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B2P Unit 4
Going Places
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| B............ usually travel with a very low budget. | Backpackers |
| It’s great to get away from the crowds and onto the ........ | backroads (a little-used secondary road, usually found in rural or sparsely populated areas) |
| Everything on the screen b............ and I couldn’t see anything. | blurred (blur=borroso) |
| Homework at the weekend can be a real b............. when you just want to chill. | burden (fastidio/carga) |
| The cat was hiding in a small b........ under the trees. | bush (arbusto) |
| There was a b............ market in the city centre. | bustling (lleno, ajetreado) |
| The c............. stretches for miles and is a great place to go for a walk. | coastline (la costa) |
| I don’t c........ i........ c.......... w........ people from English speaking countries much. | come into contact with |
| Before you choose a university course, you should c.............. all the i......... | consider ... implications |
| For me, it’s easier to c......... a good i........... in writing. | convey ... impression |
| The photo was a fake but it was really c......... | convincing (convincente) |
| I think smiling c......... a positive i........ | creates ... impression |
| I arrived really early and the school was completely d.......... | deserted (abandonado/ sin nadie) |
| My friend just looked at me in d........... | disbelief (sin creer/sorprendido) |
| If you feel any d.........., stop the exercise immediately. | discomfort (incomodidad) |
| You can feel really d............ by poor exam results. | discouraged (desanimado) |
| Whenever I try and suggest something, you just d........... it. (to refuse to consider someone’s idea, opinion, etc., because you think it is not serious, true, or important) | dismiss (descartar/ignorar) |
| I like to study d............ planets and stars. | distant (distantes) |
| We walked over the d......... on the way to the beach. | dunes (dunas) |
| It took a lot of e........, but I managed to stay on my skis eventually. | effort |
| Lots of scientists have tried to e....... c......... ...... life in space. | establish contact with |
| Governments need to e......... ... i............. of making changes to schools. | examine the implications |
| We loved our holiday so much, we decided to e........ our t.... by a week! | extend ... trip |
| Scientists have g........ a lot of i....... into how genes work. | gained ... insight |
| I entered the battle of the bands, and another kid in my class decided to g.... i... ... ..... a....... and signed up too. (to take part in an activity, to get a share of the advantages for yourself) | get in on the act |
| I saw a h........ of deer in the forest. | herd (rebaño) |
| I’ll send you a h....... video of a cat. It’ll make you laugh. | hilarious (very funny)| |
| I......... is so important because nobody can trust you if you’re dishonest. | Integrity |
| Bus drivers i....... .... t......... to go on strike. | issued a threat (lanzar una amenaza) |
| The statue in the town square is the most important l.......... | landmark (punto de referencia) |
| It was dark and I couldn’t m....... o...... what was there. | make out (see or hear something) |
| I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to m......... you, I thought I was being clear. | mislead (dar información incorrecta) |
| I thought I saw my friend, but I was m........., it was someone else. | mistaken (estar errado) |
| The disagreement was just a huge m.............. | misunderstanding (malentendido) |
| I think I o.............. my baking skills. This cake tastes awful! | overestimated (sobre estimar) |
| I o............. a few serious mistakes in my homework and got a bad grade. | overlooked (ignorar algo importante) |
| I can’t o............. how important it is to look after your health. | overstate (exagera, sobrestimar) |
| If you don’t want to read the whole article, you can read the o........ at the start. | overview (a short description) |
| I love going on p........ h......... because everything is taken care of. | package holidays (paquete de vacaciones) |
| The valley was full of flowers and looked really p........... | picturesque (picturesco) |
| I think social media p........ .... t.......... to traditional forms of friendships. | poses a threat (es una amenaza) |
| We went to the place we had p............... to meet but no-one was there. | prearranged (quedar en algo) |
| The museum contains lots of examples of p............... life. | prehistoric |
| There’s a p............. of the new film at the cinema ahead of the main release date. | preview |
| Talking to teenagers p......... i......... into their lives. | provides insight |
| I decided to r.......... the things on my desk to make it tidier. | rearrange (reorganizar) |
| The school are thinking of r........ a mid-afternoon break. | reintroducing |
| There was a r........... mountain in the far south of the country. | remote |
| You’re not giving reasons, you’re just r........... your opinion over and over again. | restating |
| I need to r........... my notes before tomorrow’s test. | review |
| I loved s....... .... .... a........... of the busy central market. | soaking up the atmosphere (empaparse en la atmósfera) |
| The lake was s............ in the sunshine and looked stunning. | sparkling (destellando) |
| I couldn’t see in the sunshine and had to s............ | squint (entrecerrar los ojos) |
| The beaches near the town can be a bit t........., but they get better further away. | touristy |
| We had to go on a five-kilometre t........... through the forest with the school last week. | trek (caminata) |
| You can’t go a nightclub. You’re u.............. | underage (menor de edad) |
| This area is a little u............... with few facilities. | underdeveloped (subdesarrollado) |
| I really u................. how much time I needed to do the homework. | underestimated (subestimado) |
| My dad always u.......... the seriousness of a problem. | understates (minimizar) |
| I loved the u......... mountains and the rivers. | unspoiled (preservado/ no dañado) |
| It’s great to just w.......... a............ the shops in the old part of town. | wander around (vagar /caminar sin rumbo) |
| I was a.............. at your suggestion. | appalled (consternado) |
| I was just about to c........... ..... from work when I realised I had forgotten to send a report. | clock off (marcar la salida) |
| He is familiar with the fact that photos of models and lifestyle bloggers are carefully constructed to d............ r........... | distort reality |
| Her pretty poor efforts to deceive her friends led to a new hashtag g.......... v........... | going viral |
| The pottery and textile workers continue a tradition p........ d...... over more than a century. | passed down (pasar/heredar) |
| People visiting p....... b.............. in busy European capitals reported genuinely enjoying the experience. | pop-up beaches (playa abierta por un tiempo) |
| We often post photos online to s........... ourselves in the best l......... | show ... light |
| She isn’t the only one whose fake holidays have s........... i......... on the internet. | stirred interest (provocaron interés) |
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shirley jaldin
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