Topic vocabulary: Transport |
| airline (n) |
a company that owns aircraft and takes people or goods by plane from one place to another |
I've applied for a job with another airline. |
| cargo (n) |
things that are being sent by ship, plane, train or truck |
It took them all morning to load the cargo. |
| carriage (n) |
one of the vehicles that are joined together to make a train |
The carriage was practically empty when we got on the train. |
| charter (v) |
to hire a boat, plane or bus, especially for use by a group of people |
We decided to charter a plane to take us deeper into the Amazon. |
| commute (v) |
to travel regularly to and from work |
I'm getting fed up with commuting every day. |
| destination (n) |
the place where someone or something is going |
We were all exhausted when we finally reached our destination. |
| hiker (n) |
someone who walks for long distances in the countryside for pleasure |
A group of hikers came over the hill. |
| hitchhiker (n) |
someone who travels by asking other people to take them in their car, by standing at the side of a road and holding out their thumb or a sign |
We picked up a hitchhiker outside Oxford. |
| jet lag (n) |
the feeling of being very tired and sometimes confused because you have travelled quickly on a plane across parts of the world where the time is different |
Polly was suffering from jet lag for a few days. |
| legroom (n) |
the amount of space in front of your seat in which you can stretch your legs |
Let's go business class because you get more legroom. |
| load (v) |
to put a load onto or into something such as a vehicle or container |
Load up the van, and then you can get going. |
| load (n) |
the goods that a vehicle carries |
Try to spread the load evenly inside the lorry. |
| passerby (n) |
someone who is walking past a place, especially when an accident or violent event happens |
The accident was reported to police by a passerby. |
| pedestrian (n) |
someone who is walking, especially in a town or city, instead of driving or riding |
Pedestrians need to be particularly careful at this crossing. |
| pier (n) |
a structure built out from the land over water and used for getting on and off boats |
We walked along the pier and jumped into the boat. |
| pilot (v) |
to fly an aircraft |
I wonder what it's like to pilot a jet. |
| pilot (n) |
someone who flies an aircraft |
The pilot announced that we were about to hit bad weather. |
| quay (n) |
a hard surface next to a sea or river, where boats can stop |
There were fishing boats all along the quay. |
| return fare (n phr) |
the money you pay for a journey to and from a place |
The return fare into town is about a pound. |
| round trip (n phr) |
an occasion when you go somewhere and come back to your starting point again |
The round trip took me about four days. |
| steer (v) |
to control the direction in which a vehicle moves |
You steer the hang-glider by moving your weight from side to side. |
| steward (n) |
a man whose job is to look after the passengers on a plane, train or ship, especially serving them with food and drink |
The steward brought me a blanket. |
