railway journey
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrailwayandjourney
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railway
noun[C]
uk/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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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 ofrailwayandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Better, perhaps, to draw on the analogy of arailwayjourney.
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Nevertheless, anyone who goes on a longrailwayjourneymust be appalled at the condition of some of the allotments flanking the line.
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No one going on arailwayjourney, and choosing newspapers, etc.
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It is absolutely impossible to send straight to market animals which have come a longrailwayjourney.
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This is shown to anyone who goes on arailwayjourney.
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These journeys are carried out on warrants, and, normally, where a warrant is issued, it is for arailwayjourney.
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Why should he bother about a long and tiringrailwayjourney?
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It is easy to forget that arailwayjourneyis a three-point journey.
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The time to read that journal is on a very long, wetrailwayjourneywhen one has run out of one's other newspapers.
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Many people think that the tavern supplies them with reasonable needs far more than does arailwayjourney.
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Everybody wants to write when making arailwayjourney.
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Indeed, there have been cases in which the child has been sent a longrailwayjourneyand died on the way.
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It will be necessary to make a charge of £1 per head to cover therailwayjourneyand such meals as are taken in the train.
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Markets are always held on the same day of the week, and with six days' detention anotherrailwayjourneywould not be necessary.
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Travelling on the line is about as exciting as a suburbanrailwayjourney.
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There are cases where it was proved that the milk was abstracted from the cans on therailwayjourney, and water was added to make up the quantity.
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The value of such advertising is not sufficiently appreciated, and the value to the traveller of knowing where he is makes arailwayjourneymuch more interesting.
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Ibelieve that the price of the rail ticket should cover the entire cost of therailwayjourneyfor which the ticket is bought.
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Therailwayjourneywas 1 hour against 2.5 to 3.5 hours for river traffic.
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They are not aware, however, that cattle traders are by any means unanimous in desiring to be obliged to insure their stock on railway journeys.
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