Maps & Diagrams Flashcards
infrastructure
noun: the basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs in order to work properly (roads, railways, bank etc)
over the X-year period
from X to Y
in the period from X onward
over the years
in the last X years
in the years after X
north
to the north of
north of
in the north
north east of
north west of
south
to the south of
south of
In the south
on the south side of
south east of
south west of
east
to the east of
east of
in the east
west
to the west of
west of
in the west
amenity
noun: something that makes a place comfortable or easy to live
amenities
develope
verb
developed
settlement
noun: a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before
substantially
adv: considerably
accommodate
verb: to provide room for someone; to provide a place to stay and sleep for someone
accommodation
noun: a place for someone to stay, live or work
recreation
noun: an activity that you do for pleasure or amusement = hobby = leisure = entertainment = pasttime
preserve
verb: to save or keep something or someone from being harmed or destroyed
p & p.p: preserved
supplant
verb: replace
p & p.p: supplanted / replaced
construct
verb: build
p & p.p: constructed / built
demolish
verb: to completely destroy a building
p & p.p: demolished
unspoiled
adj: still wild and not changed by people
fork
noun: a place where a road, river, or tree divides into two parts, or on of the parts it divides into
