road accident / car crash – a bad incident involving vehicles that happens
unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
- Two people were taken to hospital following the car crash on the freeway.
Transportation Vocabulary Set 4: Travel
to commute – travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a
regular basis
- When Talin got her new job, she moved closer to the city so that she wouldn’t have
to commute too far each day.
to travel by – to use a particular mode of transport, e.g. bus, car, train, bike, etc, to
get from one place to another
- To get to work, I travel by bus.
to take – to use a particular mode of public transport, e.g. bus, train, taxi, plane
- She didn’t want to wait for a bus in the pouring rain so took a taxi instead.
to get on – to get into a bus, train or plane
- They arrived at the station just in time to get on the train before it left.
to get off – to disembark from a bus, train or plane
- Shona pushed the bell as she wanted to get off the bus at the next stop.
bus route – the fixed, regular journey made by a bus
- One of the reasons I moved to my new address is because it’s on the main bus
route into town.
bus service – a public facility whereby the general public can travel on a bus from
one place to another along set routes for a fixed fee
- There is a good bus service into town from where I live.
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