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Travel New York: The Upper East Side

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ride

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  • noun
  • Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
  • Trip on a bicycle or a horse
  • verb
  • To travel in a particular vehicle as a passenger
  • To sit on and control a horse or vehicle

dead

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  • adjecitve
  • Not alive
  • Being bored or not interested
  • Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
  • Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
  • adverb
  • Completely; absolutely

laundry

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  • noun
  • Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
  • Clothes etc., that are to be washed, already washed

find

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

york

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  • proper noun
  • A city in northern England, on the Ouse River; population 136,900 (est. 2009).
  • A commercial and industrial city in southeastern Pennsylvania; population 40,097 (est. 2008).
  • The southwestern tip of Hayes Peninsula, on Baffin Bay in Greenland. It served as a base for US expl

kick

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  • noun
  • Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
  • verb
  • To hit or move something with the foot

that

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

like

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

delivery

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  • noun
  • Way someone acts when speaking publicly
  • Act of taking something to a person or place

stay

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  • noun
  • Legal order to stop or delay an action
  • Strong rope or wire that supports a ship's mast
  • Period of time spent living in or visiting a place
  • verb
  • To keep trying without giving up
  • To remain in the same place and not move away
  • To spend time visiting a place or someone's home

place

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  • noun
  • Particular location, area or region
  • verb
  • To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • To put something in a certain location or position

get

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

must

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  • noun
  • Something that is necessary or required
  • other
  • (Used to state that something ought to be true)
  • Used to say something is required or necessary

right

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

even

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

hard

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  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

different

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  • adjecitve
  • Not of the same kind; unlike other things

watch

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  • noun
  • Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
  • Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
  • Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
  • verb
  • To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
  • To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
  • To look at carefully to work out what is happening
  • To protect and care for someone or something

bicycle

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  • noun
  • 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals
  • verb
  • To ride a two-wheeled vehicle with pedals

about

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  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

equally

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  • adverb
  • In an equal, even, or identical manner

dignified

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  • adjecitve
  • With a formal, serious, and calm manner

flair

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  • noun
  • Natural ability to do something well

park

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Public green area in a town for exercise, relaxing
  • Field upon which a sport is played, e.g. baseball
  • verb
  • To stay still without moving
  • To leave your car, bike in a certain place

youth

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  • noun
  • Being young; time when you are young
  • Young person or teenager
  • Quality or state of being young
  • Boy or a young man

than

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

truly

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  • adverb
  • In accordance with truth, fact or reality; really

one

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  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

sonia

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big

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  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

the

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  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

lead

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the main part in movies or plays
  • noun
  • Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • Information that could help to solve a crime
  • Main part in a play or movie
  • Heavy, gray metal element
  • Rope used to tie something to stop it escaping
  • Act of being at the front in a race or game
  • verb
  • To show the way or guide others
  • To be at the front of a race or game
  • To travel in front of; go in advance of others

you

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

little

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  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

kind

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  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

paris

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  • other
  • Sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae

man

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  • noun
  • Humans in general, including male and female
  • An adult male human being
  • Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
  • verb
  • To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
  • To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)

other

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

half

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  • adjecitve
  • Not complete
  • adverb
  • Partly; somewhat
  • noun
  • One of two equal periods of game time in a sport
  • The part you get when one is divided into two;

able

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  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

accoutrement

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  • noun
  • Items of dress, equipment used by the military

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

apply

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  • verb
  • To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
  • To commit your time and effort to doing something
  • To make something useful in a certain situation
  • To be relevant for a situation
  • To ask formally for (job, permission etc.)

