Unit 2: Travel and Transport Vocabulary

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering phrasal verbs, collocations, and word formations from Unit 2: Travel and transport.

catch up with

reach the same point/level as

check in

register at a hotel or an airport

check out

leave a hotel; investigate

drop off

let someone get out of a vehicle; fall asleep

get back

return from a place

go away

go on holiday

keep up with

stay at the same point/level as

make for

go in the direction of

pick up

stop in a vehicle to give someone a lift

pull in

stop by the side of the road in a car

run over

hit with a car

see off

go to a train station, etc, to see someone leave

set out/off

start a journey

take off

leave the ground

turn round

go back in the opposite direction

accident

have an accident; be (involved) in an accident; do sth by accident

advance

in advance; advance to/towards a place

ahead

go straight ahead; go ahead; be ahead of sth/sb

direction

a change of direction; in the direction of sth; in this/that direction

off the top of your head

saying something without thinking about it much before

head for/towards

go in the direction of a place

head over heels

commonly used in the phrase "head over heels in love"

holiday

go/be on holiday; have/take a holiday; bank holiday

left

go/turn/etc left; on the left; on the left-hand side; in the left-hand corner; left-handed

route

plan your/a route; take a route

sights

see the sights

sightseeing

go sightseeing

speed

at (high/full/etc) speed; a burst of speed; speed limit

tour

go on/take a tour of/(a)round somewhere; tour a place; tour guide

trip

business trip; school trip; go on a trip; take a trip (to a place)

way

lose/make/find your way; in a way; on the way; go all the way (to sth/swh)

breadth

the noun form of the word broad

broaden

the verb form of the word broad

inhabitant

a person who lives in a specific place

worldwide

extending or operating throughout the whole world