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Travel words

Travel English borrows heavily from French for hospitality terms, which is why concierge and buffet keep non-English sounds. Others are simply long and easily mis-stressed, like i-TIN-er-ar-y. Practise these before your next trip so the vocabulary arrives with you.


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To read the rules behind these words, see the pronunciation guides — including silent letters, word stress and American vs British. Or hear each accent on its own page: American, British, Australian.