Revise vocabulary Discuss cities: reading, vocabulary, opinion Grammar: perfect forms

night
to dress up
fine = good/ ok; pay a fine;
a fine wine; How are you? I’m fine.
not that + adjective not that safe, not that nice, not that good
not the safest place (in the world)
earthquake-proof
resistant to earthquakes, built to withstand earthquakes
it spoils the appearance; it spoils it
a distinctive, unique style
really surprised = astonished, stunned, gobsmacked

pain = very inconvenient/annoying
it’s a bit difficult
it does have its drawbacks; it has some drawbacks
end up - we ended up somewhere
absolutely packed = very very crowded
get a buzz out of
it has a real buzz = exciting, lively, busy, It has a bit of a buzz
sometimes the smog/pollution can get quite bad
it gets slightly smoggy
posh/fancy cars
to go / run smoothly = without any hiccups
there was a small hiccup/ hiccough
get the hiccups
they’ll finish the work by May

ever achieve a successful city for children, we will have built the perfect city for all citizens. In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, they have tried to fulfil this ideal by transforming what was once a chaotic city – badly affected by congestion and gripped by fear of crime – into one far better for children. Peñalosa is largely credited with this transformation through the large-scale reforms he initiated at the turn of the century. However, if other mayors hadn’t secured the city’s finances before him and developed his reforms afterwards, the changes wouldn’t have been so successful.

little dinner
she’s like a sister
self-development / professional development
enter/ getting into / joining a course or university
go to uni, go on a course
To whom it may concern
waste / lose we’re wasting time
I haven’t studied it for some time
pick it up again
bring in/introduce a new law
not one was built/ none were built
landfill (site)

about how important it is to recycle waste
How important is it to …?

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