Monday, October 6, 2008

COUNTDOWN TO FCE - FRAMES 3 AND 4 (pages 30 and 31)






- boarding lounge


- steward




- cruiser

- a raft


- para-glider
- hang-glider
Hiking is a good way to exercise and enjoy the outdoors.





- appaling: (ajd) shocking and very bad
- blizzard: noun [C]1 a severe snow storm with strong winds:We once got stuck in a blizzard for six hours.In Sussex, blizzard conditions made the main roads almost impassable.
- brake: a device which makes a vehicle go slower or stop, or a pedal, bar or handle which makes this device work: She had no brakes on her bicycle. The taxi driver suddenly UKapplied/USput on his brakes. INFORMAL I slammed on (= quickly used) the brake, but it was too late. All our new models have anti-lock brakes.
- breakdown: (FAILURE) noun [C] a failure to work or be successful: I had a breakdown (= my car stopped working) in the middle of the road. Both sides blamed each other for the breakdown of talks.
- burst: v [I or T] to break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this: Balloons make me nervous - I hate it when they burst. The river was threatening to burst its banks. Suddenly the door burst open (= opened suddenly and forcefully) and police officers carrying guns rushed in. FIGURATIVE HUMOROUS If I eat any more cake I'll burst (= I cannot eat anything else)!
- come along: 1- to go somewhere with someone: We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come along? 2- UK used to tell someone to hurry: Come along - we don't want to be late!
- cruiser (PLEASURE BOAT): noun [C]a boat with an engine and a cabin in which people sail for pleasure.
- customs: the place at a port, airport or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegally: to go through customs
- hang-glider: [C] a very small aircraft without an engine. It consists of a frame covered in cloth, which forms a wing, and the pilot hangs from this frame.
- hike: noun [C] a long walk, especially in the countryside.
- raft: [C]1- a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a flat end): We lashed together anything that would float to make a raft.
- skid: (especially of a vehicle) (v) to slide along a surface so that you have no control: Trevor's bus skidded on some ice and hit a tree.
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steward: (FEMALE stewardess) a person who serves passengers on a ship or aircraft

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