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- Greg Malivuk
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- Sunday, March 15, 1:00 PM: Saint Patrick's Day Parade
- Take the Red Line to Broadway Station
- Wear something green.
- (Do NOT wear any orange.)
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- Homework: p. 165 (all)
- part 1a nouns
- 1 city break
- 2 package holiday (package vacation or trip in American English)
- 3 stopover (If it's shorter than one night, "layover".)
- 4 day trip
- 5 guided tour
- 6 site = location (sight = something important to see in a city or country)
- 7 low-cost airline (budget airline)
- 8 long-haul (also used to describe trucking)
- part 1b
- trip
- journey
- travel
- (voyage - like a journey, but over water)
- part 2 verb phrases
- 1 take out
- 2 set off / set out
- 3 cut short
- 4 go
- 5 go on
- 6 postpone / put off
- 7 cancel
- part 3 adjectives & phrases
- 1 overrated (opposite: "underrated")
- 2 dull
- 3 touristy ("tourist trap" = a place designed to attract tourists, especially so they can spend money, which doesn't have a lot of additional qualities)
- 4 spoilt ("spoiled" in American English)
- 5 lively
- 6 off the beaten track/path
- 7 overcrowded
- 8 breathtaking
- 9 picturesque
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- It was overrated. = it was worse than I expected
- It lived up to my expectations. = it was what I expected
- It exceeded my expectations. = it was better than I expected
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- hitchhiking - waiting by a road for a driver to give you a ride in the direction you're going
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