give

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  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

really

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

fifth

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  • noun
  • 5th

law

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  • noun
  • Field of study that relates to the legal profession
  • A rule made and enforced by a government
  • System or rules made by the government

limo

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  • noun
  • Luxurious long automobile

fictional

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  • adjecitve
  • Including people and events that are not real

tan

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  • noun
  • A light brown color
  • Brown colored skin from being in the sun
  • verb
  • To process leather with a tanning agent
  • To make your skin brown by lying in the sun

belong

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  • verb
  • To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
  • To own something
  • To be in the right place or situation

can

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

apartment

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  • noun
  • Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building

not

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

dream

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  • noun
  • A wish or hope for something to happen
  • Imagination or image of something you want
  • Images, thoughts, feelings experienced when asleep
  • verb
  • To wish for something to happen
  • To experience thoughts, images while asleep

river

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  • noun
  • Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea

stroll

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  • verb
  • To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner

secret

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  • adjecitve
  • That you don't want others to know; private
  • noun
  • Information you do not want others to know

secretary

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  • noun
  • Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
  • Official in charge of a governmental department

neighbourhood

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  • noun
  • Area of a town or city that people live in

cross

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  • adjecitve
  • Angry and upset
  • From one side of something to the other
  • noun
  • (Of animals) mixture of breeds in one animal
  • Person's name
  • verb
  • To put one thing over another e.g. arms
  • To breed one type of animal or plant with another
  • To not to agree with someone; oppose
  • To go from one side of something to the other
  • To meet at one point

far

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  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

completely

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  • adverb
  • In every way or as much as possible

lot

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  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

remedy

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  • noun
  • Way to solve or fix a problem
  • Treatment that relieves pain or cures illness
  • verb
  • To solve or correct a problem

chairman

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  • noun
  • A man in charge of a meeting
  • The person who leads a company or organization

affordable

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  • adjecitve
  • Cheap enough that it can be paid for

toil

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  • verb
  • To do hard physical work for a long time

clean

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  • adjecitve
  • Not marked in any way; blank
  • Done according to the rules or standards; fair
  • Free from disease or sickness
  • Being free from dirt or marks; washed
  • Behaving well; not breaking any rules; legal
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely
  • verb
  • To make free from dirt or marks; washed
  • To make neat and orderly e.g. a room
  • To remove the inner parts of an animal

professional

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  • adjecitve
  • Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
  • Acting/done properly as a qualified person would
  • Getting paid for playing a sport/doing an activity
  • noun
  • Highly qualified person, e.g. lawyer or doctor
  • One who plays a sport or similar activity as a job

out

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

and

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

east

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  • noun
  • Direction where the sun rises
  • Geographic area including India, China, Japan etc.

another

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  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

version

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  • noun
  • Different way that someone interprets something
  • New or different form of something
  • An updated form of some software

midtown

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  • noun
  • The central part of a city between the downtown and uptown areas.

from

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

any

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  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

shore

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  • noun
  • Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river

hurt

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  • noun
  • Mental, emotional, or physical pain
  • verb
  • To cause pain, damage or injury

leave

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  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere

young

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  • adjecitve
  • At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • Being recently created or started
  • noun
  • Babies in a group or family of animals

with

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

away

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  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

upper

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  • adjecitve
  • Located above others of the same kind
  • Being the northern part of a region
  • Being closer to the source of a river
  • noun
  • Drug that improves mood or increases energy
  • Something happy or encouraging
  • Top part of a shoe, other than the flat bottom

elegance

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  • noun
  • Quality of grace, style, or beauty

have

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

world

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  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

loss

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  • noun
  • Friend, family, or other loved person's death
  • Decrease or decline in quantity or amount
  • Experience or state of failing to have or keep
  • A situation when you lose a game
  • Process of failing to have or keep something
  • Difficulty or trouble caused by someone's leaving
  • Situation when more money is spent than is earned

know

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

gym

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  • noun
  • Physical education taught as a class in school
  • Building used for physical activities or sports

here

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

day

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  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

economy

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  • noun
  • Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • Total of all goods, services and wages in an area

always

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US / 'ɔ:lweɪz /

UK / ˈɔlwez,-wɪz,-wiz /

A1
  • adverb
  • For a very long time
  • At all times; in every situation
  • For ever

