Meaning of express train | Babel Free
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Examples
“1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, All sorts of dreadful thoughts came to her all together in one horrible flash⟳. There were such things as express⟳ trains that went on, she supposed, for hundreds of miles without stopping. Suppose⟳ this should be one of them? How would she get⟳ home again? She had no money to pay⟳ for the return⟳ journey.”
“King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. [...] "The great European express⟳ trains have⟳ an air of mystery and romance about them. Truth to tell⟳, this is but ill-deserved. Except over the French portion of their journey they have⟳ no right to the title of express⟳"—he was writing of conditions before the great speed-up of the last⟳ decade— [...].”
“For all the attention on express⟳ trains, it's often local trains that tip⟳ the railway into congestion.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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