City

Question 1

prohibitive

Answer 1

prohibitive costs are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something:

• Moving house would be prohibitively expensive.
• to be prohibitievly expensive

Question 2

tackle the enduring porverty

Answer 2

бороться с сохраняющейся нищетой

Question 3

enduring

Answer 3

continuing for a very long time:
▪ the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s plays
▪ enduring hatred

Question 4

thriving

Answer 4

a thriving company, business etc is very successful synonym flourishing:

▪ a thriving tourist industry

Question 5

reclaim

Answer 5

to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building:

• This land will be reclaimed for a new airport.
• to reclaim the land

Question 6

undertake

Answer 6

to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it
undertake a task/a project/research/a study etc

Question 7

strain

Answer 7

worry that is caused by having to deal with a problem or work too hard over a long period of time ➔ stress:

put additional strain on
put/place (a) strain on something
▪ The flu epidemic has put a huge strain on the health service.

Question 8

finite

Answer 8

having an end or a limit opposite infinite:
▪ Unless further measures are taken, the Earth’s finite resources will simply disappear.
▪ The speed at which light travels is finite.

Question 9

redundant

Answer 9

not necessary because something else means or does the same thing:
▪ the removal of redundant information

Question 10

have a say

Answer 10

сказать свое слово

Question 11

sewage facilities

Answer 11

канализационные сооружения

Question 12

run-down

Answer 12

a building or area that is run-down is in very bad condition:

▪ a run-down inner-city area

Question 13

undesirable

Answer 13

something or someone that is undesirable is not welcome or wanted because they may affect a situation or person in a bad way
undesirable effects/consequences etc
▪ The drug may have other undesirable effects.