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MUSIC:

 Adoring Fans: People who love a particular band or singer


 Background music: Music that is played while something else is happening
 A catchy tune: A song that is easy to remember and makes you want to sing it
 Classical music: Music that is regarded as part of a long, formal tradition
 To download tracks: To obtain music from the internet
 To have a great voice: To sing well
 To go on tour: To go on a planned series of performances around a region or country
 A huge following: A large number of fans
 Live music: Music that is listened to while it is performed
 Live performance: See live music
 A massive hit: A record that sells lots of copies
 A music festival: Music performances at a venue often over several days
 Musical talent: Skilled at music
 To be/Sing out of tune: To not be in harmony.to sing the wrong notes
 A piece of music: An item of music
 To play by ear: To play without reading the musical notes
 A pop group: A small group of people who play or sing pop music together
 To read music: To understand and follow written musical notes
 A rock band: A group of musicians that play rock music
 To sing along to: To join in singing. To sing a piece of music while someone else is singing or playing it
 A sing-song: To sing informally, often with other people
 A slow number: A song with a slow tempo
 To take up a musical instrument: To begin learning a musical instrument
 Taste in music: The music someone likes
 To be tone deaf: To be unable to distinguish the different notes in music
 Over the moon: To be extremely pleased or happy
 Jazz: A type of music
 Musical Instrument: An object or device for producing musical sounds
 Fond of: Liking and caring
 Touch someone’s heart; Blow someone’s mind: Rock music blow my mind
 Soothing: Making you feel more calm and more relaxed and less nervous, worried, or upset
 Rhythm: Music a regular pattern of sound in music that you can show by moving, hitting your hands together,
or hitting a drum or other surface
 Harmony: The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect
 Seductive: They have a beauty all their own (Catchy tune and a seductive melody)
 Electronic music: Electronically produced sound recorded on tape and arranged by the composer to form a
musical composition
 Religious music: Genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
 Baroque music: A genre of classical music of c. 1600-1750
 Chamber music: Music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, esp. for two or more, but
usually fewer than ten, solo instruments
 Blue grass: A type of traditional American country music played on guitars and banjos
 Hip hop: The popular subculture of big city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti…
 Folk music: Music in the traditional style of a country or community
 Composer: A person who writes music; Concert: A public performance of music
 Symphony orchestra: A large orchestra that plays classical music
Town and City:

 Boarded up shops: Shops that are no longer doing business


 Chain stores: Well-known brands with shops in multiple cities
 To close down: To stop doing business
 Fashionable boutiques: Fashionable clothes shops
 To get around: Fantastic public transport system so it’s easy to get around…
 High-rise flats: It’s basically a lot of high-rise flats and many of the shops are boarded up…
 Inner-city: The central part of a city where people live and where conditions are often poor
 In the suburbs:
 Lively bars/restaurants: Bars and restaurant with a good atmosphere
 Local facilities: Local buildings or services serving the public
 Multi-story car parks: Car parks on several floors
 Office block: A Large building that contains offices
 Out of town shopping Centre/retail park: Large shopping centers outside of the town or city
 Pavement Café:
 Places of interest: Buildings that have a particular interest for visitors
 Poor housing: Housing that is not in good condition
 Public spaces: Areas in a town or city that are open to the public
 Public transportation system: Public vehicles such as buses and trains that operate at regular times on fixed
routes
 Residential area:
 Run down: Old and of poor standard
 Shopping centers: An area consisting of multiple shops
 Shopping malls: Large indoor shopping centers
 Sprawling city:
 Tourist attraction: A place of Interest to tours
 Congestion: Heavy traffic making it difficult to move around a town or city
 Upmarket shops:
 Resident: Living in a particular place
 Immigrant: A person who has come to live permanently in a county that is not their own
 Put all your eggs in one basket:
 Set in their ways: not wanting to change
 Fine: Being made to pay money for breaking the law
 Conspicuous (=noticeable; easily seen; prominent; striking): Clearly visible/attracting notice or attention
 Municipal: Of a city or town
 Amenity (amenities): Amenities are things such as shopping centers or sports facilities that are provided for
people’s convenience, enjoyment, or comfort
 Commuter: A person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away
 Housing: You refer to the buildings in which people live as housing when you are talking about their standard,
price, or availability
 Inhabitant: The Inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.
 Neighborhood: A Neighborhood is one of the parts of a town where people live
 Bustling: A Bustling place is full of people who are very busy or lively
 Pioneering: Pioneering work or a pioneering individual does something that has not been done before, for
example by developing or using new menthids or techniques
 Urban: About cities
 Investment/funding: Money to pay for an activity, either from government or business
 Conurbation:
 Transport hubs: Centers where many routes converge
 Bottleneck: A place where congestion regularly happens
 Overcrowding: A situation where too many people try to live in one place
 Hinterland: The Area around city affected by its development
 To Settle in a place: To move and live there permanently, usually with work and a family
 Urban Sprawl: The situation where a city expands and buildings are constructed without control or laws
 Hustle and bustle: Busy and noisy activity of a lot of people in one place
 Concrete Jungle: An overcrowded, unsafe and. Or crime-ridden urban environment or city, characterized by
the congestion of large buildings and roads.

Physical Appearance:

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