запись под эгидой - "я заставляю себя делать дз по инглишу тут, потому как я настолько ленив, что не могу оторваться от даяри, чтобы делать что-то полезное"
complaints 1 + answers
gear up
sift out
find out
go ahead
carry on
enter into
jot down
add up
crop up
hold out (no hope)
take up (the whole morning)
talk into
get on with
sink in
make out
pluck up (courage)
take to
put across
turn out
Very few of the passengers had the foresight to log everything as it happened, but the timings will be a matter of record.
Having already travelled for five hours, we were disappointed to find on arrival at the airport that the aircraft was unserviceable in San Juan and that there would be a four-hour delay but accepted this as a fact of travelling life. The tour representative was able to make dining and 'comfort' arrangements at the local Sheraton Hotel while we waited.
By the time we had (waited) long queues to check in, the hops were closed and, at 9pm, the cafeteria closed too, leaving many of us without any form of refreshments. For those who had had lunch at the normal time, over eight hours had now passed.
runaway availability
air traffic separation
out-ratebreak out
bring out
fall across
put smth down to experience (=chalk smth up to experience)
put off
single out
stick to
turn up
write off
| 1 inadequately | a true |
| 2 greatly | b delayed |
| 3 excruciatingly | c inaccurate |
| 4 promptly | d informed |
| 5 inexcusably | e boring |
| 6 awfully | f investigated |
| 7 unavoidably | g inconvenienced |
| 8 fully | h sorry |
| 9 undeniably | i resolved |
| 10 wildly | j rude |
geared towards younger members
moored boats
gradually
jostling for position
awash with plastic bags, bottles, banana skins
brass band
plucky
regularly ingesting isotonic fluid
fleeting benefits
things were flagging
arms were tingling
unravel
couple of gherkin-type things for relish
screeching friends
salt deposits