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.