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Traffic congestion - a situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, causing difficulties. Mostly
traffic congestion in terms of places.
Breath-taking – Extremely surprising, beautiful etc.
Exercises
1.Sentence completion:
I don’t live in the city; my
1. ________ (a place you are born into) is about two hours from the
outskirts
of the city.
I live in a small
2. _______ (a place bigger than the village, smaller than the city) there. It
isn’t as
3. _________ (energetic and exciting) as the city, instead it’s the opposite of the atmosphere in
the city, it’s
calm and 4. _______ (has unusual spots). It has a lot of
5. ________ (
very old) buildings that
are retained for their beauty.
The Ash museum, for example, is
6. __________ (extremely beautiful)
when the building is lit up at night. You would be awestruck by the beauty of my town. It doesn’t have
any
7. ________ (too many cars on the road) either as it has only a small population.
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2. Match the following words/phrases to their respective meanings
8.Been through the war
a. buildings or areas are in very bad condition
9.Middle of nowhere
b.
a place that is very remote, far from any city or
town.
10.Run down
c. a place that does not have a roof
11. Open-air
d. a place or thing that shows signs of
a lot of use
or is significantly damaged.
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