reservation
/ˌɹɛzɝˈveɪʃən/
noun
the act of arranging something, such as a place on an airplane, in a restaurant, or at a hotel to be kept for one to use later at a particular time
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1Even this pediatrician had reservations.
2Reservation are exempt from property taxes.
3They had reservations.
4- We have reservations.
5We have reservations.
nonstop
/ˌnɑnˈstɑp/
adjective
(of a flight, train, journey etc.) having or making no stops
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1But now machines are running nonstop.
2He was nonstop -
3The daily life now is nonstop from 5 a.m. to night.
4And this process was repeated nonstop.
5Does Christmas music play nonstop all year round?
express
/ɪksˈpɹɛs/
noun
a train or bus that travels more quickly than usual because it only makes a few stops
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1The two young lovers express their passion through and amid the beauties of nature.
2In the long-term the kiss expresses a connection between people.
3But the real cross of Christ-- The cross expresses the great love of God for man.
4Many environmentalists have expressed concern about these powerful electromagnetic networks and their impact on the air and public safety.
5Express elevator.
departure
/dɪˈpɑɹtʃɝ/
noun
the act of leaving, usually to begin a journey
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1[Woman Over Speaker] Passengers on 1155 to Los Angeles, departure is now delayed to 11:15 am.
2A revolving door of CEOs followed Eberhard's departure.
3The first part is called departures.
4His departure left more questions than answers.
5His departure was an ill-omen for the British fleet.
to commute
/kəmˈjut/
verb
to regularly travel to one's place of work and home by different means
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1For some people, one-way commute takes three hours.
2And so many people commute so regularly.
3First, shorten your commute.
4The commute used to serve this function for many people.
5Bro commute further!
class
/ˈkɫæs/
noun
a group of people, services, objects, etc. categorized based on shared qualities or attributes
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1She was a good teacher, and she laughed a lot with the children in her class.
2One day one of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
3They canceled classes, ditched oversize dumbbells, and shifted resources to cardio and circuit training.
4Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.
5Becky tells the guys to join her in aerobics class.
to board
/ˈbɔɹd/
verb
to get on a means of transportation such as a train, bus, aircraft, ship, etc.
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1On a December night in 1910, the exiled former leader of Honduras, Manuel Bonilla, boarded a borrowed yacht in New Orleans.
2Billions of people board a plane each year.
3On June 10, 1990, four crew members and 81 passengers boarded the aircraft.
4And finally, people with aisle seats board the plane.
5Two physicians boarded a flight out of Seattle.
terminal
/ˈtɝmənəɫ/
noun
a building where trains, buses, planes, or ships start or finish their journey
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1The terminal has two MetroNap sleep pods.
2Where is my terminal?
3They have terminal illnesses.
4Do both terminals.
5Failure is not terminal.
rail
/ˈɹeɪɫ/
noun
a means of transportation by train; short for railroad
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1Railroads needed to create an official time system to link the rail system together.
2He frisked both of my brothers, who were 15 and 16, against the rail on the second floor.
3So the rails are up
4Now, the tricky part is getting the rail back on the intake.
5Kinked rail, gap out rail, step up right here.
local
/ˈɫoʊkəɫ/
noun
a bus, train, etc. that makes all or most of the regular stops, allowing people to get on or off
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1Are these strawberries local?
2Locals make such carriages in about 4 days.
3Those three words make locals along the West Coast of North America shudder with fear.
4Locals blamed nuclear debris from Russian missile launch experiments for the mutations.
5Their voters are local.
aboard
/əˈbɔɹd/
adverb
on or into a vehicle such as a bus, train, plane, etc.
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1Welcome aboard.
2Welcome aboard!
3Alright guys, welcome aboard!
4Welcome aboard.
5-Welcome aboard.
compartment
/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/
noun
any of the separate sections of a railcar
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1These compartments are the reticulum, the rumen, the omasum and the abomasum.
2Each compartment housed a Mexican Free-tailed bat.
3Duffel compartment to quickly find my gym clothes.
4Different compartments, zippers, and a really good way to beat the bank.
5Each compartment housed a Mexican Free-tailed bat.
junction
/ˈdʒəŋkʃən/
noun
the place where two or more things such as roads or railways cross
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1In healthy people, this junction looks like smooth waves between the epidermis and the dermis.
2Yellow criss-cross lines mark a box junction.
3Nobody in the roundabout, the junctions are good.
4Box junctions are often found in busy areas.
5Closed junctions are common in the town.
carsick
/ˈkɑɹsɪk/
adjective
feeling sick because of the motions experienced while traveling in a car
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1He gets carsick!
2People get carsick dude! -
3- Emmy gets carsick.
4Dogs can get carsick on long trips.
5- I have carsick.
crossroad
/ˈkɹɔsˌɹoʊd/
noun
the place where a road is crossed by another
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1This was the crossroad.
2And we have Crossroads.
3And then, the crossroads is one of the central recurrent scenes of the blues.
4This child is at a crossroads.
5What decisions, crossroads are you at?
driving licence
/dɹˈaɪvɪŋ lˈaɪsəns/
noun
an official document that shows someone is qualified to drive a motor vehicle
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1I didn't have a driving licence.
2Clean driving licence Good Excel and Powerpoint skills not essential but welcomed
3Because a lot of miners originally started with motorbikes and they didn't have a full driving licence.
