Essential Vocabulary for Travel and Social Interactions

Posted on Jan 12, 2025 in Philosophy and ethics

Travel and Transportation

• Agreement: The act of agreeing.
• Airline: A system or organization that provides flights for passengers or cargo.
• Appointment: An agreement for a meeting arranged in advance.
• Balance: A state of being steady.
• Billboard: A flat surface on which large advertisements or notices are posted.
• Cruise: To sail on a pleasure trip.
• Damage: Harm or destruction that reduces value.
• Darkness: Having very little or no light.
• Decision: The act or process of deciding.
• Departure time: An act or instance of departing.
• Difference: The state or relation of being different.
• Environmentalist: An expert on environmental problems.
• Flight: A trip by or in an airplane.
• Information: Knowledge given or received about a particular fact.
• Landscape: A picture representing such scenery.
• Luggage: Suitcases, trunks.
• Possibility: The state or fact of being possible.
• Purpose: The reason for which something exists or is done.
• Queue: A file or line of people waiting their turn.
• Relationship: An emotional or other connection between people.
• Research: Careful, patient study of a subject in order to discover facts.
• Return ticket: A round-trip ticket.
• Tourist: One who makes a tour for pleasure.
• Youth hostel: Inexpensive place to live for young travelers.
• Delay: To put off to a later time.
• Leak: An unintended hole through which liquid or gas escapes.
• Rescue: To save from harm.
• Sink: To fall or descend to a lower level.
• Aware: To be conscious of.
• Concerned: Interested or affected.
• Overnight: On or during the night.
• Treacherous: Unstable or insecure.

Honesty, Behavior, and Social Interactions

• Brain: Mass of nervous tissue that is located in the head and is the center of the nervous system.
• Choice: The opportunity or power of choosing.
• Figure: An amount expressed numerically.
• Liar: A person who has lied or usually lies.
• Signal: Sign, gesture, or token to give some information.
• Staff: A group of people employed by a company.
• Thief: A person who steals something from another.
• White lie: A lie that is said with the purpose of being polite.
• Admit: Confess or acknowledge a crime or a mistake.
• Behave: Act or function in a specified way.
• Blame: Attribute the responsibility of something to somebody.
• Cheat: To lie to or behave dishonestly.
• Conduct: To do or carry out an action.
• Deceive: Mislead deliberately and intentionally.
• Ensure: Make something certain or sure.
• Get caught: Be captured, usually by the law.
• Plagiarize: Copying ideas from somebody else.
• Put up: Build or erect something.
• Shoplift: Steal goods from a shop during shopping hours.
• Steal: Take something from somebody without their permission.
• Suspect: Have a suspicion about something.
• Take place: Happen or occur.
• Tempt: Persuade somebody to do something wrong.
• Tend to: Have a general disposition or be likely to do something.
• Trust: Have confidence or faith in somebody.
• Astounding: Causing amazement and wonder.
• Frank: Honest and straightforward in speech or attitude.
• Guilty: Responsible for an offense or misdeed.
• Likely: Tending or inclined to something.
• Rough: Unsafe and troublesome.
• Worldwide: Applying or extending throughout the world; universal.
• Good at: To be good at doing something.
• Good for/to: To be beneficial for something.
• Interested in: To have a special interest in something.
• Late for: Occurring after the usual or proper time.
• Pleased about: Feeling satisfied due to something.
• Proud of: Feeling pride due to something.
• Similar to: That shares some features with something else.
• Sorry about: Feel or express pity or sorrow.
• Worried about: Feel concerned about something.
• Change (my) ways: To change (my) behavior.
• Get away with: To escape without punishment after doing something bad.
• Get into trouble: Get yourself in a problematic situation.
• It’s a pity: Expression used to show sadness about something.