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Travel and transport

Voyage A long journey by SHIP The Pirates went on a long voyage looking for treasure.
The process of traveling from 1 place to another over a
Journey It’s a 20-hour train journey from Hanoi to HCM City.
long period/great distance
1 The process of traveling from 1 place to another,
Trip How about a trip to the zoo this afternoon?
staying there, usually for a short period
Travel The process of traveling in general Most of my travels are business-related.

Excursion A trip mainly designed for discovery My class is going on an excursion to Ba Vi National Park.

View What you can see from a particular place Our room had spectacular views of the mountains.


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Sight Something that is in someone's view I don't dare to let the children out of my sight. 

World The earth and all the people, places, and things on it We live in a changing world and people must learn to adapt.


3 The earth takes approximately 3651/4 days to go round
Earth A planet
the sun.
This area of the country depends on agriculture for its
Area A particular part of a place, a country, a piece of land
income.
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(land/sea) the area belonging to a particular
Territory The island is a territory of Vietnam.
country/person
A period of the year when something that happens
Season Farms were heavily affected during the monsoon season.
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Period A length of time The study will be carried out over a six-month period.
The money that you pay for a journey in
Fare Bus fares in the capital will rise from next month.
a vehicle such as a bus or a train
6 Ticket A paper/card to prove that people have paid for sth A concert ticket, a train/bus/plane ticket, a lottery/raffle ticket
An amount of money paid for a particular piece of The doctor is so kind that the poor only have to pay a little
Fee
work or a particular right/service fee.
Miss Is used with transportation/events/opportunities You missed a great movie last night.
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Lose Is used with objects I lost my key and couldn’t find it.
Carry something away from the speaker/to another
Take Please take this letter to the headmaster.
place
8 Bring Carry something towards the speaker Waiter! Could you bring me some water, please?

Go To travel or move to another place He goes through a tunnel.

Book Is used when making a reservation for a place My mom has already booked a table.
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Keep Is used with objects I always keep my lucky charm inside my bag.

Arrive To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey The train had arrived before we bought our tickets.
10 To arrive at a place, especially after spending a long
Reach They finally reached the coast after five weeks of sailing.
time/lots of effort traveling
Live Permanent resident I’ve lived in this apartment for several years.
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Stay Temporary resident I will stay with my cousin until school start this autumn.

Border A line that is agreed to divide a country from another Two countries have had frequent border disputes.

12 Edge The boundary line of a surface A square has 4 edges.

Line A path through 2/more points Please draw a line on a piece of paper.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of
Length The piece of silk is 2 meters in length.
an object
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The amount of space between 2 points, usually
Distance She had to travel long distances to get to school.
geographical points
Guide To give advice/tell sb what to do The teacher guides us through the exercise.
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Lead To go before others and show the way/set an example I will lead our group through this project.
for others.
Native Related to someone’s birthplace Mr. and Mrs. Ha are native Hanoian.
15 My grandma was born in the south but Hanoi has been her
Home Where someone lives
home for the past 70 years.

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