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101 Cards in this Set
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Landmark |
It is a building or an object that helps you identify a location |
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Tourists |
A person who is visiting a place for pleasure and interest, especially when they are on holiday. |
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Picturesque |
Picturesque is an adjective used to describe something with strikingly pleasing or vivid qualities |
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Local |
An habitant of a particular area or neighbourhood is a... |
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Quality of life |
The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. |
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Island |
A piece of land surrounded by water. |
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Banned |
Officially prevent (someone) from doing something. |
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Chewing gum |
A sweet that you keep in your mouth and chew to get its flavour, but do not swallow. |
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Litter |
Rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place. |
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Round-the-clock |
Happening or done all day and all night. |
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Famous |
Known about by many people. |
He is really... |
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Carnival |
An annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade. |
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Destroyed |
End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. |
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Tall |
Of great or more than average height. |
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Wealthiest |
Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; |
Synonym: rich |
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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 |
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Density |
The degree of compactness of a substance. |
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Extreme |
Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great |
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Slum |
Squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people. |
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Crowd |
A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way. |
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Expensive |
Something that costs a lot (of money.) |
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One square mile |
A mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area |
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Alley |
A narrow passageway between or behind buildings |
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Private |
Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only |
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Residents |
A person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis. |
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Office |
A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work. |
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Flats |
A set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building |
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Include |
comprise or contain as part of a whole. |
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Land |
The part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water. |
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Burglaries |
Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. |
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Crime rate |
It's the ratio between the number of felonies and misdemeanours recorded by the police and gendarmerie and the population. |
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Violent attack |
A. assault on tradition, law, an unlawful physical attack upon another. |
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Drive |
Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle. |
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To pay |
Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred. |
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Graffiti |
Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. |
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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. |
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Facility |
A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose. |
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To provide |
To make available something for use |
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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. |
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Abundance |
A very large quantity of something. |
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Neighbourhood |
A district or community within a town or city. |
She lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston |
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Comunas |
Township |
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To paint |
To draw (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint |
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Underfed |
People who do not get enough food to eat. |
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Young |
Someone who have lived or existed for only a short time, or an immature or inexperienced person. |
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Streets |
A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides. |
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Design |
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building. |
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Discipline |
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. |
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Illusion |
An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. |
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Injury |
Damage to a person's feelings. |
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Balanced |
Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions. |
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Satisfied |
Meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone). |
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Secure |
Something fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost. |
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Equal |
Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value |
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Illegible |
Something not clear enough to be read. |
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Village |
A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area. |
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Architect |
A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction. |
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Invitation |
A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something. |
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Renewable |
Able to be renewed; capable of renewal. |
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Environment |
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. |
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Pavement |
A raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road. |
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Commute |
To travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis. |
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Trek |
To go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot. |
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Travel |
To go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length. |
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Forest |
A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. |
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Solar energy |
Radiant energy emitted by the sun. |
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Fossil fuels |
A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. |
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Anually |
Once a year; every year. |
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Queue |
A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Constructive |
Having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose. |
A constructive advice. |
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Mayor |
The head of a town, borough, or county council, elected by council members and generally having purely ceremonial duties. |
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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. |
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Repair |
To restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition. |
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Floor |
The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk. |
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Arrival |
A person who has arrived somewhere. |
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Isolation |
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. Or denoting a hospital or ward for patients with contagious or infectious diseases. |
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Set foot in |
To enter; To go into. |
He hasn't set foot in the place since the war. |
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Free of charge |
Without having to pay. Or available at no cost. |
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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. |
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Lack of |
The state of being without or not having enough of something. |
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Factories |
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine. |
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Courage |
the ability to do something that frightens one. |
Bravery |
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Motorway |
A dual-carriageway road designed for fast traffic, with relatively few places for joining or leaving. |
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Gossips |
A casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true. |
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Terrible |
extremely bad or serious. |
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Transport |
To take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship. |
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Demonstration |
An act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence. |
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Migration |
Movement from one country of a person to another. |
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Majority |
The greater number. |
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Misbehave |
(Of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in an acceptable way; behave badly |
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Lift |
To raise to a higher position or level. |
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Entertainment |
The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment. |
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Drink |
To take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. |
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Tear |
To pull (something) apart or to pieces with force. |
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Shed tears |
To cry or weep. |
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Unbearable |
Not able to be endured or tolerated. |
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Crush |
Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape. |
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To have a crush |
A strong feeling of romantic love for someone that is usually not expressed and does not last a long time. |
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Durable |
To be able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage. Or something hard-wearing. |
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