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VOCABULARY 3 about travel apps and choose the correct
2.3 Read vocabulary box 2. Read the notes

travel anecdotes and apps words. Listen and check your answers.
1 Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs in the correct form. explore vocabulary 2

conjure up dress up end up give up live up to think up collocations (1)

1 On holiday, we saw some amazing dances where the dancers were Collocations are very important so keep a list
in traditional costumes. of these and learn them as you come across

2 The horse-riding and surfing holiday in the South of France them in your studies. There are many different

all my expectations. I want to go back again next year! types of collocation, for example:
3 Our friends, Max and Emma, had bought a boat and they asked us to noun (+ preposition) + noun = package tour,
a name for it. We suggested ‘ Sea for Two’ ! day excursion
4 When I was imagining my ideal holiday, I images of a verb + noun = have fun, make a reservation
beautiful island with palm trees swaying in the breeze! adjective + noun = cheap travel, user-friendly
5 We were hoping to bathe in the waterfall but it was too cold, so we website

taking selfies instead! verb + adverb = travel light, tan easily

6 As soon as the group of tourists heard about the floods, they adverb + adjective = extremely helpful,
the idea of travelling to the lakes. generally reliable

2 Read vocabulary box 1. Complete the blog with suitable phrases.
explore vocabulary 1 Great travel apps!

idiomatic phrases and expressions Travel apps can improve your travel
1 habits/experience!
English has many useful idiomatic phrases and expressions. Make a note of
them as you find them and try to use them in your speaking and writing. Language problems? Solution: an app

blown away (by something) → I was blown away by it all. that provides an instant translation of

2 everyday / daily words.
down in the dumps (about something), high on the/my list, over the moon
(about something), fall in love (with), get into the swing/spirit (of things) Problems with the sun? Solution: an app
that calculates how long you can spend
in the sun. You just have to fi ll / enter

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your details, such as skin type and a
Maria’s blog couple of other facts.
Want to have some fun? Solution: you
need an app that will tell you what’s on

Well, I’m just back from an and where. You can also order / book
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‘interesting’ school trip to Granada, tickets and restaurants.
near the Sierra Nevada mountains Want to have some good memories?
in Spain. Although climbing is not Solution: an app that uses an interactive
1 of priorities, I was map to keep a proof / record of where
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2 by the scenery so
I decided to 3 and you go. Add video to create a cool
climb the lower slopes with the multimedia travel diary.

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rest of the group. Unfortunately, Finally, make / keep sure you don’t
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my friend Oliver kicked his football save / take such a long time packing
into the river and lost it! He was your ‘digital suitcase’ that you forget
really 4 about that, your beach clothes!
but later that evening, a climber
turned up at the hostel with the ball!
He had found it a few kilometres Speak up
downstream. Needless to say, Oliver
was 5 and it made a 4 What do you think digital suitcase’ means?
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happy ending to our holiday. What would yours include?

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