This time, we will learn about travel phrasal verbs.
A phrasal verb is made up of a verb plus a preposition or an adverb that function as a single verb. Let’s start!
- Drop off. Meaning: to take someone to a place and leave them there.
- Example:
- “Where do you want me to drop you off?”
- Example:
- Touch down. Meaning: arrive on land (planes).
- Example:
- “Our plane touch down before midday.”
- Example:
- Check out. Meaning: to leave and pay for your stay at a hotel.
- Example:
- “Jane checked out of the hotel and took a taxi to the airport.”
- Example:
- Pick up. Meaning: to go and fetch someone from a place and take them somewhere else.
- Example:
- “Would you mind picking me up at 11.00?”
- Example:
- Set out / set off. Meaning: to start a journey.
- Example:
- “We have to set off very early on Saturday.”
- Example:
- Take off. Meaning: when a plane leaves and begins to fly.
- Example:
- “The plane is going to take off. Hold my hand!”
- Example:
- Get in. Meaning: when a plane arrives on an airport.
- Example:
- “What time does your flight get in?”
- Example:
- Speed up. Meaning: to increase speed.
- Example:
- “We’re late, speed up please!”
- Example:
- Look around. Meaning: to explore what is near you, in your area.
- Example:
- “After we arrive there, we take a look around.”
- Example:
- Hurry up. Meaning: to rush and not waste time.
- Example:
- “You’d better hurry up, we’re running out of time.”
- Example:
- See off. Meaning: to go the airport or station to say goodbye to someone.
- Example:
- “We took Cilla to the airport to see her off.“
- Example:
- Stop over. Meaning: to change a flight in a city; stay at a place on the way to your final destination.
- Example:
- “When I went to Manila we stopped over in Qatar.”
- Example:
- Get away (from someone or somewhere). Meaning: leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult; to take a short break
- Example:
- “Matt asked Alice why she wanted to have a get away all of a sudden.”
- Example:
- Back up. Meaning: vehicles have to wait in a long line because of congestion.
- Example:
- “The traffic has started to back up because of the accident.”
- Example:
- Get on (a vehicle). Meaning: go onto a bus, train, plane or boat.
- Example:
- “We got on the train at 9 o’clock but it didn’t leave until 9.30.”
- Example:
- Hop on (informal). Meaning: go onto a bus, train, plane or boat.
- Example:
- “With a one-day travel card you can hop on and off as many buses as you like.”
- Example:
- Get off (a vehicle). Meaning: leave a train, bus plane or boat.
- Example:
- “Get off at the bus stop after the cinema and I’ll meet you there.”
- Example:
- Check in. Meaning: confirm your arrival at a hotel / airport.
- Example:
- “We need to check in two hours before the flight.”
- Example:
Compiled and written byĀ @sherlydarmaliĀ forĀ @EnglishTips4UĀ on Sunday, November 13, 2016
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