Voyage – a long journey, especially by boat or into space

Dean – a senior official at a college or university

Curator – someone whose job is to look after the objects in a museum

Prefect – in some schools in the UK, an older student who controls the activities of younger students and helps them to obey the rules

Fragrant – with a pleasant smell

Terrain – an area of land, usually one that has a particular physical feature -familiar/​hilly/​mountainous terrain

Here you will find the explanations for the words from exercise 3

Net – material made of string or rope woven into a loose pattern with spaces in it, or a piece of this( сітка)

Racket – an object used for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, with a long handle and a round part with strings

Court – a place where trials take place and legal cases are decided, especially in front of a judge and a jury or a magistrate.

Umpire – someone whose job is to make sure that players obey the rules in some sports, for example tennis, baseball, and cricket Someone who does this in other games, such as football and rugby, is called a referee.

Lens – a piece of curved glass or plastic that makes things seem smaller, bigger, or clearer

Tripod- an object with three legs that is used for supporting something such as a camera (штатив)

Saddle – a leather seat that you put on a horse’s back when you ride it

Stirrup– a metal object that supports your foot when you ride a horse

Bit – a piece of metal put in a horse’s mouth so that a rider can control it

Bridle – leather bands that go over a horse’s head and hold the bit in its mouth

Carousel – a moving surface in an airport from which you collect your bags

Water slide – a slide for sliding into a swimming pool, especially a slide with water running down it

Big wheel - machine at a fair or park in the shape of a large wheel with seats on the edge, that takes people round and round in the air. The American word is Ferris wheel.

Roller coaster – a structure like a tall railway with steep slopes at an amusement park, that you have fast rides on for fun

Whisk – a kitchen tool that consists of several long closed curves of wire joined to a handle that you quickly move through a soft food to put air into it (міксер).

Grater – a tool with a rough sharp surface used for cutting cheese, vegetables, chocolate etc into very small pieces

Saucepan – a round deep metal container with a long handle, used for cooking food on a cooker

Colander – a bowl with small holes in that you put food into to remove any liquid (друшляк)

Here you will find the explanations for the words from exercise 4

Silent – a silent person or group of people does not talk, laugh, or make any noise

Audible – loud enough for people to hear

Raucous – rude, noisy, and violent

- a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough

Deafening – so loud that you can hear nothing else

Mild – mild weather is warm and pleasant, especially warmer than usual for the time of year

Chilly – cold enough to be unpleasant

Wintry - cold and typical of winter

Freezing - very cold

Agreeable – acceptable or able to be agreed on

Disconcerting – making you feel worried, confused, or surprised

Distressing – making you feel extremely unhappy, worried, or upset

Harrowing – extremely worrying, upsetting, or frightening

Undemanding – not asking or expecting other people to help or to pay attention to you

- not needing much mental or physical effort

Challenging – difficult to deal with or achieve, but interesting and enjoyable

Daunting – something that is daunting makes you worried because you think that it will be very difficult or dangerous to do

Gruelling- very difficult and involving a lot of continuous effort

Unknown words from the same exercise 4

Drained – feeling as though you have no mental or physical energy left

Shanty - a badly built house made from sheets of wood, metal, or other thin material

Strenuous (about sports)- a strenuous activity is one in which it is necessary for you to use a lot of effort, energy, or strength

Uncharted (jungles) – not shown on any map

Snorkel – a piece of equipment with a tube that fits in your mouth so that you can breathe while swimming under water

Sleigh-ride –

Slippery – a slippery surface, object etc is difficult to move on or to hold because it is smooth, wet, or covered in something such as ice or oil. Take care, the steps are slippery.

-someone who is slippery is clever but dishonest, so that you cannot trust them 2informalsomeone who is slippery is clever but dishonest, so that you cannot trust them

Just interesting phrases – it is not obligatory to learn them)))

Bedtime reading

Roar of waterfall

Roar of applause

Destroy the romantic atmosphere

Shanty town

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Here you will find the explanations for the words from exercise 6

Pristine – something that is pristine looks very clean, tidy, or new

Littered – if something is littered with things, there are many of them in it

Temperate – a temperate climate or region is never extremely hot or extremely cold

Extreme – very great in degree

Delicate – something that is delicate can easily be damaged or broken

Fragrant – with a pleasant smell

Gnarled- old and twisted and covered in lines

Blackened – to become black, or to make something become black

Sparkling – shining with small points of reflected light

Winding – a winding road, river etc has a lot of bends in it

Heavy – used for saying that there is a lot of something

Slow- moving – moving at a slow speed, or doing something at a slow speed

Fanciful – not serious or sensible

Literal – a literal translation is one in which each word is translated separately in a way that does not sound natural

Unjustified – not fair, or not based on any good reason

Strict – strict rules or conditions must be obeyed completely

Here you will find the explanations for the words from exercise 7

Bring the house down - to make a group of people or an audience react in a very enthusiastic way, especially by laughing

Read somebody like a book-

Face the music – to accept punishment or criticism for something you have done wrong

Let one’s hair down - to relax and enjoy yourself because you are in a comfortable environment

Off the beaten track – far away from the places that people usually visit

On a shoestring budget – using or having a very small amount of money

On the house – given to you free in a restaurant, hotel, pub, or club

On the edge of one’s seat – very excited and interested in something because you want to know what happens next

Pain the town red – go out and having good time.

Read between lines – to guess something that is not expressed directly

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Overcast - with a sky completely full of clouds

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Just interesting phrases – it is not obligatory to learn them)))

Well – merited - to deserve or be worth something

To reduce aggression – to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance etc