ancient / historic / historical / national, public / great, important, major / famous / architectural / religious / granite, stone ~

Town

Extra Vocabulary

1. Sight [C, usually Pl]

famous, historic ~

to see / visit ~

2. Monument

ancient / historic / historical / national, public / great, important, major / famous / architectural / religious / granite, stone ~

to build, construct, create, erect, put up / unveil / preserve, protect / destroy, remove ~

3. Bus

regular / shuttle / double-decker, open-topped / local, public / sightseeing (BrE), tour, tourist ~	to go by, go on, take, travel by, use / board, get on, get onto / get off, leave ~
~ schedule (AmE), times (BrE), timetable (BrE) / station, stop, terminal	on a / the ~ ~ for (a place)

4. Tram

~ line, rail, track

to catch, take / miss / board, get on / get off ~

5. Underground

~ station, train, tunnel / system in the ~ / on the ~

to go by, go on, take, travel by, travel on ~

6. Taxi

to take / book (BrE), call (sb), get (sb), order (sb), phone for (BrE) / find, catch, flag, flag down, grab (AmE), hail ~

to get into, get out of ~

7. Excursion

brief, little, short / day, evening, full-day, half-day, weekend, week-long / boat, coach (BrE), train ~

to go on, make, take sb on / arrange, organize, plan / offer, run ~

8. Cathedral

great, magnificent / baroque, Gothic, medieval ~

9. Traffic light

amber (BrE), green, red, yellow (AmE)

to go through, jump a red light / ~ go green, ~ turn green, turn to green / the lights were on red / at the traffic lights

10. Traffic

bad, bumper-to-bumper, busy, congested, heavy, terrible / light / fast / slow-moving / rush-hour / one-way, two-way ~ / a stream of ~	to cut, reduce / slow down / block, disrupt, hold up, obstruct, snarl, stop, tie up / control, direct ~
~ accident / chaos, congestion, delays, disruption, hold-ups, jam, problems, queues (BrE), snarl (AmE)	~ fumes, pollution / noise / flow, speed / laws, legislation, regulations / cop, officer, police, policeman, warden (BrE)

Based on: Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, 2012

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