Travel, errands and appointments

What holds these lists together

The areas where you no longer just name things but arrange, book, complain and cancel: at the counter, at the station, at the garage, on the phone — and, further up, the working vocabulary of roads, railways, flying and the sea. That is why so many fixed phrases collect here, quanto custa, vale a pena, dar um passeio, and why they are worth learning whole rather than building. One verb shows how the lines fall differently from English. Perder covers both «lose» and «miss»: perdi as chaves and perdi o comboio use the same word, and an English speaker hunting for a separate verb for the train will not find one.

For example: a agenda (the diary), a caneta (the pen), a partida (the departure), a loja de roupa (the clothes shop), o tempo livre (free time), a escola (the school)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.