Cafe Flashcards
a musical
a play or movie that has both acting and singing (singing and dancing)
an abbey
a large church with buildings next to it where monks and nuns live or used to live
an nun
someone who is a member of a group of religious women that live together in a convent
refer to special group of women in Rome Catholic church who decide not to get married then instead to dedicate their whole life to God, serving God and his people.
an nanny
a person, usually a woman but not always, who goes to someone’s house and takes care of that person or that couple or children
a widower
a man whose wife has died and who has not married again.
a sailor
any one who works on a boat or a ship
so long, farewell
old fashion way to say good bye in English
public housing
refer to the program that government has to help poor people to find a place to live.
One way to do this is to provide money to poor people so that they have enough money to pay their rent.
The other way is to build special apartment buildings for them.
eligible
someone who is eligible for something is able or allowed to do it, for example because they are the right age
inner city
describes the main area in a city where people live.
suitable
appropriate for the situation
to soak
to immerse
to dip
to soak: to make something completely wet, usually by putting it into a liquid. The object has already been in the liquid for a certain of time.
to immerse: to emphasize the action to put object into the liquid. if you soak something, you will immerse it in a liquid.
to dip: put something into a liquid very quickly or briefly and take out it right away. Can be a noun, which refers to a fake source, for example, ranch source.
to immerse oneself into something
to become completely involved in an activity.
so-called
so to speak
so-called: before a noun to indicate something or someone commonly called. Another is we think the term is not appropriate.
so to speak: used when you are saying something in words that do not have their usual meaning. to show you are describing something in an unusual way.
an nuclear reactor
a machine that controls the chemical reaction inside of the power plant so that the nuclear energy is released in a very controlled way not as an explosion.
core
an area where the nuclear energy is produced. The core contains fuel for the reactor and it has to observe passages through which the energy from the reactor flows.
coolant
kind of material used to low temperature
malfunction
is when something doesn’t works correctly
valve
is a tube that can be open or closed in order to control the movement of gas or liquid through a pipe.
to be exposed
to be uncovered
to evacuate
to move people away from a dangerous place to a save place
to commission
to order or request something to be built or created
art deco
a style that was quiet popular in 20s or 30s. It has very distinctive lines, some simple shapes, often bright colors, These were some elements in an are deco design.
spire
a roof that rises steeply to a point on top of a tower, especially on a church
to rust
for a metal to tern brown or orange because of a chemical reaction
frieze
a wide horizontal piece of art that usually corved or painted either on a wall or a bottom part of ceiling
quarrel
an angry disagreement typically between two people who are normally friends with each other. For example, a husband and a wife are quarreling over something.
argument
an exchange of different or opposed views usually with some sort of angry involved though not always. Can have an argument with anyone.
controversy
a disagreement that lasts long time and often involves strong emotions. Usually it is public.
concerned and worried
concerned: worried something but not series
worried: with stronger emotion.
to amount to something
to reach a certain level; to be capable of doing something
frontier
the outer limit of a country or an area; the border;
