Travel & Transport
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- abroad/əˈbɹɔːd/adverb · B1+In or to a different country than your own.
- accommodation/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/noun · B1+Any place you stay and sleep while traveling.
- adventure/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/noun · A2An exciting experience full of new places and a little danger.
- airport/ˈɛə.pɔːt/noun · A1The place where flights begin and end.
- aisle/aɪ̯l/noun · A2+The narrow walking space between the rows of seats.
- altitude/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/noun · B2How high above the sea you are.
- amenities/əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/noun · B2+The comforts a hotel offers — pool, gym, breakfast, wifi.
- anchor/ˈæŋ.kəː/noun · B2The heavy metal hook a ship drops to stay in one place.
- arrival/əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/noun · B1The moment of reaching the place you were going to.
- backpackernoun · B1+A budget traveler carrying everything on their back.
- backseatnoun · A2The row of seats behind the driver in a car.
- bicycle/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/noun · A1The two-wheeled machine you move with your own legs.
- board/bɔːd/verb · A2To step onto a plane, ship, or train.
- boarding pass/ˈbɔɹdɪŋ ˌpæs/phrase · B1The ticket with your seat and gate that gets you onto the plane.
- boat/bəʊ̯t/noun · A1A small vessel that floats and carries people across water.
- bonnet/ˈbɒnɪt/noun · B1+The front lid of a car that opens over the engine.
- booking/ˈbʊkɪŋ/noun · B2The arrangement you make in advance so a room or seat is yours.
- boot/buːt/noun · B1The back storage space of a car where suitcases go.
- border/ˈbɔə.də/noun · B1The invisible line where one country ends and the next begins.
- brake/bɹeɪk/noun · A2+The pedal you press to make the car slow down and stop.
- breakdown/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/noun · C1The moment a car simply stops working in the middle of a trip.
- bus/bʌs/noun · A1The long vehicle that carries many passengers around town for a small fee.
- cabin/ˈkæbɪn/noun · B1The inside space of a plane where passengers sit; also a small wooden house.
- camping/ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/noun · A2+A holiday spent sleeping outdoors in a cloth shelter.
- cancel/ˈkæn.sl̩/verb · A2To say that a planned trip, class, or event will not happen after all.
- canoe/kəˈnuː/noun · C1A narrow light boat you move with a paddle.
- car/kɑː/noun · A1The machine with four wheels that most families drive.
- car park/ˈkɑːpɑːk/phrase · A2The area or building where drivers leave their cars.
- cargo/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/noun · B2The goods a ship, plane, or truck carries.
- carriage/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/noun · B2One car of a passenger train; also, a horse-drawn vehicle.
- carry-onnoun · B1The small bag you may take into the plane cabin with you.
- castaway/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/noun · B2+A shipwreck survivor stranded on a lonely shore.
- check-outnoun · B1The morning moment you return the key and leave the hotel.
- cockpit/ˈkɒkˌpɪt/noun · B1+The front cabin where the pilots fly the plane.
- commuter/kəˈmjuːtɚ/noun · B1+A person making the same daily trip between home and their job.
- compass/ˈkʌm.pəs/noun · B1+The small tool whose needle always shows you where north is.
- concierge/ˌkɒnsiˈɛːʒ/noun · B2+The hotel professional who can arrange anything for a guest.
- conveyor beltphrase · B2The moving loop where you wait for your suitcase to appear.
- crash/ˈkɹæʃ/noun · B1A violent smash of vehicles on the road or from the sky.
- crew/kɹuː/noun · B1All the people who work together on a plane or a ship.
- cruise/kɹuːz/noun · B1A holiday spent on a huge ship that visits port after port.
- customs/ˈkʌs.təmz/noun · B1The airport control where officers may open your bags.
- delay/dɪˈleɪ/noun · B1The extra waiting when a flight or train is late.
- departure/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/noun · B1+The moment of leaving; airports list these times on big boards.
- destination/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/noun · B1The place you are trying to get to.
- detour/ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/noun · B1+The longer way around you must take when the direct road is closed.
- direction/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/noun · A2The way you are going — left, right, or straight ahead.
- distance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/noun · A2How far apart two places are.
- duty-freeadjective · B1Sold without tax in the airport shops between passport control and the gates.
- east/iːst/noun · A1The direction where the sun comes up.
- embassy/ˈɛmbəsi/noun · B2Your country's official house inside a foreign country.
- engine/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/noun · A2The machine inside a car that burns fuel and makes it move.
- excursion/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/noun · B2+A short organized trip made for pleasure, back by evening.
- expat/ˈɛksˌpæt/noun · B2+A person living long-term in a country not their own.
- expedition/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/noun · B1+An organized journey with a serious purpose — to a pole, a peak, or a jungle.
- explore/ɪkˈsplɔː/verb · B1To travel through a new place to find out what is there.
