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Hello, everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.
The other day on my Instagram, I asked what sort of video would you like to see next.
I asked on this photo here.
And by far, the most popular comment was tell us about your trip to Barcelona
Unfortunately, I didn't film much or take so many photos so I can't do that.
The second most popular was phrasal verbs and the third most popular was travel vocabulary.
I thought I would take travel and phrasal verbs, fuse them together, and talk to you about travel-related phrasal verbs.
So let's get started.
Now, obviously you know the ones like "take off" and "get away" and things like that.
Today, I want to talk to you about some more advanced travel-related phrasal verbs.
So the first one is "to set off". To set off.
To set off means to start or begin a trip or a journey.
So, I could say, "When I went to Barcelona, I set off at six o'clock in the morning and I arrived at the airport at eight o'clock."
So I began the whole journey at six o'clock in the morning.
Now, the next one is "to hold up".
And this means to delay something.
So, I could say, "There was a traffic jam which held us up for half an hour."
The next one is "to see somebody off" or just "to see off".
And this means to go to a station or airport or specific place to say goodbye to somebody that is traveling somewhere.
So, I could say, "My dad came into departures to see me off."
My dad came into departures to say goodbye to me before I traveled.
The next one is "to check in".
And this means to arrive and register at a hotel or an airport.
So at the airport, I had to check in my luggage at the desk and at the hotel, I also had to check in and receive my keys.
Remember, at the end of the trip I would also check out.
The final one is "to stop over".
And this means to stop somewhere on the way to your final destination.
So if you were going on a long journey to Indonesia, for example, maybe you would stop over in another country in another airport on the way and then make a connecting flight to break up the journey
So my final destination is Indonesia, but I might stop over in Italy.
OK, guys, those were your five travel-related phrasal verbs.
I hope you enjoyed the video, I hope you learned something.