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city & country
H & H
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metropolis | a large city, especially the chief city of a country |
| City | a very large town. A town, usually with a cathedral, granted special rights |
| Country or countryside | (usually with "the") districts where there are fieldds, moors etc. as opposed to towns and areas with many buildings |
| Village | a group of houses etc. which is smaller than a town |
| Outskirts | the areas that form the edge of a town or city |
| Suburbs | the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle |
| WORD FAMILY: city | |
| Cardboard city | an urban area where homeless people congregate under makeshift shelters made from cardboard boxes |
| City fathers | a person concerned with or experienced in the administration of a city eg: the city fathers decided to build a museu |
| City planning | the planning and control of the construction, growth, and development of a town or other urban area (planificación de la ciudad) |
| City centre | the central part or main business and commercial area of a city eg: a new metro station provides a direct link to the city centre |
| City council | the local government of a city |
| City slicker | a person who lives in a city, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside |
| City hall | a building used as offices by people working for a city government |
| the City | -the business centre of London where the large financial organizations are, such as the Bank of England: eg:He works in the City -the financial organizations as a group and the people who work for them -The City acted swiftly to the news of a fall in.. |
| Garden city | a town that has been planned to include a lot of trees, plants, and open spaces |
| VOCABULARY | |
| Capital (n) | |
| Shantytown (n) | an area in or on the edge of a city, in which poor people live in small, very cheaply built houses (villa miseria) |
| Inner city (n) | the central part of a city where people live and where there are often problems because people are poor and there are few jobs and bad houses |
| Industrial (adj) | |
| Historic (adj) | |
| Overcrowded (adj) | containing too many people or things |
| Cosmopolitan (adj) | containing or having experience of people and things from many different parts of the world |
| posh (adj) | (of places and things) expensive and of high quality eg: it's quite a posh area |
| convenient (adj) | suitable for your purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty eg: Our local shop has very convenient opening hours |
| dead at night (expression) | this city is dead at night |
| rough (adj) | not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition |
| green (adj) | relating to the protection of the environment |
| lively (adj) | having or showing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, or showing interesting and exciting thought |
| dirty (adj) | marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution or bacteria |
| noisy (adj) | making a lot of noise |
| pull up (ph. v) | When a car or someone driving a car pulls up, the driver stops the car, often for a short time eg: A car pulled up outside my house |
| the rush hour (n) | the time of day when the roads, buses, trains etc are most full, because people are travelling to or from work eg: I got caught in the morning rush hour |
| predictable (adj) | f |
| boils over (ph. v) | If a difficult situation or negative emotion boils over, it cannot be controlled any more and people start to argue or fight |
| packed (adj) | completely full: eg: The train was so packed that I couldn't find a seat |
| Crowded (adj) | |
| staggering(adj) | very shocking and surprising eg: It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public. |
| come to a standstill (expression) | detenerse |
| commuting | the activity of travelling regularly between work and home eg: The new job will involve much less commuting |
| utter chaos | |
| power cut (n) | an interruption in the supply of electricity |
| city-dweller | a person who lives in a city, town, cave, etc. |
| put up with something/someone | to be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable |
| air-conditioned existence | |
| at a premium | If you get something at a premium, you pay a high price for it, esp. because it is not easily available eg: It’s possible to get a large apartment, but only at a premium |
| blot out something | to hide or block the light from something, especially the sun eg: A dark cloud suddenly blotted out the sun |
| traffic fumes | d |
| pay dearly | to suffer a lot as a result of a particular action or event eg: If you refuse to cooperate with us, you will pay dearly for it |
| the cost of living | the amount of money that a person needs to live eg: The increase in interest rates will raise the cost of living |
| live under constant threat | vivir bajo amenazas constantes |
| crime rate | the number of crimes that are committed during a period of time in a particular place eg: The overall crime rate was down 11.9% last year |
| burgle (v) | to enter a building illegally and steal things |
| breed crime and violence |
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