patting - patted - have patted
tickle I'tiM/ (и T] to move your fingers quickly and gently over a sensitive part of someone's body in order to make them laugh: Stop tickling my feetI
caress /ks'res/ [v T] written to move your hand or fingers gently over part of someone's body in a loving, or sexual way:
Barbara lovingly caressed the baby's
cheek. I He put his arms around her and began caressing her
El when one thing touches another
touch /tAt// [y I/T] if one thing touches another thing, it hits the other thing gently; if two things are touching, there is no space between them: It's possible that part of the crane touched the electricity cable. I My head almost touched the ceiling.
be touching Max and Kate sat side by side, their shoulders touching.
lean against sth /li:n agenst (sth)/
[phrasa/ verb T] if something leans against a wall, a fence etc, it touches the wall, fence etc and is supported by it: There was an old bicycle leaning against the side of the shed.
ы what something feels
like when you touch it
feel /fill/ M if something feels cold, hot. smooth, rough etc, this is the feeling it gives you when you touch it: When I touched his hands they felt really cold, feel like sth The material feels like cotton but it's actually synthetic.
feeling - felt - have felt
texture tekstJor/ [n C/U] the way a surface. material, or substance feels when you touch it, especially how rough or smooth it feels: The wood had a lovely smooth texture.
in texture (=in the way something feels) The skin of the fruit is rather coarse in texture.
C^feel /fill/ [n singular] especially spoken the way something feels when you touch it, especially something that feels pleasant + of I like the feel of soft wool against my skin.
-Cword4
TOURISM
^ see pages 796-798
TOWN
see also countryside, area,
houses/where people live
II a place with houses, streets, and shops
town /taon/ [n C] a place with houses, streets, shops etc, which is bigger than a village and smaller than a city: a small town in the Midwest I I live in a town near Paris called St Germaine-en-Laye.
city /'siti/ [n C] a big and important town: You should visit San Francisco. It's a beautiful city. I More and more people moved to the cities, which became increasingly overcrowded. the city of Belfast/Jerusalem/Boston etc written The city of Barcelona is famous
for its wonderful architecture. 1 the ancient city of Petra plural cities
You can also use city before a noun, like an adjective: I don't much like city life. I city traffic I the old city walls
village vilid^ [n С] a place with a few
houses, shops etc, which is in the countryside and is much smaller than a town: There are some nice pubs in the villages around here, i Benjamas left her village in the north of Thailand and went to live in Bangkok.
AS. American people do not usually use the word village to talk about places in the US. They usually say small town |
capital kaep^tl/ [л С] the city where the government of a country or state is: Rome is one of the world's most beautiful cap- itaJs.
the capital of France/Korea etc "What's
the capital of Kenya?" 'Nairobi."
state capital (=of one of the states in a
large country) Sacramento is the state
capital of California.
capital city (=the capital) Dublin, the
capita! city of Ireland
urban /'-йгЬэп/ [adj only before noun] in or connected with a city or cities - use this about places or people in cities, or about things that happen in cities or affect cities:
The problem of air pollution is especially
serious in urban areas. I China's growing
urban population I urban planning urban poverty/unemployment etc Urban unemployment continues to rise.
El the centre of a town or city
centre British center american /'sent3r/ (n C] the part of a town or city where most of the shops, banks, theatres etc are + of I work in the centre of London, so I can easily go shopping after work. city centre/city center A bomb went off in the city center and 19 people were killed.
town centre British She's gone into the town centre to do some shopping.
town continues on page 799
vocabulary
accommodation especially british accommodations
american /akoma'deipn^l^ka:-/ (n U/plural] a room or other place to stay when you are away from home, for example a hoteclass="underline" 77>e 7ourisf Office can help you find accommodations, I The accommodation was great, but the food was awful
B&B/bed and breaJc/ast/bi: and bir, bed and brekfcst/
[n C] We stayed in a little B& В in the Coltswolds.
book especially вален make a reservation especially
A Last year I went to Florida Keys. I like watersports so I went windsurfing, waterskiing, and scuba diving.
TOURISM
^^ I want to relax and laze around by the pool but my girlfriend's really interested in culture. She likes to go to museums and galleries and places like that.
american /Ык, ,meik э res3rveipn/ |n T| if you book а flight, a room etc, you arrange to travel on a plane, stay in a hotel etc at a particular time in the future: Have you booked your flight yet? I I've made a reservation at the Holiday /nn.
In American English, book js mostly used about flights rather than hotels