noun phrase · neutral
red-eye flight
UK/ˈrɛd.aɪ ˌflaɪt/US/ˈrɛd·aɪ ˌflaɪt/RED·eye FLIGHT
Band 7+speakingtask2
a flight that departs late at night and arrives early the next morning
Examples
“I took a red-eye flight to save on accommodation costs.”
“Red-eye flights can be tiring but convenient for business trips.”
“They offered a discount on the red-eye flight to the east coast.”
Band 8 sentence
“To make the most of our limited time, we took the red-eye flight and arrived at dawn ready to explore.”
Collocations
- take a red-eye flight
- catch a red-eye flight
Word family
flight nounredeye noun (less common)
Common mistakes
I flew a red eye flight.→I took a red-eye flight.
red eye flight→red-eye flight
Say it for a higher band
5night flight→6overnight flight→7+red-eye flight
Synonyms
overnight flight
Easily confused
overnight flight
“I prefer overnight flights for long distances.”
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