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The trek begins
trek - trek - a long, hard walk lasting several days or weeks, especially in the mountains
handed the reins
rein - reɪn - a long narrow leather band that is fastened around a horse's neck and is held by the rider in order to control the horse.
issues a few quick rules before we head out
the rowdy card games
rowdy - ˈraʊdi - (of people) making a lot of noise or likely to cause trouble
unsaddle - ʌnˈsædl - to take the saddle off a horse
breeding horses and tending to the land
tend - tend - to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens
Good tucker
tucker - [tʌ̱kə(r)] - food
One of my greatest fears was sleeping through breakfast
sleeping through - If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
Lunches consist of lavish spreads of sandwiches, cakes, fruit.
lavish - ˈlævɪʃ - large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money
brumby - ['brʌmbɪ] - необъезженная лошадь
The final day is tinged with sadness
tinge - tɪndʒ - to add a small amount of colour to sth
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