I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus ride/journey/trip
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It's a 20-minute bus ride into town.
a nightmare journey/trip (= an extremely unpleasant journey )
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Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the tube drivers strike.
a train journey British English , a train trip American English
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They were not looking forward to the long train journey.
arduous journey/voyage
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an arduous journey through the mountains
journey/travel time (= the time it takes to travel somewhere )
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By train, the journey time to London is about two hours.
last lap...journey
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The last lap of their journey was by ship.
long journey/walk/flight/drive etc (= a journey etc over a large distance that takes a lot of time )
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It’s a long walk to the shops from here.
long-distance travel/journey/flight/commuting etc
safe journey British English (= said to someone when they start a long journey )
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Dad rang to wish me a safe journey.
sentimental journey
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a sentimental journey to the place of his birth
undertake a journey/voyage
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You should not undertake a long journey if you are unwell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
arduous
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The long, arduous journey to Bethlehem could have resulted in a miscarriage or stillbirth.
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He had traveled with them during their arduous political journeys through the presidential primaries the previous wInter.
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Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys , but quick getaways.
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She was now faced with an arduous journey into a remote country where there might well be anarchy when Menelik died.
long
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He had made a long journey , borrowing fuel for his plane.
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Many people in corporate life adopt a defensive style-and simply see themselves as passive passengers on a long , corporate journey .
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The boat was too small for a long journey , and I did not want to die at sea.
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Even on long journeys early trains had no corridors, lavatories, dining cars or heating.
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It may not be much but long journeys begin with single steps.
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It's a long journey , however you take it.
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They have had a long hard journey so far, and a long hard one to come.
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I didn't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell.
outward
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According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey .
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That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.
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She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey .
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The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.
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It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey .
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Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey .
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Their outward journey was comparatively easy.
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Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
return
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The return journey would take another three days.
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But: all journeys were return journeys.
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We were silent then, as people often are on return journeys .
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When spirit has reached its lowest point, it begins the return journey upwards, which is termed Evolution.
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The place of its emergence into daylight will be seen on the return journey .
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It will wrap around this needle on the return journey .
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Florence is included in his return journey from Rome to Genoa.
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The morning of my return journey , each bag was sealed, wrapped in newspaper and sealed again in another bag.
safe
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Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey .
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He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey , but an aesthetically pleasing one.
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No mention of seeing me again, not even the polite formula for a safe journey home.
sentimental
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Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge, is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys .
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They would return home from these sentimental journeys reconfirmed in their Americanism.
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The sentimental journey began at Euston.
short
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Still incensed by what she had heard earlier, she began mentally planning a short journey for the morrow.
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A new bus service means people are just a short journey from Beresford Buildings, which have undergone a £1.1m refurbishment plan.
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Despite the siege, Nicholas had made the short journey many times to sleep at his villa.
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After a few minutes with Mr Malik, Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief.
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All through the short plane journey she'd been imagining what it would be like to meet Rune again socially.
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Indeed, it had expired almost on the short journey home.
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For the rest of the short journey she sat beside him uneasily, no longer so taken with her surroundings.
■ NOUN
bus
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The bus journey alone is eloquent of class inequality.
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Sixteen of us flew into Delhi - and a fifteen hour bus journey took us up into the mountains.
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One of my own compensations is the bus journey into town.
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Iron rations were issued for the train or bus journey .
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The evidence of the bus journey , however, painted a totally different picture.
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Another, on his first bus journey , noted down the name of a shop as a landmark for the return trip.
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Unfortunately, the 12.35 a.m. tram journey on route 16/18 was not replaced by a corresponding bus journey from Westminster to Purley.
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To pay for their four-day bus journey to the south, her parents had to sell everything they owned.
car
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Only a fool would re-enact the drink-fuelled high speed car journey that killed Princess Diana.
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But first that special treat - a car journey .
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But car journeys are a natural state of affairs: the country is huge; it demands motion from its restless citizens.
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Travel back to West Yorkshire entailed a five hour car journey .
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The cable car journey to the top is the longest in the Alps and the whole journey is filled with breathtaking scenery.
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During the car journey to the police station he continued to admit being concerned in the one robbery.
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Imagine a car journey from Edinburgh to London.
