your Language
natural English
the best/ worst thing about...
The best thing about (living in a city) is .... The worst thing is ...
once, twice, etc
Have you ever... ?
No, never.
Yes, once.
Yes, twice.
Yes, a couple of times.
Yes, a few times.
Yes, lots of times.
a five-minute walk
How long does it take to get there? It's a five-minute drive.
a ten-minute bus ride.
a twenty-minute walk. It's five minutes by car / by bus / on foot. .
asking where things are
Excuse me, ...
is there a (post office) near here?
where's the nearest (bank) ?
how far's (the station) ? There's one down the road. It's over there.
a great / horrible place
a great place to live a horrible place to work an expensive place to stay It's opposite the pizza place.
vocabulary
prepositional phrases
on the edge of town
right in the centre
quite near the centre
in the countryside
very dose to the centre
round the corner from the hotel
your language
at the end of the road
opposite (the bank)
on the corner
next to (the post office)
down the road
just outside / behind (the cinema)
wordbooster describing towns
car park factory park market library (night) club doctor's surgery petrol station
noisy / peaceful clean / poLluted safe / dangerous quiet / lively ugly / attractive relaxing / stressful
distance and time
quite near not very far quite a long way a long way
glossaries
refugee (n) pale (skin) (adj) privacy (n) celebrity (n) shaving (n)
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