Relationships, Travel, Transport & Education Vocabulary
Family and Relationships
Acquaintance: A person whom one knows casually.
Anniversary: The date of an important past event that is celebrated.
Community: A locality inhabited by people.
Couple: Two persons, such as a married pair or dance partners.
Destiny: The events that will happen to a person or thing in the future.
Engagement: A formal agreement to get married.
Flatmate: A person who shares a flat with others.
Generation Household: All the people of about the same age within a society or a particular family.
Loyalty: The quality of being loyal or faithful.
Neighbor: Someone who lives near you.
Nephew: A son of your sister or brother.
Partner: The person you are married to.
Relative: A member of your family.
Roots: Family origins.
Fall in love: To develop a passionate affection for another person, especially when based on sexual attraction.
Fall out: To disagree with someone.
Get in touch: Establish communication with someone.
Get on well: Have a friendly relationship.
Get to know: Become acquainted with a person; learn about a topic.
Go out with: Do some activity with someone, often for a romantic purpose.
Inherit: Receive something that is left to one after the death of someone.
Keep in touch: Maintain communication with another person.
Lose touch: Cease to be in communication with someone.
Make up with: Reconcile with someone after an argument or disagreement.
Propose to: To ask someone to marry you.
Support: Help someone to achieve something.
Travel and Tourism
Campsite: An area on which holiday-makers may pitch a tent.
Holiday: A day of relaxation from work.
Time-share apartment: Apartment where you stay on holiday.
Sunbathe: To expose one’s body deliberately to the direct rays of the sun.
Go sightseeing: Act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
Hike: A long walk or march for pleasure, exercise, or military training.
Tour: A long journey including the visiting of a number of places.
Go on an excursion: A short trip.
Go mountaineering: The sport of climbing mountains.
Go canoeing: Travel in a kayak through a river.
Go sailing: The act of a ship leaving a port.
Go fishing: The technique, occupation, or sport of catching fish.
Go cycling: To ride a bicycle.
Go camping: To stay outdoors, typically in a tent.
Sleep in a tent: The act of sleeping in a movable shelter of cloth.
Single/double room: A room in a hotel; a double room is for two persons.
Check in: To record one’s arrival, as at a hotel or for work.
Check out: To pay the bill and depart, especially from a hotel.
Check-in desk: The place where you register your arrival, typically at an airport or hotel.
Public Transport
Fare: Price of traveling in public transport.
Platform: The raised area along the tracks of a railroad station.
Crew: People who operate a ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.
Cab: Taxi.
Bus stop: A place where the bus stops and people get on or off.
Driver: A person who drives a vehicle.
Rush hour: A time of day in which large numbers of people are in transit.
Tube: The tunnel in which a metro runs.
Destination: The place to which a person or thing travels or is sent.
Inspector: An officer appointed to inspect.
Subway: Underground electric railroad, usually in a large city.
Lift: (British English) Elevator.
Metro: An underground railway system.
Coach: A long-distance bus.
Escalator: A continuously moving stairway on an endless loop.
Check: Leave baggage to be sent on.
Rack: Place to transport luggage.
Carriage: Wheeled vehicle for carrying persons, usually pulled by horses.
Compartment: Private room, usually in a train.
Season ticket: A ticket that allows travel within a certain area for a specific period, often at a discounted rate.
Single ticket: A ticket for a one-way journey.
Return ticket: A ticket for a round-trip journey.
Bus driver: A person whose job is to drive a bus.
Bus: A large, long motor vehicle equipped with seating for passengers.
Conductor: A person who collects fares and sells tickets on a bus.
Guard: A soldier or other person assigned to protect a person.
Commuter: A person who travels some distance to work on a regular basis.
School and Education
Admission: The act of allowing entry.
Deadline: The time by which something must be finished or submitted.
Compulsory: Something that must be done; required.
Practical: Relating to actual experience or the use of knowledge in activities, rather than just theory.
State-run school: A school funded and controlled by the government.
Stimulating: Encouraging new ideas or learning.
Streamed: Grouped by ability level.
Retake an exam: To take an exam again.