Chapter 3 Unit 3 Flashcards
An old bridge spans the river just outside the town.
Span: If a bridge spans a river , it goes from one side to the other.
The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.
I grew up in a very middle-class suburb of Manchester.
We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-cuty area.
The suburbs , suburb
The urban sprawl of south Florida
Sprawling suburbs
Suburban sprawl
The refugee camps sprawl across the landscape
Sprawl, sprawling: A large area of land covered with buildings that have been added at different times so that is looks untidy.
Petrol fumes always make me feel ill
Cigar fumes
Exhaust fumes
Fume: Strong unpleasant dangerous gas or smoke
Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
Exhaust fumes hamper life in urban areas
Hamper: To prevent someone doing something easily, to make things difficult, get in the way.
The plodding speed of electric cars failed to capture the imagination.
Plodding: slow
The new job will involve much less commuting.
It is exhausting commuting from brighton to london .
It’s at least an hour’s commute to work.
Commute N and Vto make the same journey regularly between work and home
Commuter
Monetary policy Monetary control The monetary unit of the UK is pound It's hard to put a monetary value on the harm that was done It is not merely a monetary issue We could be compensated monetarily
Monetary: Relating to the money in a country
Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income
The government of China has offered monetary incentives to car manufacturers for each electric car they manufacture
Incentive: Something that encourages a person to do something.
We are always eager to embrace the latest technology
This was an opportunity that he would embrace
Taxi drivers in Toyko have embraced electric vehicles
Embrace: So accept something enthusiastically.
I think what appeals to me about his painting is his use of colour.
Appeal to * : to interest or attract someone.
There was a marked improvement in my health when I gave up smoking
Since then battery technology has improved markedly
Markedly: Noticeably, noticeable
He has a flair for languages.
Flair: Natural ability to do something well
He played with imagination and flair
Flair: A situation in which something is done in an exciting and interesting way
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