- fare/ˈfɛə/noun · B2The price you pay to ride a bus, train, or taxi.
- ferry/ˈfɛɹi/noun · B1+The boat that carries people and cars back and forth across the same water.
- flight/ˈflaɪ̯t/noun · A1One plane journey, with its own number like AB123.
- foreign/ˈfɒɹɪn/adjective · A2+Belonging to another country, not yours.
- gate/ˈɡeɪ̯t/noun · B1The numbered door at the airport where you board your plane.
- getawaynoun · B2A short escape from daily life to somewhere relaxing.
- handlebarsnoun · B1+The bar you hold and steer a bicycle with.
- harbor/ˈhɑːbə/noun · B1The protected water by a town where ships rest.
- headlight/ˈhɛdˌlaɪt/noun · A2+One of the two bright front eyes of a car at night.
- helicopter/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/noun · B1The flying machine with spinning blades on top; it needs no runway.
- highway/ˈhaɪweɪ/noun · B1The wide fast road between cities with no traffic lights.
- hitchhike/ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/verb · B1+To travel for free by standing at the road with your thumb out.
- horn/hɔːn/noun · B1What you press in a car to make the loud warning beep.
- hostel/ˈhɑstəl/noun · B1+A cheap place for young travelers to sleep, often in shared rooms.
- hot-air balloonphrase · B1The giant colorful bag of heated air that carries a basket into the sky.
- hotel/həʊˈtɛl/noun · A1The building where travelers pay to sleep, with breakfast downstairs.
- immigrant/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/noun · B2A person who has moved into a new country to live there.
- indicator/ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/noun · C1The blinking orange light that tells others which way you will turn.
- itinerary/aɪˈtɪnə(ɹə)ɹi/noun · C1The written plan of everywhere your trip will go, day by day.
- jet/ˈd͡ʒɛt/noun · B2A very fast modern aircraft; rich people own private ones.
- jet lag/ˈd͡ʒɛt.læɡ/phrase · B2The dazed tiredness after flying across many time zones.
- jet setphrase · C1The rich crowd who fly the world from party to party.
- jetlagnoun · B2The exhausted confusion after flying across time zones.
- journey/ˈd͡ʒɝni/noun · B1The act of going from one place to a far one — the road itself, not the arrival.
- kayak/ˈkaɪˌæk/noun · B1+A slim closed canoe you paddle with a double-bladed oar.
- land/lænd/verb · A2To come down from the sky and touch the ground safely.
- landmark/ˈlændmɑːk/noun · C1A famous building or place everyone recognizes, like a great tower.
- layover/ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/noun · B1+The waiting hours at a middle airport between two flights.
- license/ˈlaɪ.səns/noun · B1The official card that proves you are allowed to drive.
- lighthouse/ˈlaɪthaʊs/noun · B1The tall tower whose turning beam warns ships away from rocks.
- luggage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/noun · B1All the bags and cases you take on a trip.
- map/mæp/noun · A1The drawing of streets or countries that stops you getting lost.
- motion sicknessphrase · B2The dizzy sick feeling some people get in moving cars and boats.
- motorcycle/ˈməʊʔəˌsaɪkl̩/noun · A2+A fast two-wheeled machine with an engine.
- no vacancyphrase · B2The lit-up sign meaning the hotel is completely full.
- nomad/ˈnəʊmæd/noun · B2+A person who lives moving from place to place, never settling.
- north/nɔːθ/noun · A1The direction a compass needle points to, up on every map.
- off-seasonnoun · B2The quiet cheap months when few tourists come.
- one-way/wʌn.weɪ/adjective · B1Allowing travel in a single direction only — streets or tickets.
- overtake/əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/verb · B2+To pass the slower car in front of you.
- paddle/ˈpædl̩/noun · B1The short free oar used to push a canoe along.
- parachute/ˈpæɹəʃuːt/noun · B1+The big cloth umbrella that lets you fall from a plane slowly and safely.
- passenger/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/noun · A2+Anyone riding in a vehicle who is not the one driving it.
- passport/ˈpɑːspɔːt/noun · A2+The little official book with your photo that lets you cross borders.
- peak seasonphrase · B2The crowded expensive months when everyone travels at once.
- pedal/ˈpɛdəl/noun · B2The part your foot pushes to power a bicycle or control a car.
- petrol/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/noun · B1+The liquid you pump into a car to make it go.
- picnic/ˈpɪknɪk/noun · A1A meal you pack and eat outside on the grass.
- pilgrimage/ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/noun · B2+A long journey made to a holy place.
- plane/pleɪn/noun · A1The flying machine with wings that crosses oceans in hours.
- platform/ˈplætfɔːm/noun · B1The numbered place at a station where you stand and wait to board.
- puncture/ˈpʌŋktʃə/noun · B1+The small hole that lets all the air out of a wheel.
