English Vocabulary

scruffy

quaky

to comprise (Seven Sisters Country Park comprises 280 hectares of chalk cliffs, meandering river valley and open chalk grassland.)

to meander (Seven Sisters Country Park comprises 280 hectares of chalk cliffs, meandering river valley and open chalk grassland.)

unspoilt (unspoilt coastline)

ledge (Narrow ledges provide nesting sites for breeding populations of kittiwakes and fulmars.)

kittiwake (Narrow ledges provide nesting sites for breeding populations of kittiwakes and fulmars.)

fulmar (Narrow ledges provide nesting sites for breeding populations of kittiwakes and fulmars.)

to breed (Narrow ledges provide nesting sites for breeding populations of kittiwakes and fulmars.)

to provide (Narrow ledges provide nesting sites for breeding populations of kittiwakes and fulmars.)

to divert (In 1846 the Cuckmere River was diverted into a straight, constructed channel to drain the floodplain.)

floodplain (In 1846 the Cuckmere River was diverted into a straight, constructed channel to drain the floodplain.)

harsh

oystercatcher

redshank

wading bird

tide

seaweed

anti-tank

leaflet

cattle

livestock (Please do not worry livestock whilst visiting the park.)

signposted (The park trail is signposted from the entrance to the Countra Park.)

sloping (The first half mile of the walk is uphill, after this it drops back down hill to the valley bottom. The trail then leads you up a set of steps before sloping down to the beach.)

concrete (The first section of the walk follows the flat concrete track. The remaining section is a stone track with two short, sharp inclines near the beach. The trail si signposted from the main park entrance.)

remaining (The first section of the walk follows the flat concrete track. The remaining section is a stone track with two short, sharp inclines near the beach. The trail si signposted from the main park entrance.)

incline (The first section of the walk follows the flat concrete track. The remaining section is a stone track with two short, sharp inclines near the beach. The trail si signposted from the main park entrance.)

to commute

Let's pop over to ...

It's difficult over the telephone

if I mentioned

plucking cherries

You better send me your full details otherwise I shall forget. I am very bad with names etc. It was nice meeting you yesterday and I hope you have a good time in England. If you want to practice your English when you get back we could always arrange to meet occasionally. Anyway let me know when you get back so we can arrange a time for me to have a look at the rooms.

rear [reä] (Beergarden at rear) (rear three coaches) [cöudsch]

You haven't small coins?

despite

pillar box

to step down

stale

stewed