This lesson will help you define travel, traveller, trip, journey, view, capital, custom, sightseeing, backpacking and attraction.
travel verb to visit different places far from where you live
- I have travelled to many cities in the world.
(a) traveller noun someone who is travelling or who often travels
- I would love to spend my life being a traveller.
(a) trip noun when you go somewhere and come back again
- He is on a business trip to Kazakhstan.
(a) journey noun travelling from one place to another in a vehicle
- Now we have a two-hour journey by road.
(a) view noun beautiful natural scenery
- The view across the tea plantation was amazing.
(a) capital noun a city that is the centre of government of a country
- The capital of France is Paris.
(a) custom noun a way of doing something that has been done for a long time
- It is the custom that when a child’s tooth falls out it is thrown on the roof of a house for good luck.
sightseeing verb visiting interesting places when you are on holiday
- The Grand Canyon is an interesting place to go sightseeing.
(–) backpacking uncountable noun travelling around an area without spending much money and carrying your clothes, etc in a backpack
- A backpacking holiday is very popular with students.
(an) attraction noun somewhere or something you can visit that is interesting or enjoyable
- London has a lot of attractions: Big Ben, The London Eye and Buckingham Palace.
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