Vocabulary

• passport control: The place where your passport is checked when you enter a country.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• check-in desk: A desk in a hotel or airport where you announce your arrival and register.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• pack light: To pack only a few items when traveling.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• daily: Happening every day
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• fee: Amount of money paid for a particular service
• baggage: Bags a person carries when traveling; luggage
• gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount