How to use this lesson: read each item aloud, notice the collocation, cover the definition and retrieve the word from memory. Then use at least three items in your own sentences.
10 useful words and phrases
transfer
Transport between two stages of a journey.
Example: The package includes an airport transfer.
Natural collocation: private transfer
cancel
To decide that a planned service or event will not happen.
Example: The airline cancelled our evening flight.
Natural collocation: cancel a booking
board
To get onto a plane, train, ship or bus.
Example: Passengers can now board the aircraft.
Natural collocation: board a flight
destination
The place you are travelling to.
Example: Lisbon is our final destination.
Natural collocation: holiday destination
departure
The act or time of leaving.
Example: Please arrive two hours before departure.
Natural collocation: departure time
arrival
The act or time of reaching a place.
Example: Our arrival was delayed by bad weather.
Natural collocation: arrival time
booking
An arrangement to reserve travel or accommodation.
Example: I confirmed the hotel booking yesterday.
Natural collocation: make a booking
luggage
Bags and suitcases used when travelling.
Example: My luggage was checked through to Madrid.
Natural collocation: hand luggage
platform
The area beside a railway track where passengers wait.
Example: The train leaves from platform six.
Natural collocation: departure platform
route
The way from one place to another.
Example: This is the quickest route to the airport.
Natural collocation: direct route
Quick vocabulary check
- 1. Which word means “transport between two stages of a journey”? transfer
- 2. Which word means “to decide that a planned service or event will not happen”? cancel
- 3. Which word means “to get onto a plane, train, ship or bus”? board
- 4. Which word means “the place you are travelling to”? destination
- 5. Which word means “the act or time of leaving”? departure
Make the vocabulary active
Choose five items above and make them personal. Say one true sentence about your life, work, studies or experience for each item. For stronger recall, return tomorrow and try to reproduce the collocations without looking.