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        Language Summary 3
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        m  Phrasal verbs (1): travel  3A                       p22  m  Phrases with travel, get and go on

        TIP• sb =somebody; sth =something.                               38        p24
        set off start a journey: They set off at 5 a.m.
        get around  travel to different places in the same town/                                       on your own
        city/area: What's the cheapest way to get around?                                              independently
        deal with sth  do something in order to solve a problem                travel                  first/business/economy class
        or achieve something: I have to deal with a lot of difficult                                   together /separately
        customers as part of my job .                                                                  light
               •
        check in  go to the reception desk of a hotel to say you
        have arrived and to get the key to your room: Have you
        checked in yet?
                                                                                                       into/out of a car
        check o·ut  go to the reception desk of a hotel to pay your
                                                                                                       back from somewhere
        bill before you leave: We checked out early this morning.
        see sb off  go to the place where somebody is leaving                   get                    here/there by (10.30)
                                                                                                       on/off a bus/plane/train
        from (for example, an airport or a station) to say goodbye to
                                                                                                       a taxi home/to work
        them: My parents came to see me off at the airport.
        pick sb up  go to a place where somebody is waiting and
        take them where they want to go: Can you pick me up from
        the station?                                                                                   a trip
        get back (to/from a place)  return to a place after you have                                   a guided tour
        been somewhere else: When did you get back from Brazil?                                        a journey
                                                                               goon
        put up with sth  accept a situation or a problem that you                                      a cruise
        don't like because you can't change it: I don't know how                                       a package holiday
        you put up with all this noise.
        look atter take care of something or someone (a pet, a
        plant, a baby,  etc.): Could you look after our cat when we're
                                                                             independently  without the help of other people: I don't like
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        on holiday?                                                          P.,ackage holidays. I prefer travelling independently.
        go away  leave your home to spend time somewhere else,               •
                                                                             first class  the best and most expensive way to travel: Famous
        usually for a holiday: We're going away in June.
                                                                             people usually travel first class.
        look forward to sth  feel happy and excited about                       •
                                                                             economy class  the cheapest way to travel: I don't have much
        something that is going to happen: I'm really looking
                                                                             money so I always fly economy class .
                                                                                   •
        forward to my holiday.                                               travel light travel with a very small amount of luggage: I always
                                                                             travel light. I only take hand luggage.
                                                                             a trip  when you go to a place for a short time and then come back:
                                                                             I went on a business trip to Berlin last month.
                                                                             a guided to•ur / tua/  when you travel to lots of places in a city or
                                                                             country and a guide tells you about the interesting things you can
                                                                             see: We're going on a guided tour of London.
                                                                             a jo·urney / d33:ni/  when you travel from one place to another
                                                                             place: We went on a journey across Europe.
                       •                              •                      a cruise / kru:z/  a holiday on a ship when you sail from place to
                   set off                        see off
                                                                             place: We're going on a Mediterranean cruise next month.
                                                                             a package / prek1d3/  holiday  a holiday where everything is
                                                                             included in the price: A lot of British people go on package holidays
                                                                             to Spain every summer.


                                                                         TIPS• Travel is usually a verb. When we want to use a noun,
                                                                         we usually use journey or trip: How was your journey/trip? not
                                                        •                How Vlas your travel?
                   pick up                       check in
                                                                         • Get has many different meanings in English: get back = arrive back;
        TIPS• You also check in at an airport (or online) before you     get a taxi = take a taxi, etc.
        fly somewhere.                                                   • You can also get on/off a bike, a scooter and a motorbike.
        • We say get (back) home not get (back) to/ from home.           • By+ time means 'at or before': I'll get there by 2.30. =I'll get there
        • We often use verb+ing after look forward to:                   at 2.30 or earlier.
        I'm looking forward to seeing you .

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