Collocations for journey - noun
ADJ.
long, marathon | brief, short | outward | homeward, return | onward
The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey.
The bus driver told us where to change buses for our onward journey.
bus, car, rail, railway, train, etc. | five-mile, four-hour, etc. | comfortable, easy, good, pleasant, safe
I hope you had a good journey. | Have a safe journey.
I hope you had a good journey. | Have a safe journey.
arduous, awkward, bad, difficult, gruelling, hard, tedious, terrible, tiring, tortuous | dangerous, hazardous, perilous | overland | cross-country | daily | overnight | epic
an epic journey across Africa on foot
an epic journey across Africa on foot
wasted
The library was closed when I got there, so it was a wasted journey.
The library was closed when I got there, so it was a wasted journey.
emotional, sentimental, spiritual
He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in.
He made the emotional journey back to the house he grew up in.
VERB + JOURNEY
go on, have, make
He wasn''t there and we had a wasted journey.
He wasn''t there and we had a wasted journey.
break
We broke our return journey in San Francisco.
We broke our return journey in San Francisco.
begin, set out on | continue, resume
They continued their journey on foot.
They continued their journey on foot.
complete
JOURNEY + VERB
take (sb)
The journey takes about five hours. | His journey took him across central Asia.
The journey takes about five hours. | His journey took him across central Asia.
begin | end
JOURNEY + NOUN
time
PREP.
on ~
They were on a journey to the Far East.
They were on a journey to the Far East.
~ by
a journey by air/bus/land/rail/sea, etc.
a journey by air/bus/land/rail/sea, etc.
~ across, ~ between, ~ down
the journey down the Rhine
the journey down the Rhine
~ from, ~ of
a journey of 300 miles a journey of five days
a journey of 300 miles a journey of five days
~ through, ~ to
The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours.
The bus journey from London to Athens took 60 hours.
~ up
PHRASES
be tired after/from a journey, a leg/stage of a journey
Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.
Dawn was breaking as we set out on the last leg of our journey.