Vocabulary unit 6
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This document defines vocabulary words and phrases including: self-catering apartment, camping van, cut-off, soaked, have a whale of a time, on full blast, it doesn't bear thinking about, find your feet, cost an arm and a leg, to make ends meet, take the mickey, in small doses, through rose-colored glasses, and culture shock.
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Vocabulary unit 6
- 1. Vocabulary ACCOMMODATION Unit 6 Outcomes Upper-Intermediate
- 2. self-catering/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ apartment a flat you rent for a holiday and can do your own cooking
- 3. a camping van bigger than a car and you can sleep in it
- 6. have a whale of a time INFORMAL to have a lot of fun
- 7. On full blast • As loudly or with as much power as possible
- 8. It doesn’t bear thinking about • To be too unpleasant or frightening to think about
- 9. find your feet • to start to feel confident and able to deal with something
- 10. cost an arm and a leg INFORMAL • to cost a lot of money
- 11. To make ends meet • You just manage to buy everything that you need to live, even though you have very little money
- 12. take the mickey BRITISH INFORMAL • to say something in order to try and make someone or something look silly, especially in a friendly way.
- 13. in small doses • in small amounts, or for short periods of time
- 14. through rose-colored glasses • with an attitude that things are better than they really are
- 15. culture shock • Feeling nervous or uncomfortable in a different culture or situation