USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR DESCRIBING PLACES Flashcards

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1
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Describe an area in words ending with beauty

A

An area of outstanding natural beauty

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2
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A tourist ……..

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A tourist hotspot
A place where a lot of tourists go

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3
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A seaside ……….

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A seaside resort
A place with a beach and lots of facilities for a beach holiday

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4
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A s….w….g metropolis

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A sprawling metropolis ie it is spread out; it is huge

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5
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As pretty as a picture

A

Picturesque

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6
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Full of ugly grey buildings and a lack of green spaces

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A concrete jungle

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An isolated place in the middle of nowhere

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A rural backwater

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A must for shopaholics and window shoppers

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A shopper’s paradise

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9
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Relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers

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UPMARKET

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10
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It’s worth visiting because ……

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Because it had stunningly beautiful architecture

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It’s not worth visiting because ……..

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run-down and full of dilapidated buildings or graffiti and derelict buildings

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