At the airport
This area of an airport is divided into Arrivals and Departures.
What is the terminal?
This seat, next to the walkway rather than the window, lets you get up and move easily.
What is an aisle seat?
This is what a friend does when they drive you to the airport and leave you there.
What is drop (someone) off?
This word is usually used as a verb, as in: 'I love to ___ abroad every summer.'
What is travel?
Planes take off and land on this long, paved strip.
What is the runway?
This electronic screen shows if a flight is on time, boarding, closed, or delayed.
What is the departures board?
This word describes the shaking of a plane caused by rough air, often over mountains.
What is turbulence?
You can do this online the day before your flight instead of waiting at a desk.
What is check in?
This word refers only to going from one place to another — it doesn't include staying or coming back.
What is a journey?
You show your boarding pass and ID here right before boarding your flight.
What is the gate?
You go here to hand in your checked baggage and get a boarding pass, if you don't already have one.
What is the check-in desk?
These flight attendants take care of passengers during the flight.
What is the cabin crew?
This phrasal verb means to board the plane.
What is get on?
This word covers going somewhere, staying there for a while, and coming back — often for a purpose.
What is a trip?
Officials check your luggage here to make sure you aren't bringing in illegal goods.
What is customs?
Staff here scan your carry-on luggage and use a metal detector to check for prohibited items.
What is security?
A flight like this has no stops and flies straight to its destination.
What is a direct flight?
A plane does this when it leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
What is take off?
You'd use this word for 'a business ___ to New York,' since it includes the stay and the return.
What is a trip?
If there's no direct flight, you may need to change planes on one of these.
What is a connecting fight?
This is where you collect your suitcases after your flight lands, usually near the luggage carts.
What is a baggage claim?
This is what a friend does when they drive you to the airport and leave you there.
What is jet lag?
At baggage claim, this is what you do with your suitcase once it's on the carousel.
What is pick up?
'The flight from Mexico City to Tokyo was a long 13-hour ___' uses this word, since it's only about getting from A to B.
What is a journey?
On international long-haul flights, passengers often complete one of these for immigration before landing.
What is an immigration form?