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US / nju: /

UK / nu, nju /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

story

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US / 'stɔ:rɪ /

UK / ˈstɔri, ˈstori /

A1
  • noun
  • One of many floors or levels in a building
  • Account or description of how something happened

code

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US / kəʊd /

UK / kod /

A2
  • noun
  • A password made of a set of letters or numbers
  • Set of rules for behavior
  • A secret language using secret symbols
  • Written part of a computer program
  • verb
  • To express information in a series of numbers
  • To write a secret message using secret symbols
  • To write programs using computer languages

cab

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US / kæb /

UK / kæb /

A2
  • noun
  • A taxi

subway

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US / ˈsʌbweɪ /

UK / ˈsʌbˌwe /

B1
  • noun
  • Train system running under the ground in a city

side

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US / saɪd /

UK / saɪd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In addition to the central or most important thing
  • Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
  • noun
  • Position or opinion that is opposite to another
  • Right or left part of a person's body
  • Feature of someone's personality
  • Straight edge of an object
  • One of two or more groups fighting each other
  • verb
  • To decide to agree with one point, not the other

once

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US / wʌns /

UK / wʌns /

A1
  • adverb
  • One time; one instance
  • At a time in the past
  • conjunction
  • When; as soon as

past

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US / pɑ:st /

UK / pæst /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • No longer current or new
  • adverb
  • So as to go beyond, or further than something
  • noun
  • Time that existed before now, e.g. long ago
  • preposition
  • After a particular time
  • At a later point in distance; beyond

corner

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US / 'kɔ:nə(r) /

UK / ˈkɔrnɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Place where two lines, sides, corners etc. meet
  • Edges of something, e.g. eyes, boxing ring
  • verb
  • To force into a position impossible to escape from
  • To go around a bend in the road (often by driving)

truth

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US / tru:θ /

UK / truθ /

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  • noun
  • Real facts about something

eternal

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US / ɪ'tɜ:nl /

UK / ɪˈtɚnəl /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Endless; constant; never ending

exactly

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US / ɪgˈzæktli /

UK / ɪɡˈzæktli /

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  • adverb
  • No more and no less than; precisely

jersey

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US / 'dʒɜ:zɪ /

UK / ˈdʒə:zi /

B2
  • noun
  • Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform

negotiate

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US / nɪˈgəʊʃieɪt /

UK / nɪˈgoʊʃieɪt /

B1
  • verb
  • To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
  • To manage a difficult task or path successfully

street

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US / stri:t /

UK / strit /

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  • noun
  • Road in a city with buildings and places to walk

treasury

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US / ˈtreʒəri /

UK / ˈtrɛʒəri /

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  • noun
  • Government office concerned with finance

short

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US / ʃɔ:t /

UK / ʃɔrt /

A1
  • adverb
  • Less than what is needed
  • Suddenly stopping what you are saying or doing
  • verb
  • (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
  • adjecitve
  • Measuring a small distance
  • Happening for a small amount of time
  • Unfriendly or rude

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US / bel /

UK / bel /

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  • noun
  • A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to decibels
  • other
  • Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with

why

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US / waɪ /

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

stuff

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US / stʌf /

UK / stʌf /

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  • noun
  • Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • verb
  • To push material inside something, with force

those

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US / ðəʊz /

UK / ðoz /

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

poise

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US / pɔɪz /

UK / pɔɪz /

B2
  • noun
  • Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
  • other
  • Way of moving gracefully with balance/control
  • To hold something steadily
  • verb
  • To hold something steadily

for

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US / fə(r) /

UK / fɔr,fə /

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

talk

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US / tɔ:k /

UK / tɔk /

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  • noun
  • Style of speaking
  • Discussion between two countries
  • Giving information in front of people; lecture
  • Saying things or ideas to someone with words
  • verb
  • To make a formal speech about something
  • To say things or ideas to someone with words

doorman

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US / ˈdɔ:mən /

UK / ˈdɔ:rmən /

C2
  • noun
  • Someone who guards an entrance

just

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US / dʒʌst /

UK / dʒʌst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

much

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US / mʌtʃ /

UK / mʌtʃ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

archetypal

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US / ˌɑ:kiˈtaɪpl /

UK / ˌɑːrkiˈtaɪpl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Being a good or perfect example of something

begin

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US / bɪ'ɡɪn /

UK / ˈbeɡɪn /

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  • verb
  • To do the first part of an action; to start

defy

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US / dɪ'faɪ /

UK / dɪˈfaɪ /

B1
  • verb
  • To refuse to obey; be resistant to

soon

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US / su:n /

UK / sun /

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  • adverb
  • At a time not long from now

television

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US / ˈtelɪvɪʒn /

UK / ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən /

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  • noun
  • Device that broadcasts programs, movies or show