4So, it was just because miners didn't have a driving licence?
5On a real test the examiner would check the candidates driving licence, test their eyesight, and explain the format of the test before getting into the car.
GPS
/dʒˌiːpˌiːˈɛs/
noun
a satellite system that shows a place, thing, or person's exact position using signals
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1GPS systems now give accurate locations with an error of only a few meters.
2Registration, community notification, residency restrictions, GPS monitoring, civil commitment.
3GPS, check.
4Solutions to self-control problems require GPS devices of a kind.
5- My GPS is here.
license number
/lˈaɪsəns nˈʌmbɚ/
noun
the numbers and letters on the plates at the front and back of a vehicle
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1That's your name, your address, your Social Security, your date of birth, your mother's maiden, your driver’s license number, your background check and your credit report.
2Instead, absentee voters must have a driver's license number or send a copy of another state I.D.
3That's driver's license numbers et-cetera.
4Guards may report unsafe student behavior to the school, and report the license numbers of errant vehicles to authorities.
5You no longer have to put your driver's license number in because of freedom of information legislation and identity theft.
pavement
/ˈpeɪvmənt/
noun
the hard surface of a road covered with concrete or tarmac
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1Pavement serves a vital role in a city.
2Pavement equals accessibility.
3Pavements protect against erosion and weakening of the soil.
4Pavement ends ahead?
5Later, pavement included shells, pebbles, and cobble stones.
sidewalk
/ˈsaɪdˌwɔk/
noun
a hard surface or paved path at the side of a street for people to walk on
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1Some cities have even passed laws that allow Segways to travel only on sidewalks.
2The sidewalk dims.
3The sidewalk jumped out in front of you.
4The sidewalks are gravel.
5The sidewalk is for pedestrians.
traffic jam
/tɹˈæfɪk dʒˈæm/
noun
a large number of bikes, cars, buses, etc. that are waiting in lines behind each other which move very slowly
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1Experts call them phantom traffic jams.
2A traffic jam when she's already late!
3Traffic jams of horses fill the roads!
4But other examples are traffic jams, stock market, society and disaster recovery, terrorism and insurgency.
5They love traffic jams.
avenue
/ˈævəˌnu/
noun
a wide straight street in a town or a city, usually with buildings and trees on both sides
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1They're using avenues like TikTok.
2Huge parade down Pennsylvania Avenue an avenue that has seen many parades.
3The influx of people brought immediate growth in every avenue.
4The avenues are basically endless.
5What were his alternative avenues?
bypass
/ˈbaɪˌpæs/
noun
a road that goes round a city or town rather than going through the city center
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1Dinosaurs totally bypassed that problem.
2We bypass their clogged arteries.
3They bypass the record company.
4- Removal or embolization of vascular malformations - Bypassing the problematic artery
5- Do a bypass.
parking ticket
/pˈɑːɹkɪŋ tˈɪkɪt/
noun
an official notice issued in case a car is parked illegally, typically put on the windshield
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1One is a parking ticket on Winter Street.
2Well a whole bunch of these tickets are parking tickets outside city hall.
3Your dad has a parking ticket.
4The parking ticket I already had my baby.
5Paying parking tickets.
business class
/bˈɪznəs klˈæs/
noun
a class of seats on an airplane better than economy class in terms of comfort, and less expensive than first class, intended particularly for those traveling on business
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1Well, business class comes about because of deregulation.
2Next, our business class passengers may now board.
3Upgrade to business class.
4- This is not business class?
5Production booked me in business class today.
round trip
/ɹˈaʊnd tɹˈɪp/
noun
a journey to a destination and back to the point of departure
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1It's a round trip.
2Yeah, you want the round trip ticket.
3You need two of them for a round trip.
4I would like a round trip ticket.
5A suite costs around $18,000 for a round trip.
arrival
/ɝˈaɪvəɫ/
noun
the act of arriving at a place from somewhere else
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1Their arrival would set a new course for the nation toward multiculturalism.
2In this low-income neighborhood, professionals from the Korean Pest Control Association always announce their arrival.
3Surveillance cameras at the consulate monitored their arrival.
4Its arrival brought cataclysmic changes.
5Its arrival brought cataclysmic changes.
airline
/ˈɛɹˌɫaɪn/
noun
‌a company or business that provides air transportation services for people and goods
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1Airlines do carry pharmaceuticals and vaccines all the time.
2Airlines have seen incredible losses.
3Far from just an aesthetic choice, these upturn tips save airlines a pretty penny in fuel expenses every year.
4Previously, airlines installed engines in the tail.
5Airlines offer lower prices only for early bird seats.
international
/ˌɪnɝˈnæʃənəɫ/, /ˌɪntɝˈnæʃənəɫ/
adjective
happening in or between more than one country
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1His customers are international.
2That first race began one of the richest histories in international motor sport.
3International community saw with suspicion his regime, a remnant of fascist dictatorships from before the war.
475% of our students are international.
5Then on July 25th, 2000 a fatal crash made international headlines.
immigration
/ˌɪməˈɡɹeɪʃən/
noun
the fact or process of coming to another country to permanently live there; the number of those who do so
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1Our main story tonight concerns immigration.
2Immigration does.
3The attorney general oversees, obviously, the Department of Justice, but importantly, immigration is federal in this country.
4Immigration changes the family.
5Immigration built this country.

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