wa‧ter‧front /ˈwɔːtəfrʌnt $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun [countable usually singular]
the part of a town or an area of land next to the sea,
a river etc
- The hotel is down on the waterfront.
de‧vel‧op‧ment /dɪˈveləpmənt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1 GROWTH [uncountable] the process of gradually
becoming bigger, better, stronger, or more advanced
- child development
development of
- a course on the development of Greek thought
professional/personal development
opportunities
for professional development
2 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY [uncountable] the process of
increasing business, trade, and industrial activity
economic/industrial/business etc development
- economic development in Russia
3 EVENT [countable] a new event or piece of news that
changes a situation
recent
political developments in the former Soviet Union
- We will keep you informed of developments.
4 NEW PLAN/PRODUCT [uncountable] the process of
working on a new product, plan, idea etc to make it successful
- The funds will be used for marketing and product
development.
under/in development
- Spielberg has several interesting projects under
development.
5 IMPROVEMENT [countable] a change that makes a
product, plan, idea etc better
- There have been significant computer developments
during the last decade.
6 BUILDING PROCESS [uncountable] the process of
planning and building new houses, streets etc on land
for development
- The land was sold for development.
7 HOUSES/OFFICES ETC [countable] a group of new
buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of
land
- a new housing development
prom‧e‧nade /ˌprɒməˈnɑːd◂, ˈprɒmənɑːd $ ˌprɑːməˈneɪd◂/ noun [countable]
1 British English a wide road next to the beach, where
people can walk for pleasure
p. 59, ex. 7
redevelop, demolishing, modernised, converting,
spoiled, transform.
Converted, transformed, spoiled, modernised,
demolished, redeveloped.
convert something to/into something
They converted the spare bedroom into an office.
The stocks can be easily converted to cash.
or‧chard /ˈɔːtʃəd $ ˈɔːrtʃərd/ ●○○ noun [countable] a
place where fruit trees are grown a cherry orchard
un‧der‧used /ˌʌndəˈjuːzd◂ $ -ər-/ adjective something
that is underused is not used as much as it could be OPP overused
ˌmarket ˈgarden
noun [countable] British English
an area of land where vegetables and fruit are grown
so that they can be sold SYN truck farm American English
Homework: p. 62, reading
activity
p. 64
lure1 /lʊə, ljʊə $ lʊr/ ●○○ verb
[transitive]
1 to persuade someone to do something, especially
something wrong or dangerous, by making it seem attractive or exciting
lure somebody into (doing) something
People may be
lured into buying tickets by clever advertising.
lure somebody away
- Computer games are luring youngsters away from their
lessons.
2 to attract customers, workers, money etc from
another company or place
lure somebody back/away
- The bank launched an advertising campaign to lure
back its traditional customers.
- It’s very difficult to lure talent away from Silicon
Valley.
→ See Verb table
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