airport or port where your bags are checked)
deck /dek/ (n CI a flat area that you can walk on on the outside or upper surface of a ship
be delayed /.bi: di'leid/ if a train, plane etc is delayed, it will arrive or leave later than the time expected
be delayed by IS minutes/2 hours etc Our flight was delayed by 2 hours.
departures /di'pa:rtjVz/ |n plural) the place in an airport where you go before you get on the plane departures board /di'pa:rt/3rz ,t»:rd/ |n CI a large piece of equipment at an airport or station which shows information about which planes or trains are leaving and at what time
departure lounge /di'par'tJVz Jaundj/ [n C] the place in an airport where you sit and wait just before you get on your plane
destination /.destj'neij^n/ |n C] the place that you
are travelling to dining car also buffet car brttish fdaimi) ,koir, bofei .tai^-tofei/ (n C) the part of a train where
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duty-free /djuiti Tri:4du:-/ [adj! duty-free goods are things such as cigarettes, alcohol, and perfume you can buy at airports or on ships without paying the full price because there is no tax on them
ferry /'feri/ (и С] a boat that carries people, and sometimes also cars, across a river or across narrow parts of a sea
by Jerry We went to Manhattan by ferry.
/light /flail/ |n C] a journey on a plane: Did you have a good flight? I I booked my flight to Cairo today.
ЯУ /№ [11 to travel by plane: Yoj can fly direct from London to Tokyo.
gate /geit/ [n CI the place where you leave the airport building to get on a plane: Wbu/d passengers for flight BA423 please proceed to gate 34.
get a bus I train! taxi BRmsH take a bus/ tram/taxi American /'get э (bus, etc), 'teik э (bus, etc)/ to use a bus, train or taxi in order to travel
somewhere
get on /get on|-'a:n/ [phrasa/ verb I/T] to go into а bus, train etc at the beginning of a journey: Vmce got on the plane and found his seat.
get off /get 'dfl-'af/ |phrasal verb УТ] to leave a bus, train etc at the end of a journey: The train stopped and I got off, but then 1 realized I'd left my bag behind.
ж Vou get on a bus, train, plane, or ship, but you get in or get into a car or taxi: She kissed him, and then got into her car and drove away.
Vou get off a bus, train, plane, or ship, but you get out of a car or taxi: Both drivers got out of their cars and started shouting at each other.
get to /get tu:/ \phrasal verb T] to arrive at the place you are travelling to
give sb a lift British give sb a ride amerjcan /,giv (sb) э lift, ,giv (sb) 3 'raid/ to take someone somewhere in your car
go by bus/taxi/trairi//erry/car etc /-gao Ьа» (bus, etc)/ to travel by bus, taxi etc: It'll be much quicker if we go by taxi.
journey/trip Afcs'ni, trip/ |n C} when you travel from one place to another: Did you have a good trip?
train/car/bus etc journey an eight hour car journey
train/car/bus etc trip The bus trip back to Fort Lewis took two hours.
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went through security, where my bag was scanned.
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(and flaend/ ju I] if a plane lands, it moves down onto the ground at the end of a journey
/lam/ [n C] the track that a train travels along regularly, stopping at the same stops every time luggage /4AgidV [n ui the bags and cases that you take with you when you are travelling
,n'ss /mis/ {T} to be too late for your train, flight etc so that it leaves before you can catch it: Guy overslept and almost missed his flight. on time /Dn 'taim/ arriving at the correct time and not late; These buses are never on time.
pack /рЖк/ jl/T] to put things into a bag or case to take with you on a journey-. Have you packed yet? packed /p^kt/ {ad}\ informal extremely crowded, so that you cannot move easily, and it is difficult to find anywhere to sit or stand passenger /"pajsmd^V, -s^n-/ |n CI someone who
pays to travel on a boat, bus, train, or plane etc passport control fpa^pxH кэпдгэоЦ'ра*-/ (n U] the place where your passport is checked when you
leave or enter a country
go through passport control (=walk through the part of an airport or port where your passport is checked)
platform /'plaetfaW [n CJ the place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station
port /pxTt/ (n CI a place where ships start and finish their journeys
public transport brhish public transportation American /.рлЬЬк transput, .pAblik traen- spoi'tei/Л1 -traenspar-/ {n U| buses, trains etc that are provided for anyone to pay and use: If more people used public transport instead of cars, there ivould be less pollution. queue british line American /kju:, lam/ a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc running late /ГЛШц *ieit/ arriving and leaving later than the planned or expected time be running (ate There has been an accident and ail the trains are running late.