Communication 2014-07-09 travel vocab pets

Homework p. 165
1
a
1 city break: a short trip to another city (e.g. long weekend)
2 package holiday
3 stopover: a layover long enough to see some sights
4 day trip
5 guided tour
6 site: location (e.g. website)
7 low-cost
8 long-haul: long distance (long-haul trucking is across the country or to another country)
b
trip
journey
travel
voyage: a journey over water
tour, flight, ride, drive, cruise, safari
2
1 take out ___ insurance
2 set out / set off
3 cut short
4 go
5 go on
6 postpone
7 cancel
We went on sightseeing. = We continued sightseeing.
I  went on teaching. = I continued without interruption.
I went into teaching because I liked meeting new people.
3
1 overrated (opposite: underrated)
2 dull
3 touristy
4 spoilt (spoiled in US)
5 lively
6 off the beaten track
7 overcrowded (over- = too much)
8 breathtaking
9 picturesque ([noun]-esque = like [noun])
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p. 86: Homophones
homophone: word that sounds the same but has a different meaning (and usually different spelling)
fair/fare, right/write/wright/rite

homograph: same spelling, different meaning, different sound
live, read, record, permit, advocate
 - bow = the thing you use to shoot an arrow
 - bow = tilt your head forward as a greeting

homonym: same spelling and pronunciation, different meaning
 - fare = the money you pay for a taxi
 - fare = do
 - right = opposite of left
 - right = exactly (right here, right now)
 - right = e.g. human rights
 - lie = tell something that isn't true
 - lie = recline in a bed

1 weight
2 board
3 brake (braked)
4 fare
5 peace
6 caught (homophones in BrEng and other non-rhotic accents)
7 sauce (non-rhotic homophones)
Pawn Stars "porn stars"
roar/raw, lore/law, more/maw, core/caw, oar/awe, shore/Shaw
8 waste
9 sweet
10 key
11 cereal
12 wood ("woods" = forest)
latter/ladder, bitty/biddy, liter/leader
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Homework: read p. 88 and answer the questions in the first column of p. 89