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What does “board the plane” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
B2
To get onto the plane
“We boarded the plane just before the doors closed.”
From the B2 lesson On the Road (flights and getting around).
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What does “board the plane” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“board the plane” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks B2 Pack 3 (Money, Food, Work and Travel).
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