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Title: Easily confused words connected with travel


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Easily confused words connected with travel
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  • Travel
  • Trip
  • Journey
  • Tour
  • Voyage

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Travel
  • travel (n, v) going from one place to another
    particularly it is a long way or abroad
  • ? chuy?n du hành/ du l?ch di l?i/ du l?ch

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  • Examples
  • air/space travel
  • business travel
  • We share a love of literature, food and travel.
  • I travel to work by train.
  • As a young man, he had traveled ( been to many
    parts of) the world.
  • travel expenses
  • travel agent/agency

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Trip
  • trip (n) going to a destination or destinations
    for a purpose, often business or pleasure
  • ? chuy?n di choi/ công tác

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  • Examples
  • The trip from York to Newcastle takes about an
    hour by train.
  • We can't afford another trip abroad this year.
  • She's away on a business trip and won't be back
    until next week.
  • I was thinking we might go on a shopping trip to
    Oxford on Saturday.

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Journey
  • journey (n) going from one place to another,
    especially a long distance
  • ? chuy?n di xa

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  • Examples
  • It's a two-hour train journey from York to
    London.
  • I love going on long journeys.

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Tour
  • 1- (n, c) a visit to a place or area, especially
    one during which you look round the place or area
    and learn about it
    ? chuy?n tham quan

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  • Examples
  • We went on a guided tour of/ round the
    cathedral/ museum/ factory.
  • A bus took us on a sightseeing tour of the city.
  • a tour guide

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Tour
  • 2- (n, c) a journey made for pleasure,
    especially as a holiday, visiting several
    different places in an area
  • ? chuy?n du l?ch

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  • Examples
  • a cycling tour of Provence
  • They've just come back from a tour of/ round
    Devon and Cornwall.
  • ? Tour operators ( companies which arrange
    holidays for people) have reported a drop in
    bookings.

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Tour
  • 3- (c, u) a planned visit to several places in a
    country or area made for a special purpose, such
    as by a politician, sports team or group of
    entertainers
  • ? chuy?n d?n tham/ luu di?n

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  • Examples
  • a lecture/concert tour
  • The Queen is making a two-week tour of
    Australia.
  • She is performing in Birmingham tonight, on the
    third leg of ( stage of) her nationwide tour.
  • The England cricket team is currently on tour in
    Pakistan.

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  • to go on a tour somewhere (exp)
  • di tham quan/ luu di?n
  • Examples
  • preposition We spent a month touring
    (around/round/in) Kenya.
  • The New Zealand team will be touring (in) Europe
    this winter.

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Voyage
  • voyage (n) a long journey, especially by ship
  • ? chuy?n h?i hành
  • Ex
  • He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.

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Voyage
  • voyage (v) old use or literary to travel
  • ? h?i hành
  • Ex
  • In their little boat they planned to voyage to
    distant lands.
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