This document provides definitions for 41 words and phrases related to travel, including "abroad", "accommodation", "customs", "destination", "document", "dune", "explore", "fire", "get away from it all", "graduate", "inoculation", "insurance", "journey", "lift off", "look around", "move", "obtain", "package tour", "publish", "respect", "set out", "sight", "stop off", "train", "travel", "trip", "urge", "vaccination", and "vast". The definitions cover a range of concepts involving travel, education, employment, and documentation.
1. 1. abroad in or to a foreign country
2. accommodation a place where people can live, stay, or
work
3. attend to go to and be present at (an event,
meeting, etc.)
4. be awarded to be given a reward or prize for
something
5. break down to stop functioning because of breakage
or wear
6. broaden to make (something) wider or more
general
7. carry on to continue doing, pursuing, or operating
8. check in to register at a hotel
9. customs taxes or fees that are paid to the
government when goods come into or go
out of a country
10. destination a place to which a person is going or
something is being sent
11. document an official paper that gives information
about something or that is used as proof
of something
12. dune a hill of sand near an ocean or in a desert
that is formed by the wind
13. explore to look at (something) in a careful way to
learn more about it
14. fascinated extremely interested
15. fierce very violent
16. find out to learn by study, observation, or search
17. fire o remove someone from their job, either
because they have done something wrong
or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of
employing them
18. get away from
it all
to go on vacation
19. get back to come or go again to a person, place, or
condition
20. give up to yield control or possession of
21. graduate to earn a degree or diploma from a
school, college, or university
22. inoculation the introduction of a pathogen or antigen
into a living organism to stimulate the
production of antibodies
23. insurance an agreement in which a person makes regular
payments to a company and the company
promises to pay money if the person is injured
or dies, or to pay money equal to the value of
something (such as a house or car) if it is
damaged, lost, or stolen
24. journey an act of traveling from one place to another
25. lift off to rise up from the ground or another surface
26. look
around
to go through a place in order to see what is
there
27. move to go from one place or position to another
28. obtain to gain or get (something) usually by effort
29. package
tour
a group of services related to travel or
vacations that are sold together for one price
30. praise to say or write good things about (someone or
something
31. publish to have something you wrote included in a
book, magazine, newspaper, etc.
32. respect a feeling of admiring someone or something
that is good, valuable, important, etc.
33. set out to start out on a course, a journey, or a career
34. sight something that is worth seeing
35. stop off to go or stay somewhere briefly while traveling
to another place
36. train to teach (someone) the skills needed to do
something (such as a job)
37. travel to go to a place and especially one that is far
away
38. trip a short journey to a store, business, office, etc.,
for a particular purpose
39. urge a strong need or desire to have or do
something
40. vaccination the act of vaccinating
41. vast very great in size, amount, or extent
New Language Leader - Unit 2 (Travel Expressions)
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