long journey
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflongandjourney
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long
adjective
uk/lɒŋ/us/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition oflongandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflong journey
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There is clearly alongjourneyahead, but this book shows the way.
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Farmers in outlying areas often paid several years at once, presumably due in part to thelongjourney from their farms to the seats of colonial authority.
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I visited the sick and was horrified to find some 250 to 300 patients suffering from various diseases - no doubt due to starvation and thelongjourneyto the south.
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Many holidaymakers would travel by train, although increasing numbers arrived by car, often exhausted after alongjourneyon congested roads.
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The basis for thelongjourneyis much lower than that for the shorter distance.
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It will be a verylongjourney.
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There was strong suspicion that he had been sent off on alongjourneyafter having worked eight hours for someone else.
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But to suggest to-day that anything over twenty-five miles is alongjourneyis absurd.
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It means alongjourneyboth before she goes to work and afterwards, when she is tired.
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He has got a verylongjourneybefore he gets everything in, but meanwhile he is giving privileges to special trades and special manufactures.
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They have alongjourneyto go before they get to those collecting points.
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It marks a great step forward in alongjourney.
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It would be pleasant if we could start off on what looks like being alongjourneyby agreeing on this first point.
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I celebrate all that has been done to make progress along thislongjourneyto equal rights.
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At any time one can go in a train on alongjourneyand see how some of these great industries are treating their people.
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It was alongjourneyon a difficult day with heavy traffic, but in came the coach on time.
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Surely it ought to be possible for them to be provided with a hot and sustaining meal at the end of alongjourney.
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It is a verylongjourneyupon which we have all embarked.
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Only then did we learn that we were the 19th school to be asked and that this child would have alongjourneyeach day.
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