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1. commute (to To travel regularly to school or work, typically over a
school/work) considerable distance.
2. commuter A person who regularly travels from home to work or
school and back.
3. morning/evening The journey to work or school in the morning or back
commute home in the evening.
4. on foot By walking; walk to a place rather than using other
forms of transport
5. energy (costs) things like electricity or gas that you use to make
machines work
6. public trans- buses, trains, etc. which anyone can use if they have
port/transportation a ticket
7. rush hour the time of day in the morning and evening when there
is a lot of traffic, because people are going to school
or work or going home after work or school.
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8. traffic jam A situation where there is too much traffic and vehicles
cannot move forward.
9. convenient (adj) easy to use or helps you to do things easily.
10. frequent (adj) happens regularly and often
11. frequently (adv) happening often
12. punctual (bus ser- arrives on time/is not late
vice) (adj)
13. (arrive/leave) punc- correct time; not late
tually
14. reliable (train sys- trustworthy/can be trusted and know that it will work
tem) (adj) well every time.
15. can/can't afford do not have enough money to buy it or rent it
16. drop off (passen- let someone out of your vehicle when you have taken
gers) (phrasal verb) them somewhere
17. passenger (n) someone who is travelling on a bus, train, plane etc.
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18. pedestrian (n) a person who are walking in a town or city, and not
driving or cycling or riding in buses
19. pick up (passengers) to allow somebody to get into your vehicle and take
(phrasal verb) them somewhere
20. way of life (phr) the behaviour, habits, customs etc that are typical of a
particular society or person
21. apologise (v) to say sorry about something wrong that you have
done
22. book (a flight/tick- to arrange to have it or use it at a particular time in the
et/table) (v) future; to reserve something
23. change (n) to take something you have bought back to a shop and
exchange it for something else
24. check-in (at the air- to show your ticket at an airport so that you can be told
port) (phrasal verb) where you will be sitting and so that your bags can be
put on the aircraft
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25. (bus/train/taxi) fare the amount of money you have to pay for a particular
journey on public transport or in a taxi
26. (boarding) gate (n) the place at an airport where people get on a plane
27. platform (n) a long, flat raised structure at a railway station, where
people get on and off trains:
28. receipt (n) a piece of paper that shows the amount of money that
you have paid for something, and proves that you have
paid it.
29. return ticket (n) a ticket for a journey to a place and back again
30. enormous (adj) very big
31.
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stuck in traffic being in a car or bus that is moving very slowly or not
(phrase) moving at all because there is too much traffic on the
road.]
32. suggest (v) to recommend something
33. (make a) suggestion a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a
(n) particular purpose or job
34. (a good) condition looks like it did when it was new and is not damaged
(n) or broken
35. impressive (adj) seems very good and makes you admire it
36. miniature (car) (n) something that is very small
37. rural (adj) relating to farm areas and life in the country
38. stressful makes you worried and anxious, worrying
(time/stressful) (adj)
39. (young) workforce all the people who work for a company or organization
(n)
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