Housing & Demolition
A very poor area with badly built housing.
slum
Unhealthy gases and smoke from car engines.
fumes
The opposite of “vibrant”
dull
Finish it: a stone’s ______ away
throw
A verb: to increase very quickly (prices ______).
soar
The old factory was ______ to make room for a park.
demolished
Fill in the preposition: Traffic was moving ___ a crawl.
at
An adjective: absolutely clean.
spotless
New York is a _____ ______ of cultures.
melting pot
Fill in: The council finally ______ funding for the project.
secured
The noun from “demolish”.
demolition
An adjective: roads so full of traffic that everyone moves slowly.
congested
An adjective: rich, with expensive houses and good shops.
affluent
Finish it: The kitchen is tiny — there’s no room to ______ ______ ______.
swing a cat
Fill in: The city has ______ millions ______ improving public transport.
poured ... into
Fill in: After the fire, residents were ______ in new estates outside the city.
re-housed
Give TWO verbs that go with “congestion” (= make it less serious / deal with it).
ease / tackle
The uncontrolled spread of a city into the countryside.
urban sprawl
An idiom meaning “far away from busy, well-known places”.
off the beaten track
Fill in the preposition: The mayor is credited ______ reversing the decline.
with
An adjective: a building officially declared unsafe and due to be pulled down.
condemned
Fill in: Firefighters found him ______ ______ fumes on the stairs.
overcome by
It can’t be that vibrant, ______ ______ the empty streets.
judging by
An idiom meaning “the poor, rough part of a town”.
the wrong side of the tracks
Buying expensive things to show off your wealth.
conspicuous consumption