1. We saw a lot of interesting things when we were on
a tramp/a tour. 2. It’s too late to start on a tramp/hike. 3. Will
you go with them on an excursion? 4. I am busy now, I have
a lot to do/five written exercises to do. 5. It was growing dark
and they still had some six miles to go. 6. I shan’t be free till July.
I have work to do. 7. Both brothers are tall and as thin as rails.
8. In the father’s presence the boys are as meek as lambs.
9. The twins are as like as two peas. 10. With her closecropped
hair she looked like a boy. 11. She is under twenty but
she looks like a twenty-five year-old woman. 12. The water in
the lake was so warm that it was like a bath. 13. She was a
small, pretty woman with a complexion that was like a rose
petal. 14. The cloud now spreading across the sky, was like
asheet of fire. 15. I had a good look at the picture yesterday
and I think it is as good as the painter’s other works. 16. I don’t
know the rules but I think it’s like being on a tramp. 17. This is
the house where the writer lived, now it’s a museum and people
go there on excursions. 18. I’m not sure of the meaning of
the term, perhaps it’s something like “a handover”.