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Yet three quarters of all personal car journeys are over a distance of five miles or less.
time
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This is the same journey time as Liverpool to London journeys of some three quarters the distance.
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After their introduction on the Fleetwood service, journey time was reduced to 32 minutes on a five-minute headway.
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The first component of tE is the journey time in flat space-time; hence the excess time taken is.
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Total journey time to a Rockies resort can exceed 24 hours if your itinerary involves connecting flights.
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Put two minutes on my journey time , it did.
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But no journey restrictions will be lifted completely, and all journey times will take longer than normal.
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The airports they fly from are often less congested and closer to city centres, cutting journey times .
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It was found that one additional car was required on route 42, to cover the slightly extended journey time .
times
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But no journey restrictions will be lifted completely, and all journey times will take longer than normal.
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The airports they fly from are often less congested and closer to city centres, cutting journey times .
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They say it would make journeys too uncomfortable for passengers and slow their journey times , making services uneconomical.
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It says the changes will result in better connections on both the local and national networks and shorter journey times .
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The number of calls at South Bank will be reduced to cut journey times .
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They will also cut journey times to Gatwick and to the south coast.
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Approximate journey times are: London 4 hours, Manchester 1 hour, Leeds 20 minutes.
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With the advent of electrics, journey times were to be halves, as well as making life easier for locomotive crews.
train
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We never missed them when I was young and we all loved our train journeys .
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The cigarette ban will be most troublesome for smokers on long train journeys .
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At first, I wanted to take train journeys across the continents.
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Only an overnight train journey , however, divides it from tropical areas and their exotic products.
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And, of course, there's always the train journey home to look forward to.
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Smoking on a train journey , looking out at the countryside whizzing by.
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The train journey between Leeds and Sheffield shows one this nineteenth-century landscape to perfection.
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Arriving, and the train journey , and the march ... what if I dream every day of it?
■ VERB
begin
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Once we really grasp its idea, then we are ready to begin our journey .
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I then followed him as he began his journey home.
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Slowly he began his journey upward, helplessly I waited to lend him my assistance.
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Transportation Problems begin to occur in journeys of over one hour.
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There, the oil enters the shared pipeline and begins its journey hundreds of miles through the Andes.
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The next morning they began their gruelling journey up the ancient Roman road which ran from London's city wall into Oxfordshire.
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So, with a book on sailing in one hand and the tiller in the other, we began our journey .
break
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But the other reason to break the journey is to see some of the outback.
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The message is that drivers who don't break their journey , are in serious danger of not completing it at all.
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So I walked away, breaking my journey home to leave the key with the solicitors.
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I had needed to break our journey north int he capital to see some one in the tourist board's head office.
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An option is to break the return journey at Llandrindod.
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But I must pack it up again, and hurry on towards no destination, content to break the journey briefly.
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Theo did break his journey and came to spend a day or so with him.
complete
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It could take fourteen weeks to complete the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages.
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The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event.
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Can it complete the journey , as one nation, without him?
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Those few yards from side to centre stage are strewn with obstacles and few are able to complete the journey unscathed.
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Will they have to wait until the starship completes its ten-year journey ?
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Middlesbrough will fly to London this afternoon and complete their journey to the South coast by coach.
continue
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It was after midnight by the time he was able to continue his journey .
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Their wild, excited calling sent shivers down my spine as they continued on their journey south.
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He decides to join them as he springs them from jail and they continue their journey .
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The impulse to live again surges up inside of her as does her determination to continue her lonely journey in life.
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Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey .
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So the four animals continued on their journey .
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However, he reluctantly agreed to continue his journey to Paris.
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He was trying to locate a railroad station where he could leave us to continue on our journey .
embark
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West studied and read for a long time before she embarked on her journey .
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With his keyboard, his keypad, and his mouse, Engelbart embarked on a journey through information itself.
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As the two men embark on a journey of self-discovery, the haunting music of Gigli punctuates their revelations.
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By 1742 even Yale students embarked on revivalist journeys .
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Fascinated by photography, he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation.
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So she embarked on a journey to warn the king.
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Each student should be embarked on a journey involving succeeding stages of intellectual maturity and independence.
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Finally as a Church Fellowship we have just embarked on an exciting journey which I believe the Lord is going to honour.
make
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Within each quarter there are selected road closures and some one-way streets, making journeys even more circuitous for non-residents.
