F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

grounded (adj) [punishment]: 1-A child or young person who is grounded is not allowed to go out as a punishment:
E.g.: I stayed out till 1 am last night and now I’m grounded for a week.

upholstery (n): 1-the cloth used for covering a seat and/or the substance used for filling it:
E.g.: an old sofa with faded green upholstery

commute (n): 1-a regular journey between work and home:
E.g.: It’s at least an hour’s commute to work.

commute (v): 1- to make the same journey regularly between work and home:
E.g.: It’s exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.

trip (n): 1- a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again:
E.g.: The trip from York to Newcastle takes about an hour by train.
E.g.: We’re going on a trip to Norway this summer.
E.g.: I thought we might hire a motorboat and take a trip round/around the bay.

journey (n): 1-the act of traveling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle: from A to B
E.g.: I love going on long journeys.
E.g.: We broke our journey (= stopped for a short time) in Jacksonville before travelling on to Miami the next day.
E.g.: Have a safe journey!

What is the difference between Trip and Journey?
• If you want to talk about a particular piece of travel then, you can use the word journey .

• The word journey always indicates the movement from a place or to a place that is recently visited. The word trip, on the other hand, indicates both the movement and the trip together. This is the main difference between the two words trip and journey.

• Trip is also a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.

layover (n): 1-a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longer journey to somewhere else:
E.g.: We had a four-hour layover in Chicago.

dawn (n): 1-the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky:
E.g.: We woke at dawn.
E.g.: We left as dawn was breaking (= starting).
E.g.: We left at the break of dawn.

dusk (n): 1-the time before night when it is not yet dark:
E.g.: As dusk fell, bats began to fly between the trees.

I will be there three complete days-I’ll be there for 3 full days

Pronunciation

exhibition-/ˌek.səˈbɪʃ.ən/
upholstery-/ʌpˈhoʊl.stɚ.i/