TOPIC: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
neighbour ( USA - neighbor)
neighbourhood ( USA - neighborhood) - ,
my neighbourhood
VOCABULARY
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across from ,
There is a bank across from the post office.
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around the corner from
There is a inema around the corner from the bank.
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next to , ( )
There is a chemists shop next to the post office.
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between
There is a park between the bank and the hotel.
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in front of
There is a parking lot in front of the academy.
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behind ,
There is a night club behind the hotel.
( ) .
far ; far from ,
The railway station is far from the river.
() .
not far from
There is a bus stop not far from my house.
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near , ,
There is a lake near my block of flats.
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in the street (UK)
on the street - (US)
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building
flat (UK) = apartment (US) -
block of flats (UK) = apartment building (US)
single-family house ,
private [ `praivit] house
hotel ,
motel
bank -
office ,
shop = store [ stפּ: ] ,
bakers (shop) = bakery
market
supermarket ,
department store
shopping mall ; (.)
barber shop
barber [ `bα:bә ]
hairdresser
beauty parlour [ `pα:lә ] ,
post office
bus stop
trolley-bus stop
tram stop
bus station ,
highway = motorway ,
railway
train station( US ) = railway station)( UK ) -
parking lot
taxi rank
underground( in Britain ) = metro (in other countries) = subway( US )
subway)( UK )
sea port
river port
airport
café [` kæfei UK; kә`fei - US ]
cafeteria [,kæfi`tiəriə]
restaurant [` restrפּ:ŋ UK; ` restərפּ:ŋt - US ] -
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bar
pub (public house) ,
hospital ,
clinic
doctors office
chemist [ `kemist ]
chemists (shop)( UK ) = drugstore ( US )
church [t∫ə:t∫]
temple
cathedral [kə`θi:drəl]
library
museum [` mju`ziəm ]
park
courthouse [` kפּ:t`haus ]
police station
jail [ deil ] = prison [ prizn ]-
cemetery [ `semitri ]= graveyard -
fire station
gas station
laundry [`lפּ:ndri] = laundromat [ `lפּ:ndrəmət ]
theatre( UK ) = theater( US )[ `θiәtә ]
cinema( UK ) = movie theater( US )
oncert hall
opera house
circus [`sә:kәs]
kindergarten = kindergarden
school
college [` kפּlid ] 1) ( );
2) ( )
university
institute ( )
academy [ ə`kædәmi ]-
plant
factory
disco (discotheque [ diskou`θek ])
night club
stadium [`steidjəm] c
swimming-pool -
gym [ dim ](gymnasium [ dim`neizjәm ])