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C2 Three in a Row 3: Holidays and Travel

Three sentences. One word.
Can you find the word that completes all three?

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C2 VOCABULARY CHALLENGE:TRAVEL - 1

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Read the sentences and write the missing word that fits all the blanks.

 

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During the ______ days of summer, we spent the scorching afternoons dozing in the shade rather than sightseeing.

The resort’s presentation turned out to be a______ and pony show, with glamorous videos and free cocktails disguising a hard sell for timeshares.

Another cancelled flight and a night on the airport floor—it’s a______’s life being a budget traveller! 😄

I’ve booked a few days of _____ off so we can explore Lisbon without having to squeeze everything into a weekend.

With protesters camping in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, we found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong ____: the square we’d hoped to explore was largely occupied by tents.

We chose a remote cottage so we could spend some quality _____ with the family, away from work calls and everyday distractions.

Our hotel was within a _____’s throw of the beach, so we could pop back for anything we’d forgotten.

By visiting her cousin in Edinburgh during the festival, she could kill two birds with one _____: catch up with family and enjoy some live performances.

______ the crows! They want twenty pounds just to take a photograph with that camel!

Once a sleepy fishing village, it has become a tourist ______spot, with visitors queuing for a table at its waterfront restaurants.

I wish you wouldn’t blow _____ and cold about going on a cruise: yesterday you couldn’t wait to book, and today you’re against the whole idea.

With her passport still missing and the airport taxi due any minute, she was like a cat on a ____ tin roof.

After six months without going anywhere, I’m getting itchy ______ and browsing flights to places I’ve never visited.

She began to get cold ______ about travelling alone when she realised she wouldn’t know a soul at her destination.

During the peak holiday season, the hotel staff are rushed off their ______, barely finding time for a lunch break.

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