Commuting · Getting around
door-to-door
whole journey time
Door-to-door describes a journey from your home to your final destination.
This vs that
It's an hour door to door.
The train takes forty minutes.
Hear it in real life
How long does it take altogether?
About forty minutes door to door.
The flight is only an hour, but the door-to-door journey takes nearly five hours.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Door to door is the natural compact phrase for the complete journey time.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The journey is two hours door by door.
Say: The journey is two hours door to door.
The fixed expression is 'door to door', with no 'by'.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
a door-to-door journey/time; door-to-door from A to B
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about commuting.
on my way to work
I usually listen to podcasts on my way to work.
the train was packed
The train was packed, so I had to stand.
Commuting words
Getting around · Commuting: the words around “door-to-door”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It's about an hour door to door.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
door-to-door
whole journey time
“The flight is only an hour, but the door-to-door journey takes nearly five hours.”
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