MEALS AND CITY

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Meals
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an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such an occasion
Breakfast
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a meal eaten in the morning as the first meal of the day
Lunch
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a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day
Dinner
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the main meal of the day, usually the meal you eat in the evening
City
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a large town
House
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a building that people, usually one family, live in
Home
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the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family
Building
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a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house or factory
To build
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to make something by putting bricks or other materials together
Place
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an area, town, building, etc.
To place
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to put something in a particular position
Entrance
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a door, gate, etc. by which you can enter a building or place
Exit
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the door through which you might leave a building or large vehicle
Center
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the middle point or part:
Yard
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an area of land next to a building that usually has a hard surface and that is used for a special purpose
Roof
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the covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, etc.
Fence
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a structure that divides two areas of land, similar to a wall but made of wood or wire and supported with posts
Land
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the surface of the earth that is not covered by water
To land
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to arrive on the ground or other surface after moving down through the air
Village
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a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in the countryside
School
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a place where children go to be educated
University
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a place where people study for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree
Theater
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a building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activity
Church
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a building for Christian religious activities
Restaurant
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a place where meals are prepared and served to customers
Cafe
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a restaurant where simple and usually quite cheap meals are served
Hotel
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a building where you pay to have a room to sleep in, and where you can sometimes eat meals
Bank
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an organization where people and businesses can invest or borrow money, change it to foreign money, etc., or a building where these services are offered
Cinema
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a theatre where people pay to watch films
Hospital
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a place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors and nurses
Police
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the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed a crime
Post office
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a place where stamps are sold and from where letters and parcels are sent
Station
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a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on or off
Airport
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a place where aircraft regularly take off and land, with buildings for passengers to wait in
Shop
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a place where you can buy goods or services
Pharmacy
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a shop or part of a shop in which medicines are prepared and sold
Market
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a place or event at which people meet in order to buy and sell things
Office
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a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or other organization
Company
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an organization that sells goods or services in order to make money
Factory
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a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines
Square
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an area of approximately square-shaped land in a city or a town, often including the buildings that surround it
Street
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a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or both sides
Road
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a long, hard surface built for vehicles to travel along
Crossroads
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a place where two roads meet and cross each other
Stop
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a place where vehicles, especially buses, stop in order to allow passengers to get off and on
To stop
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to finish doing something that you were doing or to not move anymore
Sidewalk
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a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on
Path
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a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is moving
Garden
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a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass
Park
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a large area of land with grass and trees, usually surrounded by fences or walls, and specially arranged so that people can walk in it for pleasure or children can play in it
To park
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to put a vehicle in a place where it can stay for a period of time, usually while you leave it
Bridge
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a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to cross from one side to the other
River
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a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake, or another river
Forest
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a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and plants themselves
Field
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an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by a fence
Mountain
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a raised part of the earth's surface, much larger than a hill, the top of which might be covered in snow
Lake
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a large area of water surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers or streams
Sea
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the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded by land
Ocean
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a very large area of sea
Coast
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the land next to or close to the sea
Beach
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an area of sand or small stones near the sea or another area of water such as a lake
Sand
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a substance that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and in deserts
Island
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a piece of land completely surrounded by water
Border
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the line that divides one country from another
Customs
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the place at a port, airport, or border where travelers’ bags are examined for illegal or taxable goods
Garbage
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waste material or unwanted things that you throw away
Waste
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an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.
To waste
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to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it
Stone
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the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used for building, or a piece of this

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