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Is there another road that you now need to walk in order to make your life journey more complete? 28.
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Despite the siege, Nicholas had made the short journey many times to sleep at his villa.
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Nevertheless, a time came when he decided he must leave her and make a long journey across the sea.
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All I would want is for you to make the journey into the burning, and then come back and report.
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Now that he's got a license, Markazi makes the journey alone.
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In early 1978 the Firefly was prepared to make the long road journey to its new home in Cambridgeshire.
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He walked slowly, however, to make the journey as long as possible, and put her down on dry land.
set
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If they did set out on a journey , it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war.
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Immediately afterwards, he set off on a journey into Dorset, determined to repay Wordsworth's visit of two months earlier.
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Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey .
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He always set off on his journey early on Monday morning, and returned on Wednesday.
start
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He then turned the key in the lock before starting his journey home.
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So they started upon their journey once more.
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It was pointless even to start the journey .
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Luckily, they happen upon a blind poet who foretells their future and helps them start their journey .
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Our mission complete, we started the long journey home.
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Then, together, prophetess and hero started on their journey .
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I hadn't been in a very good mood when I started out on this journey .
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And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
break a journey
journey time
outward journey/voyage etc
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According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey.
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Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
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It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey.
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She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey.
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Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey.
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That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.
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The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.
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Their outward journey was comparatively easy.
safe journey/arrival/return etc
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
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Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
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He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
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Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
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The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
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Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
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Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
wasted journey/trip/effort etc
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As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
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By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
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If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
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It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
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Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
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Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
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Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
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What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an alcoholic's journey to recovery
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It was a long train journey to St Petersburg.
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The journey will take the President to Japan, China, and Australia.
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These birds make an incredible 10,000-kilometre journey to Africa every winter.
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They arrived in Nice after an eight-hour journey by car.
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Walking through historic New Almaden is a journey into the past.
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We had an awful journey - there was heavy snow and the car broke down
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even a railway journey with a missed connection can have its moments.
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His hurried journey allows us to estimate a more usual journey as taking about six to eight weeks.
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It is a garden of flowers of his long journey .
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Sadie returns to Seattle from a dissolute road journey .
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The journey from useless geek to Michael took about six months.
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The journey is strange and eventful.
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Their journey to the tourney, as Cameron Dollar calls it, is finally over.
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This reduces the wastage due to damage in the journey from greenhouse to supermarket shelf.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
journey time
outward journey/voyage etc
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According to Ziad, Jamal had no problem at Netzarim junction on his outward journey.
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Alternatively, for the outward journey only, cancellation coverage up to the holiday invoice cost. 8.
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It does not retrace the zig-zags of its outward journey.
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She took no pleasure from the countryside as on the outward journey.
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Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey.
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That moon flight as an outward journey was outward into ourselves.
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The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.
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Their outward journey was comparatively easy.
safe journey/arrival/return etc
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And he adds his personal guarantee of company and protection, with the assurance of eventual safe return.
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Birdland is now offering a reward for the safe return of the birds and the conviction of the thieves.
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He wishes you to have not merely a safe journey, but an aesthetically pleasing one.
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Meanwhile, the Spartan observers were politely detained, pending the ambassadors' safe return.
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The Everqueen herself gifted him with a heart-shaped broach which she had woven with enchantments for his safe return.
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Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey.
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Worse, really, because with ageing there's not the least possibility of a safe return.
wasted journey/trip/effort etc
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As processes improve, it cuts out much of the wasted effort and rework, thus enhancing productivity.
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By providing clear goals and objectives, it minimises frustration and wasted effort. 4.
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If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.
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It could save you a lot of wasted effort and money.
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Not a wasted journey, after all, but she was anxious to carry on.
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Not that it was a completely wasted trip, what with the hardware store right next door.
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Pembrooke had a wasted journey to Downpatrick yesterday.
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What a ridiculously wasted effort this was, Bill.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For the first time ever, in a giant film format, you can journey to the Earth's last great wilderness.
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I journey to the library; draft notes for my defense; root pointlessly in the garden.
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In order to journey to Mars or beyond, you needed a crew.
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These promise to be of such importance that I shall briefly relate them here, before journeying north.