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

bit

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US / bɪt /

UK / bɪt /

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  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

move

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US / mu:v /

UK / muv /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
  • An action; doing something
  • Step taken to achieve a goal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • To cause something to change to a different place
  • To change where people live or a business operates
  • To take action to do or achieve something

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

fiction

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US / ˈfɪkʃn /

UK / ˈfɪkʃən /

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  • noun
  • Made-up stories; imagined events
  • False statement or account about something

avenue

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US / 'ævənju: /

UK / ˈævəˌnu, -ˌnju /

B1
  • noun
  • Wide street
  • Way to approach something or some issue
  • other

way

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US / weɪ /

UK / we /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
  • Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone

between

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US / bɪˈtwi:n /

UK / bɪˈtwin /

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  • preposition
  • From one person, thing, or place, to another
  • In the space that separates two objects
  • Among two or more people who share something

reflect

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US / rɪ'flekt /

UK / rɪˈflɛkt /

A2
  • verb
  • To indicate or be a sign of something
  • To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
  • To show an image in glass, water, a mirror etc.
  • To think of something seriously and carefully

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

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  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

dry

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US / draɪ /

UK / draɪ /

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
  • Without water; not wet
  • (Of wine, etc.) not sweet
  • Without butter or jam
  • verb
  • To remove liquid or water from something

fill

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US / fɪl /

UK / fɪl /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of filling; amount used to make something full
  • verb
  • To make something full
  • To move into all parts of an area
  • To repair a surface by adding a substance to it
  • To use (time); to do something during

sundown

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US / 'sʌndaʊn /

UK / ˈsʌnˌdaʊn /

C2
  • noun
  • Time when the sun falls below the horizon

citibank

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US / ˈsɪtiˌbæŋk /

UK / /

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travel

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US / ˈtrævl /

UK / ˈtrævəl /

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  • noun
  • Going to other places, esp. distant places
  • verb
  • To go to a place that is far away

huge

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US / hju:dʒ /

UK / hjudʒ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Very very large

original

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US / ə'rɪdʒənl /

UK / əˈrɪdʒənəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
  • Being unique or thinking differently from others

look

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US / lʊk /

UK / lʊk /

A1
  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem
  • Subtitles section
  • Every place has a secret code.
  • I get a kick out of finding it.
  • I'm Sonia Gill, and these are my travels.
  • The Upper East Side is an American icon.
  • The stuff of fiction.
  • Stroll between Fifth Avenue and Park on any given day and you get your fill of poise and architectural flair.
  • The kind of elegance that defies them all.
  • Even if a bit short of youth.
  • Is there a more dignified way to cross a street?
  • The original archetypal Mr. Big.
  • Isn't he more elegant than the television version?
  • Très bel!
  • Even riding a bicycle with all the accoutrements.
  • But, as with all fictional places, there must be a downside.
  • To Begin with, elegance is no remedy for the loss of scarcity.
  • And the law seems to apply equally to all.
  • Even if you look exactly like a former treasury secretary or are a dead ringer to the once chairman of Citibank, your doorman can't always find you a cab.
  • Luckily, having led the world economy, can't hurt when you negotiate with a limo man.
  • I know, I know.
  • It's really hard to get a cab here at 9am in the morning.
  • But, a trade-off, you get a huge apartment.
  • And the subway, it's really not that far.
  • It's just a corner away.
  • Truth is, the other half of the Upper East Side, from Lexington Ave to the river, is a completely different story.
  • The much more affordable neighborhood belongs to those who dream of one day being able to move to Park Avenue.
  • And their needs truly reflect the neighborhood.
  • If on the Jersey Shore, they talk of GTL, short for Gym, Tanning and Laundry, the young professionals here, those that toil past sundown in Midtown, are all about GDD.
  • Gym, delivery, and lots of dry cleaning.
  • And so, the eternal story of the Upper East Side goes on.
  • Going so soon?
  • Why?
  • Stay a little longer.
  • Watch another New York neighborhood on the left.
  • Or, travel to Paris on the right.
  • Left or right?
  • Left or right?