English Language Practice - 3rd Year Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the III-course English Language textbook covering units on City Life, Theatre, Cinema, Music, and Painting.

Amenities

Things or circumstances that make life easy or pleasant.

Facility

Something that makes doing things easy or simple.

To lure

To attract or to tempt.

Subway

An underground electric railway in American English, or an underground pedestrian passage in British English.

Downtown

The main or business part of a town, especially in the USA.

Uptown

The residential, non-business, or non-commercial part of a town.

Detached house

A house standing by itself with some space on each side, intended for one family.

Semi-detached house

Two houses joined together by one common wall, each having its own entrance.

Terraced house

A small house with a separate entrance joined together with other identical houses in a long row.

Tenement house

A larger house for the use of many families at low rents, or any dwelling house.

Boarding house

A private house which provides board and lodging for a relatively small number of people.

Council house

A house built by a local council, available to be rented by the public.

Bed-sitter

A single bed-sitting room with a kitchen and a bathroom.

Estate agent

A person who buys and sells houses or land for others.

Bungalow

A building of one storey with or without a verandah.

Cottage

A villager's small dwelling or a small country residence, generally two-storeyed.

Building society

An organization whose main function is to lend people money in the form of a mortgage to buy a house or flat.

Mortgage

A long-term loan given by a bank or building society to buy a house or flat.

Income

Money which a person receives regularly for one's daily spending, usually payment for work or interest from investments.

Rent

Money paid regularly for the use of a room, building, or piece of land.

Tax

Money paid in accordance with the law to the government according to income, property, or goods bought.

Wages

Payment for labour or services calculated by the hour, day, week, or month.

Salary

Fixed regular pay each month, quarter, or year for a job, especially for higher skill or rank.

Grant

Money given by the state, usually for educational purposes or to support a student during studies.

Fee

A sum of money paid for professional services to a doctor, lawyer, or private school.

Fare

Money charged for a journey by bus, ship, taxi, or train.

Fine

Money paid as punishment for breaking laws or rules.

Surveyor

A person who surveys and values land or buildings.

Security deposit

Money given as a pledge or guarantee for the repayment of a loan or against property damage.

Lease

A legal agreement by which the owner of land or a building agrees to let another use it for a fixed time and rent.

Blockbuster

A film that achieves massive commercial and financial success.

Remake

A new version or reproduction of an older film.

Carol

A song of joy or praise, especially a Christmas hymn.

Choir

A company of trained singers, especially one leading the singing in a church.

Litotes

A stylistic device consisting in the use of negative constructions where two negatives create an affirmative meaning.

Alliteration

A phonetic stylistic device built on the repetition of similar consonant sounds in close succession.