NA2 8/2/18

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.

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