59.3. gy. B2 (példák)

demolish verb /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ [T] 1 lerombol (épületet)

A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.

estate noun /ɪˈsteɪt/ [C] 2 telep (lakó-, ipar-, stb.)

a housing estate

an industrial estate

outskirts noun /ˈaʊt.skɜːts/ [plural] külváros

There are plans to build a new stadium on the outskirts of Liverpool.

They live in Melbourne's south-eastern outskirts.

suburb noun /ˈsʌb.ɜːb/ [C] előváros

Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.

We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-city area.

rural adjective /ˈrʊə.rəl/ vidéki, falusi

The area is still very rural and undeveloped.

urban adjective /ˈɜː.bən/ városi

urban areas

urban development

Phrasal verbs:

do up ↔ sth /duː/ felújít, modernizál (épületet)

He does up old houses and sells them on.

knock sth down /nɒk/ lerombol, lebont (épületet)

They've knocked down the old cinema.

pull down ↔ sth /pʊl/ lebont (épületet)

They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.

put up ↔ sth /pʊt/ 4 épít, felépít vmit (pl. épületet, házat)

They're planning to put a hotel up where the museum used to be.

We're going to put up a new fence around our garden.