3A travel / fasten your seat belts Flashcards
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a building at an airport divided into Arrivals and Departures
airport terminal
an electronic display showing flight times and if the flight isn on time, boarding, closed, or delayed
departures board
where you give in any checked-in luggage (bags, cases, etc.) and are given a boarding pass if you dont already have one
check-in desk
where you take your luggage to check it in if you already have your boarding pass
bag(gage) drop
where they check that you are not trying to take prohibited items (e.g. liquids or sharp objects) onto the plane, by scanning your hand luggage and making you walk through a metal detector
security
where passengers who are travelling business or first class can wait for their flight
(airline) Lounge
where you show your boarding pass and ID and board your flight
gate
where planes take off and land
runway
where you collect your luggage on arrival, and where there are usually trolleys for carrying heavy cases
baggage reclaim
where your luggage may be checked to see if you are bringing illegal goods into the country
customs
n
a long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church:
Significado de aisle en inglés
a long, narrow space between the rows of shelves in a large shop
pasillo
aisle
aisle seat / Would you like an aisle seat or would you prefer to be by the window?
You’ll find the shampoo and the soap in the fourth aisle from the entrance.
in an aircraft, the people whose job it is to take care of the passengers:
n
cabin crew
The airline employs 1,300 cabin crew and last year flew three million passengers.
It was reported that a passenger had assaulted a member of cabin crew.
idiom
something that takes effort over a long time, rather than just a few days, weeks, etc.:
adjective
travelling a long distance:
idiom -
a long haul
-The business will not recover quickly; this is the beginning of a long haul.
-It’s been a long haul, but people appreciate what we’ve managed to do.
a long-haul flight
long-haul truck drivers
n
a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each other:
used in the names of some roads:
- a row of houses/books/plants/people/horses
- We had seats in the front/back row of the theatre.
-Prospect Row
cinturon
seat belts
turbulencia
turbulence
n
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle:
a set of experiences that someone has over a period of time, especially when they change the person in some way:
journey
-go on a journey / I love going on long journeys.
-break a journey / We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Jacksonville before travelling on to Miami the next day.
- Thank you for being part of my journey.
- We are all involved in this journey called life.
- drop off
-drop someone/something off
(decrease)
If the amount, number, or quality of something drops off, it becomes less:
The demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off.
to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place:
-We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.
verb
to have a good relationship:
to go onto a bus, train, aircraft, or boat:
get on
- We’re getting on much better now that we don’t live together.
- get on with / He doesn’t get on with his daughter.
-I think we got on the wrong bus.
v
to lift someone or something using your hands:
pick up / recoger / levantar
-If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.
-I picked up the kids’ clothes that were lying on the floor.
v
to write the necessary information on an official document:
to put a substance in an empty space:
fill in
-to fill in a form/questionnaire
-Fill out the form and then press submit.
- By Monday afternoon the hole had been filled in.
to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey:
to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day:
to leave a train, bus, or aircraft:
get off / bajarse
-If we can get off by seven o’clock, the roads will be clearer.
-How early can you get off this afternoon?
-Get off at Camden Town.
-I tripped as I got off the bus.
a type of camping that is more comfortable and luxurious than traditional camping. The word is a mixture of ‘glamorous’ and ‘camping’. :
n
glamping
Our glamping holidays provide all the fun and outdoor lifestyle of camping with just a little more luxury.
to put up a tent and make it ready to use:
pitch a tent
We pitched camp/our tent in the shade.