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Advanced vocabulary 2 July

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  • I don't have enough money to live. I'm struggling...
    to make ends meet
  • tidy and organised
    shipshape
  • popular with tourists
    well trodden
  • short posts designed to stop cars driving on a pavment
    bollards
  • Next year I'm going to _______ an expensive holiday. I deserve it!
    splash out on
  • a phrase that means 'home is the best place in the world'
    There’s no place like home.
  • to escape / have a break
    to get away from it all
  • someone you can trust to keep your secrets
    a confidant
  • colloquial word for 'thanks'
    cheers
  • not well-known by tourists
    off the beaten track
  • a vehicle pulled by a person
    rickshaw
  • I'm really thirsty. I'm _____ for a drink!
    gasping
  • droplets of water found on leaves in the morning
    dew
  • to arrive somewhere
    to turn up
  • clothes or equipment for a specific purpose
    gear
  • the British name for the London Underground system
    the tube
  • a verb that means to put two contrasting things together for an effect
    juxtapose
  • a session for performers to practise their performance
    a rehearsal
  • a traditional Japanese poem with 17 syllables
    a haiku
  • a question word meaning 'where exactly?'
    whereabouts
  • We're going to take a train and then a ferry, but the last ____ of our journey will be on foot.
    leg
  • a side road used in the rush hour to avoid traffic
    a rat-run
  • an informal synonym of 'crammed'
    chock-a-block
  • an American English synonym for 'helicopter'
    a chopper