Transport (car, tram, ...)
taxi, boat, bus, coach, motorcycle, plane, train, bicycle, underground
Accommodation (business hotel, ...)
bed and breakfast (B&B), budget hotel, holiday resort, home of friend or family, luxury hotel, rented apartment, youth hostel
Airport (lounge, ...)
flight, gate, long-haul, short-haul, check-in, passport control, luggage, delayed, cancelled, customs
Short communication (ASAP, FYI, ...)
TBC, ETA, WFH, COB, EOD, TBA, BTW, FAQ, IMO, LMK, OOO, TYT
Shops (pharmacy, ...)
bakery, bookshop, butcher’s, clothes shop, department store, shopping centre/mall, online store, electronics store, pet shop, street market, convenience store
Work patterns (permanent worker, ...)
employee, employer, intern, retired, self-employed, staff, unemployed, gig worker, temp, civil servant, full-time, part-time
Meetings (arrange, ...)
schedule, cancel, attend, F2F, online, suit me, convenient, not available, confirm, postpone, fix time to meet, make an appointment
Payment methods (cash, ...)
bank transfer, credit card, debit card, mobile phone payment, online payment, store card, mobile wallet
"Cash" phrases (cash crunch, ...)
pay (in) cash, withdraw cash, cash register, cash in hand, cash dispenser/machine/ATM, petty cash, cash flow, short of cash, cash on delivery, cashless
Number and figures (million, ...)
billion, fifteen hundred, two thousand two, twenty fifteen, fifteen percent, one-third, half, quarter, approximately, early/mid/late nineteen-sixties, hundreds
Indefinitine pronouns (everyone, ...)
everybody, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, everything, something, anything, nothing, everywhere, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere
Responding to news (I’m really pleased for you, ...)
I’m so sorry. Oh dear. That’s awful. Congratulations! That is surprising. That’s wonderful! How disappointing. What a shame. That’s terrible!
