noun
1 trip by air; plane making a flight
ADJECTIVE
▪ round-trip ( AmE )
▪
The first prize is a round-trip ~ to Rio.
▪ inbound , return
▪
The return ~ was held up by six hours.
▪
The first prize is a return ~ to Rio. ( BrE )
▪ outbound
▪
The outbound ~ was smooth.
▪ connecting
▪ shuttle
▪ commercial
▪ regular , scheduled
▪ charter
▪ daily , weekly
▪ direct , non-stop
▪ delayed
▪ two-hour , three-hour , etc.
▪ short
▪ long , long-distance , long-haul , red-eye ( esp. AmE )
▪ cross-country ( esp. AmE ), domestic , internal ( esp. BrE )
▪ international , transatlantic
▪ maiden
▪
The aircraft made its maiden ~ in January 2000.
▪ early
▪ day , evening , morning , night
▪ bumpy , smooth
▪
The bumpy ~ brought on a bout of airsickness.
▪ mercy ( BrE ), relief
▪ military
▪ reconnaissance , surveillance
▪ routine
▪ training
▪
a routine training ~
▪ solo
▪ air , space
▪ airline , balloon , helicopter , plane , rocket
▪
a hot-air balloon ~
▪ cargo , passenger
▪ budget ( BrE ), cheap , discounted
VERB + FLIGHT
▪ catch , take , travel on
▪
They caught an early ~ back to Boston.
▪ miss
▪ make
▪
We arrived at the airport just in time to make our ~.
▪ have
▪
Did you have a good ~?
▪ enjoy
▪
I hope you enjoy the ~.
▪ make
▪
The plane made its maiden ~ in 1976.
▪ be booked on , be booked onto , be on
▪
I'm on the first ~ to Milan in the morning.
▪ book (sb) , book sb/yourself on , book sb/yourself onto , get
▪
He asked her to book him on the next available ~ to Geneva.
▪
We managed to get a non-stop ~ to New York.
▪ charter
▪
The team has chartered a special ~ for their fans.
▪ confirm
▪ cancel , suspend
▪
The UN has suspended relief ~s because of shelling around the airport.
▪ change
▪
If you need to change a ~, the fee is $100.
▪ board
▪ operate
▪
The airline operates regular ~s to Greece.
▪ delay , hold up
▪ divert
▪
The ~ was diverted to Delhi because of a bomb scare.
▪ ground
▪
All ~s have been grounded for security reasons.
▪ blow up
▪
She was accused of planting the bomb that blew up ~ 217.
FLIGHT + VERB
▪ be bound for sth
▪
a ~ bound for Antigua
▪ leave , take off
▪ originate
▪
a ~ originating from Tokyo
▪ arrive
▪ land
▪ be full
▪
I'm afraid I can't book you onto that ~ as it's full.
FLIGHT + NOUN
▪ number
▪
We need your time of arrival and ~ number.
▪ schedule
▪ operations
▪
The snow was severe enough to disrupt ~ operations.
▪ time
▪
The ~ time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours.
▪ delay
▪
Your travel insurance compensates you for ~ delays.
▪ cancellation
▪ attendant , crew
▪ commander , engineer ( both military )
▪ school
▪ deck
▪ controller
▪ instruments
▪ recorder
▪
The ~ recorder should help to establish why the plane suddenly crashed.
▪ simulator
▪ path
▪
They have persuaded the authorities to divert the ~ path of the military jets away from their town.
PREPOSITION
▪ aboard a/the ~ , on a/the ~ , on board a/the ~
▪
passengers aboard a ~ bound for Johannesburg
▪ during a/the ~
▪
Please refrain from smoking during the ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
She took a ~ for Los Angeles.
▪ ~ from , ~ out of
▪
They waited for the first ~ out of Lisbon.
▪ ~ to
▪
a ~ from Sydney to Tokyo
2 action of flying
ADJECTIVE
▪ soaring , sustained
▪ low-level
▪ horizontal , level
▪ high-speed , supersonic
▪ space
▪ manned
▪
the enormous costs of manned space ~
VERB + FLIGHT
▪ be capable of
▪
Barn owls are capable of ~ at 56 days.
▪ achieve
▪
Bats are the only mammals to have achieved sustained ~.
▪ take
▪
They watched the young eagles take ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ during ~
▪
The wings vibrate during ~.
▪ in ~
▪
a flock of geese in ~
PHRASES
▪ the line of ~
▪
the line of ~ of a golf ball
▪
Don't get into the line of ~ of the bees—you'd be sure to get stung.
3 number of stairs/steps
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪ narrow , wide
▪ steep
VERB + FLIGHT
▪ climb , climb up , go up , run up , walk up
▪ descend , go down , run down , walk down
▪ fall down
FLIGHT + VERB
▪ lead …
▪
a ~ of steps leading to the foyer
▪ go down sth , go up sth
▪
A ~ of steps goes up the left-hand side of the room.
PREPOSITION
▪ down a/the ~ , up a/the ~
▪
My office is just up that ~ of stairs.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of stairs , a ~ of steps
▪
The villa is fronted by a ~ of stairs.
▪
Thomas waited at the top of the ~ of steps.
4 running away
ADJECTIVE
▪ headlong
▪ urban , white (= the movement of white people from cities) (both AmE )
VERB + FLIGHT
▪ put (sb/sth) to ( literary )
▪
The army was defeated and the king put to ~.
▪ take
▪
As soon as they detected the cheetah it took ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Left-wing opposition leaders, in ~ from persecution, went across the border.
▪ ~ from
▪
a headlong ~ from danger
▪ ~ into
▪
a ~ into the unknown
▪ ~ to
▪
The story tells of his ~ to safety.