Empower Advanced Unit 9 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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to change something in order to make it better

revamp

insert a missing word: a ______ of thunder

clap

an expensive apartment at the top of a building

penthouse

an area with a large number of houses that were built at the same time

housing estate

contrary to common-sense expectation

counter-intuitive

do something you know is dangerous

run the risk of

insert a missing word: a ______ of land

plot

upset people by breaking established rules/plans/norms

upturn the apple cart

a very tall building divided into apartments or offices

tower block

insert a missing word: a ______ of luck

stroke

a very small apartment with one main room

studio

an area with several large shops, usually outside a city

retail park

to repair and decorate a building that is old and in bad condition

renovate

be as creative as sb wants to be

let sb's imagination run wild

elegant and attractive

graceful

to make a place look new and lively again

rejuvenate

to make a place more modern by improving old buildings or building new ones

redevelop

overprotective

nannying

to get something back again

regain

to cause a rule, law, etc to exist again

reinstate

to repair something old

restore

very different from other things in an area and not seeming suitable for it

out of place

not interesting

nondescript

a design plan or other technical drawing

blueprint

very beautiful

stunning

A house that has one wall joined to another house.

semi-detached

not do something because it is beyond the limits of what you are willing to do

draw the line at

a very tall building

skyscraper

using new methods or ideas

innovative

succeed with an innovative approach

break the mould

a very large house

mansion

insert a missing word: a ______ of grass

blade

looking big and important

imposing

orderly, clean

clutter-free

ugly or without style

tasteless

to make something exist or happen again

recreate

not modern

dated

a place where electricity is produced

power station

a house that has all its rooms on the ground floor

bungalow

a small house made of wood

cabin

win (a prize)

walk away with

to improve a place or system

regenerate

something in an untidy or badly organized way

cluttered

too extreme and not suitable

over the top

talking in a bullying way

hectoring

a large building for keeping things that are going to be sold

warehouse

develop and become more successful

blossom into

an urban design approach that minimises the segregation between modes of road user

shared space