Word List: town EXTRA English

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  • Orphanage
    • a place where children, who have no parents, live
  • Court
    • a building where judges, lawyers work
  • Craft market
    • a place where people sell the products made by hand
  • Fire station
    • a place where firefighters work
  • Gym
    • a place where people go to exercise and do some sport
  • Hairdresser's
    • a place where people go to stylish or cut their hair
  • Hotel
    • a place where people come to stay for a night, when they visit the place or for holiday
  • Gallery
    • a place where people go to see the paintings or exhibits
  • Jail/Prison
    • a place where criminals are kept as punishment
  • Launderette
    • a place where people take their clothes and wash them
  • Library
    • a place where people go to borrow the books
  • Pharmacy
    • a place where people go to buy medicine
  • Pub
    • a place where people go to enjoy the time with friends, drink a beer
  • Residential area
    • an area where people have houses and there are no factories or offices
  • Inner-city
    • an area close to the city centre, which is in a bad condition
  • Run-down buildings
    • buildings in a very bad condition
  • High-rise flats
    • flats in a very tall blocks of flats
  • Boarded up shops
    • the shops that go buncrapcy and are going to be closed down
  • Sprawling city
    • the city that spreads out over a large area
  • Chain stores
    • shops that have the same name and sale the same clothes in different places
  • The outskirts
    • the area out of the city where people live or work and they are closer to the city or town
  • The suburbs
    • the area where people live or work but they are closer to the countryside
  • Pavement cafes
    • cafes that have the tables on the pavements, outside of the cafe
  • Multi-story car park
    • a car parks with many floors
  • Amusement park
    • a place where people go to ride on the machines, slides and have fun
  • Lighthouse
    • a building which helps the sailors to find the right way
  • Real estate agency
    • a place where people may rent or buy a flat or a house
  • Drive through
    • a restaurant or a shop where people may get some service or products without getting out of the car
  • Drive-in movie
    • a place where people may watch the films, sitting in the car
  • Barber's
    • a place where men can go to have their hair stylished or cut
  • Bustling city
    • a city where a lot happens, there are a lot of people
  • Contemporary
    • that happens now, at present
  • Compact city
    • a city where you may find everything easily
  • Cosmopolitan
    • a city where people of many nationalities live and work
  • Crowded city
    • a city where there are a lot of people walking, driving
  • Lively city
    • a city where a lot happens, there are planty of people
  • Picturesque
    • very attractive to see and admire
  • District
    • the part of a town or city
  • Capital
    • the city where the government of the country has its place
  • City slicker
    • a person that does not know the city
  • Cardboards city
    • an area where homeless people sleep
  • Cemetery
    • a place where dead people are buried
  • Fat city
    • a place where rich people live
  • Congestion
    • a place which is blocked by traffic
  • Lift
    • a machine that takes people up to higher floor or down to lower floor
  • Escalator
    • stairs that move up or down
  • Billboard
    • a board placed in a visible place with an advert on it
  • Neon
    • lights in the shape of the letters used as an advertisement
  • Fireworks
    • a device which goes up to the air and makes spectacular explosion
  • Corner shop
    • a local shop that is very close
  • Duty-free shop
    • a shop with products with no tax
  • DIY shop
    • a shop with products for building, repairing, decorating
  • Dry cleaner's
    • a place where you may have clothes washed chemically, without water
  • Electrical shop
    • a shop with products for making electricity
  • Flea market
    • a place with used, cheap products
  • Florist's
    • a shop with flowers to buy
  • Furniture shop
    • a shop with furniture to buy
  • Garage
    • a place where you can repair your car
  • Gift shop
    • a shop with gifts, souvenirs to buy
  • Greengrocer's
    • a shop with vegetables to buy
  • Grocer's
    • a shop with food to buy
  • Hairdresser's
    • a place to have one's hair done
  • Laundry
    • a place where you may have your clothes washed
  • Market square
    • a central place in a town where a market was held in the past
  • Music shop
    • a shop with music products
  • Newsagent's
    • a shop with magazines, newspapers,
  • Optician's
    • a shop with glasses and contact lenses
  • Pet shop
    • a shop with products for pets
  • Photographer's
    • a place where people may have a photograph taken
  • Post office
    • a place where people may send letters
  • Public services
    • public institutions
  • Shoe shop
    • a shop with shoes to buy
  • Sports shop
    • a shop with sport products to buy
  • Stall
    • a place with no closed area where products are sold,
  • Stationer's
    • a place with products for offices such as paper, pens, pencils to buy
  • Toy shop
    • a shop with toys to buy
  • Transport service
    • all means of transport available for people
  • Admission free
    • an entrance with no payment
  • Live concert
    • a concert when people may see singers and bands, in public
  • Population
    • amount of people living in one place
  • Mayor
    • the head of a town
  • Citizen
    • a person living in a town/city
  • Embassy
    • a building where an ambassador and their staff work
  • Local government
    • authorities that rule town/city
  • Mugging
    • a crime when a person attacks somebody in the street to steal sth
  • Demonstration
    • an action when people protest in the street agains sth
  • Homeless
    • people who have no home to live
  • Shoplifting
    • a crime when a person steals sth from a shop
  • Pickpocketing
    • a crime when a person steals sth from someone's pocket or bag
  • Dustcart
    • a lorry that collects rubbish from rubbish bins
  • Fire engine
    • a lorry with equipment for putting out fires
  • Bench
    • a thing to sit on, usually for more people
  • Temple
    • a building where people pray to God/gods
  • Manhole
    • a hole in a road covered with round steel cover with access to pipes, wires placed under the ground
  • Flyover
    • a bridge build over a road
  • Utility pole
    • a pole on which electrical wires are carried
  • Avenue
    • a wide road in a town or city, usually with trees along it
  • Factory
    • a lace where products are produced
  • Tube station
    • an underground station where underground trains depart and leave
  • Theatre
    • the building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etc
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