Stepping Stone 4, 5B

fall apart collapse, break up/rasa ihop

hit the road get moving, start a journey/ge sig iväg

sweat it out work hard, keep on/kämpa

mile unit of length, 1.609 kilometres/1609 meter

adopt choose, take on/adoptera

noon midday/kl. 12 på dagen

bake feel very hot/steka sig

113-degree heat 45 degrees Celsius/45 graders värme

circle go around/cykla runt

hum low mechanical sound/surr

slide (slid, slid) move smoothly and quickly/glida

dim badly lit, quite dark/dunkel

coolness pleasant low temperature/svalka

diner cheap restaurant/enkel restaurang, "sylta"

glare look at in an angry way/stirra

coin piece of metal money/mynt

bottle glass or plastic container for liquid/flaska

snap speak sharply/fräsa

roadhouse bar/pub on a country road/enkel krog vid landsvägen

estimate guess, calculate roughly/beräkna

lean thin, skinny/mager

sour unfriendly, in a bad mood/butter

steaming boiling, giving off steam/kokande

overheated too hot/överhettad

can, could afford have enough money/har, hade råd

pull up stop, park/stanna till

flurry short sudden period of intense activity/uppståndelse, förvirring

jot down write down, make a note of/anteckna

surly unfriendly, rude/vresig

amble walk slowly and in a relaxed way/släntra

size someone up evaluate carefully/granska

drop fall to the ground/fall

duck out of sight disappear (by lowering the head and body)/försvinna utom synhåll

saddle up get on a horse/kliva på en häst

wheel round object that turns to make a vehicle move/hjul

vehicle car, bus, lorry, motorbike/fordon

own possess, have/äga

acre unit of land area = 4.047 square meters/4, 047 kvadratmeter

sheep station farm for keeping sheep/fårfarm

nearby close, not far away/i närheten

departure act of leaving, going away/avfärd

stop by visit, drop in/hälsa på, titta in

turn out happen/visa sig

stranger someone you don't know/främling

put up give someone a bed for the night/ge husrum, inhysa

camel large animal with one or two humps on its back/kamel

trekker hiker, traveller on foot/vandrare

take sick become ill/bli sjuk

shearing cutting off wool from sheep/fårklippning

road train large Australian lorry with trailers/långtradare

restlessness unrest, excitement/rastlöshet

stockman person who looks after farm animals/boskapsuppfödare

mine place where people dig for minerals/gruva

redhead person with red hair/rödhårig

giant very tall and strong person/jätte

moonlight have a second job illegally/jobba svart, extraknäcka

hauler lorry driver, truck driver/långtradarchaufför

wheat tall plant used to make bread, pasta etc/vete

put a call through make a phone call/ringa

boulder large stone or rock/stenblock

those in the know people who know something/de som vet

publican person who owns a pub/pubägare

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