+Defining love
+Compound modifiers
+Acccidents
- move in an uncontrolled way: skid, veer, swerve
- hit something in a vehicle: collide with, hit something head-on,
crash into, smash into
+Love questions
1 It revealed that the wish to understand love was stronger than
wanting to be up-to-date with popular culture or current affairs.
2 Culture, language and personal philosophy shape our idea of love,
e.g. the romantic love presented in popular movies.
3 The Greeks were cautious about eros, being aware of the damage it
can cause.
4 Science has shown that eros affects the brain in a similar way to
mania, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
5 He meant that love needs to be sustained and nurtured in order to
last.
6 Herbert and Zelmyra were married a long time, and they achieved
this by making efforts to compromise their individual needs for the
sake of the marriage.
7 The idea is that you should protect your friends as you would
yourself.
8 The Greeks thought that loving yourself, provided it isn’t done to
excess, enables you to love others better.
9 The Greeks valued agape the most because it is a selfless love.
10 Agape is on the decline.
+Travel: verbs
people: prowling, stride, stroll
vehicles: chugged, accelerating, pulling up
both: hurtling, advanced, gliding, creeping
chug: slow, mechanical – a barge on a canal
accelerate: gain speed – a racing car on a track
glide: smooth, quiet – skaters on an ice rink
hurtle: fast, noisy – skaters on an ice rink, a racing car on a track
pull up: slow down and stop – a taxi on a main road
advance: move forwards, make progress – a taxi on a main road
prowl: careful, quiet, intending to attack – a hunter in a forest
creep: slow, quiet, avoiding attention – a hunter in a forest
stride: long, fast steps – pedestrians on a pavement
stroll: slow, relaxed – pedestrians on a pavement
Pilgrim: nouns
verb first: let-down, washout
particle first: upbringing, backdrop, downfall, uprising
- lookout (a place for watching from, especially for danger or an
enemy coming towards you)
- outlook (the attitude to life and the world of a particular person,
group or culture)
- breakout (a forcible escape, especially from prison)
- outbreak (the sudden start of something unpleasant, especially
violence or a disease)
- euphoria: a feeling of intense happiness
- all-consuming work/passion/state
- infatuation: a short-lived passion for someone
- feel-good movie/story/factor
- mania: a mental illness resulting in delusions and overexcitement
- long-term objective/prognosis/employment
- devotion: affection for and commitment to someone
- long-lasting battery/relationship/effect
- compromise: an agreement reached by each person making
- rose-tinted glasses/lens/view
concessions
- seven-year itch/campaign/romance
- amity: a friendly relationship with someone
- much-respected idea/person/type of love
- loyalty: a feeling of support and faithfulness
- hotly disputed subject/theory/claim
- narcissism: excessive interest in oneself, especially appearance
+Road traffic accidents
+Travel: phrases
- collide: to crash into something, especially another vehicle
- skid: (especially of a vehicle) to slide across a surface in an
1 on the right track: doing something successfully
uncontrolled way
2 come a long way: made a lot of progress
- hit the car head-on: to crash into another moving vehicle so that the
3 our paths cross: we meet
fronts of the two vehicles hit each other
4 stopping dead in my tracks: stopping suddenly
- jackknife: (of a lorry) to lose control so that the two parts (the cab
5 lose track of: fail to keep fully aware or informed of something
and the trailer) bend into a V-shape, often tipping over
6 smoothing the path: making something easier to develop
- shed: (of a lorry) to lose or drop the items it is carrying onto the
7 the end of the road: the point at which it is not possible to continue
road
8 on the road: travelling
- overshot: to carry on moving past the end of a piece of road or
9 made their way: got somewhere, arrived
where you intended to stop
10 further down the road: at a later time
- swerve: (of a vehicle) to change direction suddenly and often out
11 a long way off: in the distant future
of control, especially to avoid hitting something
12 hit the road: start a journey
- wrote off: to damage a vehicle so badly that it isn't worth repairing
- shatter: to suddenly break into very small pieces
Adjectives
Love Vocabulary
- definite (sure or certain)
- definitive (the best or most extreme)
• case in point /keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt/ a clear example of the problem,
- compulsive (irresistibly interesting)
situation, etc. that is being discussed
- compulsory (that must be done because of a rule)
• circumspect (adj) /ˈsɜːkəmspekt/ thinking very carefully about
- historic (important in history)
something before doing it, because there may be risks involved
- historical (connected with the past)
• epitomize (v) /ɪˈpɪtəmaɪz/ to be typical of something
- notable (deserving of attention)
• heady (adj) /ˈhedi/ having a strong effect on your senses; making
- noticeable (easy to see)
you feel excited and hopeful
- alternate (happening e.g. in one year, but not in the next)
• quantifiable (adj) /kwɒntɪˈfaɪəbl/ expressed as an amount or a
- alternative (able to be used instead of something else)
number
- technical (relating to the use of machinery)
• wary (adj) /ˈweəri/ careful because you are uncertain or afraid of
- technological (relating to the practical use of scientific discoveries)
somebody / something
- economic (connected with money)
- economical (providing good value for the money spent)
Travel: Vocabulary
Travel: literal meanings
• as yet /əz jet/ until now or until a particular time in
the past road: a hard surface built for vehicles to travel on
• drag (n) /dræɡ/ a person or thing that makes progress difficult path: a way or track that is built or is made by the
• foray (n) /ˈfɒreɪ/ an attempt to become involved in a different action of people walking
activity or profession track: a rough path or road, usually one that has not been
• over the top /ˈəʊvə ðə tɒp/ done to an exaggerated degree and with built but that has been made by people walking there;
too much effort rails that a train moves along; a piece of ground with a
• spoilt for choice /spɔɪlt fə tʃɔɪs/ to have so many things to choose special surface for people, cars, etc. to have races on
from that it is very difficult to make a decision way: a route or road that you take in order to reach a place
• whatsoever (adv) /wɒtsəʊˈevə(r)/ not at all; not of any kind