{"id":272,"date":"2017-10-23T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2017-10-26T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T21:04:50","slug":"how-to-talk-about-your-holidays-without-saying-that-they-were-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/2017\/10\/23\/how-to-talk-about-your-holidays-without-saying-that-they-were-great\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Talk about your Holidays Without Saying that they were &#8216;Great&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-272-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nueva_grabacio_n_7.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nueva_grabacio_n_7.mp3\">https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nueva_grabacio_n_7.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">We\u2019ve all been there. You\u2019ve just come back from a fantastic three-week trip through a country you hadn\u2019t been to before, seen picture-perfect views and tasted brand new cuisine, and when someone asks you how your trip went, you say \u201c Great.\u201d Well, that\u2019s great! But do you ever feel limited by your words? Here are some ways in which you can give more life to your opinions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bt.com\/images\/holidays-are-good-for-you-136386855196903901-140603125912.jpg\" alt=\"Resultado de imagen para great holidays\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Great:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Add any of these words to the phrases below:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>fantastic, excellent, interesting, magnificent, wonderful, top-notch, brilliant, superb, sublime<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c I had a\u00a0 ____ time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c It was a ________ experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c From the day we left, until we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/definition\/reluctantly\">reluctantly<\/a> got back on the plane, the whole trip was ____.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\nIf you wish, you can use the same list sarcastically:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c The incompetent waiter was ___, the rock-hard bed was ____, and killing cockroaches was a ____ use of my time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><br \/>\nPlace:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Any of these can perfectly fit in the gaps below to describe the wonderful sights you&#8217;ve seen:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>beautiful, charming, picturesque, picture-perfect, inspirational, epic , idyllic, awe-inspiring<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c\u2026 and what a ____ landscape!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c The most ____ architecture I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c I could have spent years staring at those _____ \u00a0waterfalls.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c \u2026And as I watched the scarlet sunset over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=tiled\">tiled<\/a> roofs, and listened to the gentle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=hum\">hum<\/a> of conversation from the caf\u00e9 below, and the fresh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=scent\">scent<\/a> of home-cooked bolognese filled my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/es\/translation.asp?tranword=nostrils\">nostrils<\/a>, I wondered if I would ever find another town as ____ as [<em>enter place name here<\/em>].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Listen:<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-272-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_florence.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_florence.mp3\">https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_florence.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">To describe the weather in a more interesting way you will need more specific adjectives:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c It was very sunny, so it was a shame there was that biting wind\u201d <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">biting wind &#8211; strong and cold wind<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c The sun was blazing all day! It was truly scorching!\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>blazing \/ scorching &#8211; very hot and sunny<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c There wasn\u2019t a drop in sight during the first week, but then, the heavens opened!\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>no drop in sight &#8211; no rain : the heavens opened &#8211; heavy rain<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c Summers in London have always been quite mild, but, thanks to global warming, they\u2019re quickly becoming comparable to Spain\u2019s\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>mild (summer) &#8211; warm, but not hot<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>Food:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Use some of these expressions to make people jealous of your culinary adventures:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8221; Hungarian cuisine is absolutely exquisite. The great variety of dishes on offer could satisfy any pallet.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>exquisite &#8211; fantastic : palate &#8211; roof of the mouth (used to refer to personal taste choice)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8221; All of the pastries, chocolates and cakes were so tempting that I couldn&#8217;t resist. I put on a few kilos, but it was worth it!&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>tempting &#8211; inviting \/ attractive : put on (weight) &#8211; gain weight<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8221; The children said that their pastas were yummy, my husband looked pleased with his pie, but my salmon was just divine.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>yummy (colloquial) &#8211; tasty : divine &#8211; heavenly<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>Bad:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Not all holidays go to plan. Use these expressions when things go wrong:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8221; Our whole stay at the resort was atrocious. On arrival, the staff were unwelcoming, and they reluctantly showed us to our poorly equipped room. The excruciatingly ugly bedsheets looked like they were bought in the nineteenth century, and the TV didn&#8217;t have any English channels whatsoever. The only meal we dared to eat in the restaurant was over-priced and tasteless, and all of my mojitos were below-par. Oh. and the swimming pool left me smelling of chlorine for days.&#8221; <i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">atrocious &#8211; terrible : excruciating &#8211; painful (or painfully bad): whatsoever &#8211; at all (none at all) : \u00a0below-par &#8211; not good enough<\/span> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Listen:<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-272-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_bad-hotel.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_bad-hotel.mp3\">https:\/\/en-ingles.com.ar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Vocaroo_bad-hotel.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>So, how were <\/b><b><i>your<\/i><\/b><b> holidays? Leave a comment below describing your experiences. 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