Wednesday, October 24, 2018

ALB2 24-10-18

Activity: 4 ways travelling pushed me out of my comfort zone (available in aula virtual)

ˈcheck-in noun   
1 [singular] a place where you report your arrival at an airport, hotel, hospital etc
 the check-in desk
 Make sure you’re at the check-in by 5.30.
2 [uncountable] the process of reporting your arrival at an airport, hotel, hospital etc
 Ask your travel agent about check-in times.

The water jetted out of the water.

Two left feet.

THESAURUS: airport
terminal a big building where people wait to get onto planes
The airline uses terminal 4.
Smoking is prohibited inside the terminal building.
runway a long hard surface on which aircraft land and take off
The plane was taxiing along the runway.
the tarmac an area covered with tarmac outside airport buildings
He stepped off the plane onto the tarmac.
check-in (desk) a place where you report your arrival at an airport
departure lounge the place where you wait until your plane is ready to leave
departure gate the place you go through to get on your plane
Will passengers for flight BA670 please go to the departure gate.
baggage reclaim (also baggage claim) American English the place where you collect your cases and bags after a flight
immigration the place where officials check the documents of everyone entering the country
Be prepared for long queues at immigration.
customs the place where your bags are checked for illegal goods when you enter a country
We had our bags checked at customs.

alien ●○○ noun [countable]   
1 someone who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living or working in
 illegal aliens entering the country

slurp /slɜːp $ slɜːrp/ verb [intransitive, transitive]   
to drink a liquid while making a noisy sucking sound► see thesaurus at drink, eat

get by phrasal verb [intransitive]
to manage to deal with a difficult situation, using whatever money, equipment etc you have

I hate when people slurp the soup.

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