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• engulf [ɪng'ʌlf]

Apparently, people will pay good money to be engulfed in scenes of violence, suffering, and death.

definition: flow over or cover completely

eg: All has been engulfed by darkness.

n: engulfment

• fee[f'i]

For a small fee, we will share that valuable information with you.

definition: money or property

from: Anglo-French, old French and Middle English

eg: Your fee cannot be remitted.

adj: feeless

• first hand

These storm-chasing tourists do not hesitate to pay thousands of dollars to experience a violent storm first hand.

definition: of or relating to the first or original source

eg: It is mush cheaper to buy goods delivered at first hand.

• subscribe [səbskr'ɑɪb]

Click here to subscribe to the Trends in Tourism e-newsletter.

definition: toto enter one's name for a newspaper.

from:Late Middle English and Latin

eg: Lots of periodicals in foreign languages have been subscribe to , not to mention those in chinese.

• Tuck in

Culinary tourists happily pay thousands of dollars for the privilege of sweating over a hot stove and then tucking in to their own creations.

Definition: eat up

Eg: Come on. Tuck in. Everybody.

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• circuit [s'ɚkət]

...where Venetian foresight( and separate circuits) had left us power...

definition: the act of moving or revolving around

from: Middle English and Latin

eg: We made the circuit of the old city walls.

a: circuital

• dawn [d'ɔn]

I slowly realied that this would be no ordinary dawn inVenice.

definition: the break of day

from: Middle English and Old English

eg: At the price was asleep as usual.

a: dawnlike

• ferry [f'ɛri]

...surfacing only to cross the Grand Canal by traghetto (the traditional gondola ferry)...

definition: a place shere persons or things are carried across a river

from: Middle English and Old English

eg: They had only a few siebel ferries.

• retreat [ritr'it]                                             

Leaving Gigi and Barbara to raise the furniture yet another 18 inches, we retreated upstairs to our room.....        definition: to withdraw                                                           eg: No retreat is allowed, only advance.

a: retreatal n: retreater

• wade [w'ed]                                                        

We waded into breakfast, and were offered advice by Barbara's impeccably dressed colleague,Gigi.  

definition: to walk through water 

from: Middle English and Old English     

eg: Taking off his shoes and socks , he waded across barefoot.

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