking travel and holidays
Scheduled flight Normal, regular flight
Charter flight Special flight taking a group of
people, usually to the same holiday
destination
Restrictions A limit on something (e.g. you can
only travel on certain days)
Non-refundable You can’t get your money back
Cancellation fee A sum of money you must pay if
you cancel a hotel reservation after
the cancellation deadline
Stopover You may stay somewhere overnight
before continuing to your
destination
Crossing The journey of sea travel
Holiday of a lifetime One you will always remember
A berth in a shared cabin A bed in a cabin with other people
Upper deck The higher part of a cabin, which is
often bigger and more comfortable
Exotic Unusual or exciting
Get away from it all Escape your daily life and routines
Carriage A wheeled vehicle adapted to the
rails of railroad
Through/direct train One which takes you directly to
your destination
Getting around Travelling to different places;
informal
Unlimited mileage You can travel as many miles as
you like for the same price
Come and go as you please Go where you want when you want
Accommodation when travelling
Camping Sleeping in a tent or caravan
Self-catering Where you do your own cooking
Chalet Small cottage or cabin specially
built for holiday-makers
Guest house Small, relatively cheap hotel
Inn Similar to a pub, but also offering
accommodation; sometimes in an
attractive old building
Half board Usually breakfast and one other
meal
Full board All meals
,27 Attracting tourists
Describing tourist destinations
Escape the crowds Go where there are not many
people
Get off the beaten track Go to places tourists don’t normally
go, somewhere different/unusual
Get back to nature Live a natural, rural style of life
Tourist sector Tourist industry; formal
Discerning Showing good judgement,
especially about style and quality
Boast This use of boast is for listing the
good qualities of a place; formal
Hordes Crowds, in an negative sense
Wealth of Large amount of; formal
Flora and fauna Plants and animals; a fixed phrase
(Latin)
National parks Areas of a country that are
protected by the government
because of their natural beauty or
because they have a special history
Nature reserves Areas of land protected in order to
keep safe the animals and plants
that live there, often because they
are rare
Tracts Areas of land; collocates with large,
vast, huge
Virgin Original and natural
Seeking something out of the Looking for something different
ordinary (seek is rather formal)
Travel advertisements
Unwind Relax, reduce your general level of
stress
Recharge Get back your energy (like
recharging a battery)
Bush Wild, areas covered in grass,
bushes or trees (especially in Africa
and Australia)
4x4 Vehicles with driving power of all
four wheels
Waterfront On the edge of the sea or of a river
Stunning Extremely beautiful
Unbeatable No other company can offer
cheaper ones for the same service
Awe-inspiring It fills you with a sense of the power
and beauty of what you are looking
at
Rambles, hikes and treks These words represent a scale of
, length and difficulty:
Ramble: long, pleasant walk, not
too demanding
Hike: more demanding, suggesting
more difficult terrain
Trek: usually of several days over
wild country
Unrivalled No other holiday programme can
match this
Scenic Having views of the attractive,
natural things in the countryside
Paradise A perfect place or situation (often
collocated with ‘tropical’ when
describing somewhere hot and
sunny)
Ecotourism The business of organising holidays
in a way which helps local people
and does not damage the
environment
Savour Enjoy or taste (often used in
advertisements)
Heartland The inland areas furthest away
from the sea or from borders with
other countries
28 Describing the world
Climate
Rainfall The amount of rain that falls, for
example in a month or a year
Arid Dry
Prone to Tending to have a particular
negative characteristic
Drought Long period without rain
Vegetation
Tundra Area in the north with no trees and
permanently frozen ground
Vegetation Plant life
Coniferous Trees that are evergreen (in leaf all
year round) and produce cones,
unlike deciduous trees, which lose
their leaves in winter
Prairies Flat grasslands in Canada and
northern USA (similar to steppes in
Asia or pampas in South America)
Agriculture
Paddy fields Fields planted with rice growing in
water
Cereals Type of grass cultivated to produce
a grain, e.g. a food plant like rice,
wheat or maize
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