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Landmark

It is a building or an object that helps you identify a location

Tourists

A person who is visiting a place for pleasure and interest, especially when they are on holiday.

Picturesque

Picturesque is an adjective used to describe something with strikingly pleasing or vivid qualities

Local

An habitant of a particular area or neighbourhood is a...

Quality of life

The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.

Island

A piece of land surrounded by water.

Banned

Officially prevent (someone) from doing something.

Chewing gum

A sweet that you keep in your mouth and chew to get its flavour, but do not swallow.

Litter

Rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.

Round-the-clock

Happening or done all day and all night.

Famous

Known about by many people.

He is really...

Carnival

An annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade.

Destroyed

End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Tall

Of great or more than average height.

Wealthiest

Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets;

Synonym: rich

Population

All the inhabitants of a particular place.

The island has a total of 78,000 inhabitants.


The island has a ---------- of about 78,000

Density

The degree of compactness of a substance.

Extreme

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great

Slum

Squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.

Crowd

A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.

Expensive

Something that costs a lot (of money.)

One square mile

A mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area

Alley

A narrow passageway between or behind buildings

Private

Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only

Residents

A person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis.

Office

A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.

Flats

A set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building

Include

comprise or contain as part of a whole.

Land

The part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water.

Burglaries

Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

Crime rate

It's the ratio between the number of felonies and misdemeanours recorded by the police and gendarmerie and the population.

Violent attack

A. assault on tradition, law, an unlawful physical attack upon another.

Drive

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

To pay

Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.

Graffiti

Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.

Smoking

The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco by sucking on the end of a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.

Facility

A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

To provide

To make available something for use

Escalator

A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.

Abundance

A very large quantity of something.

Neighbourhood

A district or community within a town or city.

She lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston

Comunas

Township

To paint

To draw (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint

Underfed

People who do not get enough food to eat.

Young

Someone who have lived or existed for only a short time, or an immature or inexperienced person.

Streets

A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides.

Design

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building.

Discipline

The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.

Illusion

An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.

Injury

Damage to a person's feelings.

Balanced

Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions.

Satisfied

Meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone).

Secure

Something fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Equal

Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value

Illegible

Something not clear enough to be read.

Village

A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.

Architect

A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.

Invitation

A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something.

Renewable

Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

Environment

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Pavement

A raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road.

Commute

To travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.

Trek

To go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot.

Travel

To go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Forest

A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.

Solar energy

Radiant energy emitted by the sun.

Fossil fuels

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Anually

Once a year; every year.

Queue

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Tickets

A piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.

Law

The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

Constructive

Having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose.

A constructive advice.

Mayor

The head of a town, borough, or county council, elected by council members and generally having purely ceremonial duties.

Dentist

A person who is qualified to treat diseases and other conditions that affect the teeth and gums, especially the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones.

Repair

To restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition.

Floor

The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.

Arrival

A person who has arrived somewhere.

Isolation

The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. Or denoting a hospital or ward for patients with contagious or infectious diseases.

Set foot in

To enter; To go into.

He hasn't set foot in the place since the war.

Free of charge

Without having to pay. Or available at no cost.

Curtains

A piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window.

Lack of

The state of being without or not having enough of something.

Factories

A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.

Courage

the ability to do something that frightens one.

Bravery

Motorway

A dual-carriageway road designed for fast traffic, with relatively few places for joining or leaving.

Gossips

A casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Terrible

extremely bad or serious.

Transport

To take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Demonstration

An act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence.

Migration

Movement from one country of a person to another.

Majority

The greater number.

Misbehave

(Of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in an acceptable way; behave badly

Lift

To raise to a higher position or level.

Entertainment

The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.

Drink

To take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Tear

To pull (something) apart or to pieces with force.

Shed tears

To cry or weep.

Unbearable

Not able to be endured or tolerated.

Crush

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

To have a crush

A strong feeling of romantic love for someone that is usually not expressed and does not last a long time.

Durable

To be able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage. Or something hard-wearing.