Holidays

Vocabulary exercises to help learn words for talking about holidays.

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Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for your wide explanation and for links to the Cambridge Dictionary page.
I have thought "journey" regards a far apart place, while in this Cambridge Dictionary page the collocation is "long trip".
About travelling from one place to another when they are far away, do you use trip or journey?
Thanks a lot!

Hello User_1,

There's some variation in how 'trip' and 'journey' are used, but in general a journey is conceived of as one discrete movement from one place to another, e.g. 'The journey from Barcelona to Madrid has now been cut down to just over two hours with the introduction of the AVE train'. In the previous sentence, we could also say 'trip' instead of 'journey', and in fact I think that would be more common. But 'journey' is possible, particularly in British English.

I'd say we more often use 'journey' in two particular situations. One is the metaphorical travel that Jonathan mentioned and the other is for trips that take a long time due to difficulties or lots of changes of transport along the way, e.g. 'A journey across all of Asia on ground transport will take several weeks at least.'

Does that make sense?

By the way, next week we plan to publish a new learning hub topic on holiday travel that includes an explanation of the difference between 'trip' and 'travel'. I just wanted to mention it since it's related to what you're asking about in general and I thought you might find it useful.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hello Kirk,
Thanks so much.
I was a bit confused because among the collocations there is "long trip".
I am glad about the new learning hub topic.
For sure, it will be helpful!

Submitted by Emma WoodHouse on Wed, 19/07/2023 - 12:58

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I return to my country on holiday to see my family and friends. We usually hang out and spend time together as much as we can. We go to the beach to swim, play volleyball, and enjoy ice cream in the summer heat. In the evening, we enjoy having dinner outside. We often promenade by the shore to talk about our lives and interests.

Submitted by hongthequang on Tue, 11/07/2023 - 02:48

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In the holidays, I like to go to my hometown with my wife and son. My hometown is a peaceful place. A place where I can relieve the pressures of life.

Submitted by Ro Htan on Sat, 01/07/2023 - 15:37

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I visit the countryside on my holiday. I always take a suitcase to put my things.

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Submitted by Esmat on Wed, 07/12/2022 - 15:56

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As I am living outside my country as an expatriate weekend and holidays are only days we can release our work stress
we just take days to relax go picnic in the parks just take sandwich and some drinks or go for fishing in lake or some time play football.

Submitted by ptngiau on Wed, 17/08/2022 - 04:13

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Before I was home during the holidays and now I am too. I have never seen a caravan. It is convenient to travel with it!

Submitted by Akbarkenjayev on Mon, 28/02/2022 - 18:10

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I usually go to mountain on holidays, but next holidays I'm going to travel other countries that near my country and I want to see different traditionals, living peoples.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 26/10/2021 - 22:24

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I love traveling. I remember most of all how I flew to Anapa. Where we settled in some hotel for 2 weeks. There was Not a large playground with a trampoline and 2 swimming pools 1 adult 2 children. I Swan here and there. And even in Anapa, very cheap and delicious ice cream there are 6 balls worth 50-70 rubles there, the prices for a lot are Not Big. In general, I like it there!