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english 9 - unit 2

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  • a tower with a powerful flashing light that guides ships away from danger
    lighthouse
  • an underground train system
    metro
  • continue
    go on
  • have a good relationship with
    get on with
  • the spread of a city into the area surrounding it, often without planning
    urban sprawl
  • to arrive/to happen/to be found by chance
    turn up
  • take care of
    look after
  • an independent state consisting of a city and the area around it
    city-state
  • continue
    go on with st
  • to destroy a building completely
    pull st down
  • the feeling of tiredness and confusion after you fly between places that have a time difference of several hours.
    jet lag
  • find st unintentionally
    come across
  • refuse
    turn down
  • feeling happy and excited about
    look forward to
  • destroy
    knock down
  • to put on special clothes, especially to pretend to be somebody/something different
    dress up / be dressed up
  • examine
    go over
  • to get some information about something/somebody by asking, reading, etc
    find out
  • recovering from
    getting over
  • a fact or situation that influences the result of something
    factor
  • to become more cheerful
    cheer up
  • establish
    set up
  • to remove something, especially a piece of clothing from your/somebody’s body
    take st off
  • a system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date
    index
  • to return the way you have come
    turn back
  • the situation when there are too many people or things in one place
    overcrowding
  • overcome
    get over
  • consider
    think over
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