destination b2 Flashcards

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catch up with

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reach the same point/level as

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check in

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register at a hotel or an airport

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pick up

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stop in a vehicle to give someone a lift

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check out

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leave a hotel; investigate

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pull in

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stop by the side of the road in a car

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drop off

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let someone get out of a vehicle; fall asleep

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run over

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hit with a car

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8
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get back

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return from a place

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see off

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go to a train station or etc to see smn leave

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set out/off

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start a journey

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go away

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go on holiday

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keep up with

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stay at the same point/level as

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take off

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leave the ground

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14
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make for

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go in the direction of
“They made for the airport”

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turn round

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go back in the opposite direction

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advance to/towards the place

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to move forward in the direction of a specific location(often carefully or with purpose)

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head for/towards a place

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to go in the direction of a place (“It’s raining let’s head for home.”)

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18
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take a route

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to choose and travel along a specific path or road

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19
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a burst of speed

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a sudden/short increase in speed

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20
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tour a place

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to travel through a place (a city/ museum

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arrange for sb to do

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to make plans or preparations for someone to do something.

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22
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bank holiday

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a public holiday when banks and most businesses are closed (mostly uk)

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interval

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(UK) a break between parts of a play/ concert etc. (US: intermission).

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off the top of your head

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from memory/without thinking deeply or checking facts. (“I don’t know the number off the top of my head.”)

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breadth
width/the extent of something from side to side. Often used for range of knowledge ("breadth of experience").
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broaden
to make something wider or more extensive ("broaden your horizons").
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keen to do
eager and very willing to do something.
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pitch
(UK) a marked field for playing sports like football/rugby/ cricket. (US: field).
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court
a marked usually rectangular area for sports like tennis/basketball/ netball.
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course
an area of land prepared for golf or racing (golf course/racecourse).
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ring
a raised and enclosed area for boxing/wrestling/ martial arts.
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rink
a defined area for ice skating/roller skating/curling.
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umpire
ab official who enforces rules in sports like cricket/tennis/baseball.
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rod
a long and thin pole used in fishing (fishing rod)
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racket
also racquet is an implement with a handled frame and a stringed netting used in tennis/badminton
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bring forward
change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier
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knock out
defeat and remove from a competition; make unconscious
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carry on
continue
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get round to
start (after planning to do sth for a long time)
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look out
be careful
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get up to do
to do something, often something that other people would disapprove of:
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go in for
enter (a competition etc)
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go off
stop liking
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join in
participate/take part
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pull out
stop being involved in an activity
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put off
delay/postpone put up with tolerate
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take to
start (as a habit)
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take up
start (a hobby etc )
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have a chance of doing
to have a possibility or opportunity that something will happen. ("We have a chance of winning.")
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some/little chance of (your) doing
a quantifiable possibility
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chance of a lifetime
a unique/exceptional opportunity that is unlikely to come again.
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in time
early or at the right moment for something; not late. ("We arrived in time for the start.")
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on time
punctually; at the exact scheduled time. ("The train departed on time.")
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high/about time
used to say something should have happened already and is overdue. ("It's high time you apologized.")
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at/for a certain time
specifying a moment. At indicates the exact time (at 5 PM). For indicates a scheduled or intended time (booked for 5
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your go
your turn to play/speak/act in a game or sequence.
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have a go
to try or attempt something.
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take in turns to do
to alternate doing something with others; to do something one after the other in a repeated order.
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involve sth/doing
to have or include something as a necessary part. ("The job involves travel." / "It involves filling out forms.")
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involved in sth/doing
participating or taking part in an activity; connected to something (often a situation). ("He was involved in planning the event." / "Don't get involved in their argument.")
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disallow
to officially refuse to allow something; to rule against or reject (e.g. a goal in sports/a request).
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allowable
permitted or acceptable according to the rules.
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the far side
the side that is the most distant or opposite from where you are.
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side with sb
to support one person or group in an argument against another