Unit 3 Happy Holidays!

Types of holiday
a camping holiday
a beach holiday
a sightseeing holiday - the visiting of interesting places; to do
sightseeing: We did a bit of sightseeing in Paris., go sightseeing: There
was no time to go sightseeing in Rome.
a cruise - a journey on a large ship for pleasure, during which you visit
several places
a backpacking holiday/trip - to travel or camp while carrying your
clothes and other things that you need in a backpack; to go backpacking
Holiday places: (concentrate on prepositions we use with these
expresions)
We stayed: AT the campsite, AT/IN a luxury hotel, ON a cruise ship,
AT a youth hostel, AT sea, IN the mountains, IN the city centre, AT the
seaside
Holiday activities:
walking and climbing, meeting new people, sunbathing - sitting or lying
in the sun in order to make your skin darker, relaxing, visiting
monuments, seeing new places
My most memorable train journey
endure - to suffer something difficult, unpleasant or painful - podneti,
izdrati

discomfort - nelagodnost, neudobnost, neugodnost; uncomfortable

feeling
involve - if a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a
necessary part of it.
convert something into something
curtain - zavesa
scenery - pejza
to take place - to happen
compartment - one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a
train
screwdriver - rafciger
dismantle - to take something apart so that it is in many pieces
wood panels
fake designer watches
black holdall bag - a small case used for carrying clothes and personal
things while travelling
go off - pokvariti se
lean on - nasloniti se
rail - ograda
gust of wind - sudden, strong wind
snatch - to take hold of something suddenly and roughly, istrgao
take pity on someone
adapt - to change something in order to suit different conditions or uses
harsh - unpleasant, unkind, cruel, severe
eucalyptus tree
dusty plains, deserts
desert/dessert

wedge-tailed eagles - trouglastog, klinastog repa??

epic, adj. - describes events that happen over a long period and involve a
lot of action and difficulty
bare, adj. - if a room is bare, there is little or nothing in it
sweaty, adj. - covered in sweat or smelling of sweat
railway carriage - any of the separate parts of a train in which the
passangers sit
proclamation - announcement; a definite statement
steam train - parna lokomotiva
get trapped, be trapped
bustling station - stanici punoj ljudi, stanici koja vrvi od ljudi; bustling
(full of busy activity)
magnificent, adj. - beautiful, deserving to be admired
as we pulled out - as we started moving
rack- mesto za prtljag u vozu