- refugee/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/noun · B2+A person forced to flee their country to stay safe.
- reverse/ɹɪˈvɜːs/verb · B2To drive a car backward.
- road/ɾoːɖ/noun · A1The long hard surface that cars drive on between places.
- round trip/ˈɹaʊn(d).tɹɪp/phrase · B1A journey there and back again on one ticket.
- roundabout/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/noun · B1+The circular meeting of roads where cars go around a middle island.
- route/ɹuːt/noun · A2+The particular way you choose to go from here to there.
- runway/ˈɹʌnweɪ/noun · B1+The long flat strip where planes speed up and leave the ground.
- sail/seɪl/verb · B1To travel across water in a boat pushed by the wind.
- scooter/ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/noun · B2A small light two-wheeler you stand or sit on for short city rides.
- seat/siːt/noun · A2The place where one person sits on a plane, bus, or in a theater.
- seatbelt/ˈsiːt.belt/noun · A2+The strap you click across your body before the car moves.
- ship/ˈʃɪp/noun · A2A very big vessel that crosses whole seas with cargo or passengers.
- shortcut/ˈʃɔːtkʌt/noun · A2+The quicker smaller path that saves you time.
- sightseeingnoun · B1+Walking around a new city to look at its famous places.
- sign/saɪn/noun · A2The board by the road that tells you where to go or how fast.
- signpost/ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/noun · B2+The pole with arms pointing the way to different towns.
- skid/ˈskɪd/verb · B2To slide out of control on a wet or icy road.
- south/ˈsaʊ̯θ/noun · A1The direction at the bottom of every map.
- souvenir/ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/noun · B1+The little thing you buy on holiday to remember the place.
- spare tirephrase · B1The extra wheel in the back for when one goes flat.
- speed limit/ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/phrase · B1The fastest you are legally allowed to drive on that road.
- speeding/ˈspiːdɪŋ/noun · B1Driving faster than the law allows.
- station/ˈsteɪʃən/noun · A1The building where you wait for trains or buses.
- stowaway/ˈstəʊəˌweɪ/noun · C1A person hiding on a ship or plane to travel without paying.
- submarine/sʌb.məˈɹiːn/noun · B1The vessel that travels deep under the surface of the sea.
- subway/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/noun · A2+The city train that runs in tunnels under the streets.
- suitcase/ˈs(j)uːtkeɪs/noun · A2+The hard case on little wheels you pack your clothes in.
- swerve/swɜːv/verb · B2+To suddenly steer sideways to avoid hitting something.
- taxi/ˈtæksi/noun · A1The car you pay to take you exactly where you want.
- terrain/təˈɹeɪn/noun · C1The kind of ground you must travel over — rocky, flat, or swampy.
- ticket/ˈtɪk.ɪt/noun · A1The small paper or code that proves you paid for the ride.
- tire/ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/noun · B1The black rubber ring around a wheel, filled with air.
- toll/təʊl/noun · B2The money you must pay to use a bridge or fast road.
- tourist/ˈtʊəɹɪst/noun · A2+A person visiting a place on holiday, camera in hand.
- traffic/ˈtɹæfɪk/noun · A1All the cars moving — or not moving — on the road.
- traffic jamphrase · B1When so many cars fill the road that nobody moves.
- train/ˈtɹeɪn/noun · A1It runs on rails from city to city, pulling many cars behind it.
- tram/tɹæm/noun · B1+The electric city train that runs on rails in the middle of the street.
- transfer/tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/noun · B2Changing from one plane or train to another in the middle of a trip.
- trek/tɹɛk/noun · B2A long hard walk through mountains or wilderness.
- trip/tɹɪp/noun · A1A short visit to another place — for fun or for work.
- truck/tɹʌk/noun · A2The big heavy vehicle that carries goods along the roads.
- tunnel/ˈtʌn(ə)l/noun · A2The long hole through a mountain or under a river that traffic passes through.
- turbulence/ˈtɜː.bjə.ləns/noun · B2+The rough shaking of a plane in unsteady air — seatbelts on.
- van/væn/noun · A2The medium-sized covered vehicle that movers and delivery people drive.
- vehicle/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/noun · A2Any machine on wheels that carries people or things.
- visa/ˈviː.zə/noun · B2+The official permission stamped in your passport to enter a country.
- voyage/ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/noun · B1A long journey by sea or through space.
- wanderlust/ˈwɒndəlʌst/noun · C1The restless hunger to travel and see the world.
- west/wɛst/noun · A1The direction where the sun goes down.
- wheel/ˈwiːl/noun · A2The round part that turns and lets a vehicle roll.
- window seatphrase · B1The plane seat with the view of the clouds.
- windscreen/ˈwɪn(d).skɹiːn/noun · B1+The big front glass of a car, with wipers for the rain.
- yacht/jɒt/noun · B2An expensive private boat used for pleasure and showing off.