Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 4: Topics: Travel and the environment)


Travel

Flights

These collocations are all rather formal ones connected with flying:
  • Palair offers excellent in-flight entertainment, with the latest films and music.
  • The in-flight magazine includes maps and information about major airports.
    [announcement by a cabin attendant] Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll shortly be landing at Dublin Airport.
  • Please fasten your seatbelts.
  • The passenger boarded the plane on time, but it was delayed taking off and she missed her connecting flight in Amsterdam.
  • Domestic flights are often more expensive than international ones. [flights within a country]
  • Do you normally prefer a window seat or an aisle seat when you fly?
  • We managed to get a charter1 flight; it was half the price of the scheduled2 flight.
The weather en route is fine, and we anticipate a smooth flight3 to Stockholm today.

1 flight on a plane rented for special use
2 regular flight organised by the company which owns the plane
3 The opposite is a bumpy flight.



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