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What does “a whistle-stop tour” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
C1
A very fast trip that covers many places in a short time
“We did a whistle-stop tour of Italy in a week.”
From the C1 lesson On the Road (flights and getting around).
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What does “a whistle-stop tour” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“a whistle-stop tour” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 3 (Money, Food, Work and Travel).
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