adobe
/əˈdoʊbi/
noun
a building material consisting of the mixture mud and straw dried in the sun
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1Adobe built meditation rooms.
2The Adobe API sucks.
3A great example of this is Adobe.
4So, Adobe keeps really close control of their testing process and their certification curriculum.
5The sukalas are made of adobe.
asbestos
/æsˈbɛstəs/
noun
a soft greyish substance that is resistant to fire and heat and was previously used in the buildings, clothing, etc.
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1Asbestos is also a carcinogen.
2And so does the asbestos.
3Is this asbestos?
4His name is Asbestos. -
5- Is this asbestos? -
to assemble
/əˈsɛmbəɫ/
verb
to make something by putting separate parts of something together
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1And some cards assemble contraptions.
2- Forces assemble.
3Then assemble your wall cabinets.
4Then assemble the drawers.
5Assemble the costume.
batten
/ˈbætən/
noun
a long and narrow piece of wood or metal used to hold together or fasten other materials of a building
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1Batten down the hatches!
2Batten down the hatches!
3- What's board and batten?
4Even today the Drake Passage commands respect: everyone battens down the hatches.
5Ultimately, Batten seemingly accepted a proposal from Cuevas after being rejected by Barnett.
beam
/ˈbim/
noun
a long bar of wood, metal, etc. that supports the weight of a building
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1Breaking beams.
2Beams, beams are cool.
3Beams, beams are cool.
4I hated beam, always.
5'beam' turns to 'bean'.
block
/ˈbɫɑk/
noun
an area in a city or town that contains several buildings and is surrounded by four streets
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1Fortunately, on Earth, the ozone layer blocks gamma rays.
2My hand blocks the sound.
3Part of it is building blocks.
4Blocks have names.
5The bus is blocking Maria's view of the zebra crossing.
blueprint
/ˈbɫuˌpɹɪnt/
noun
a photographic reproduction of a technical drawing, or of an early plan of a building or a machine
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1He had the blueprint.
2The underlying composition, however, follows a blueprint.
3Here's our blueprint.
4But none of us had a blueprint.
5Your beliefs are your blueprint.
board
/ˈbɔɹd/
noun
a flat, long, and thin piece made of a hard material such as a wood, used for building a house, apartment, etc.
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1On a December night in 1910, the exiled former leader of Honduras, Manuel Bonilla, boarded a borrowed yacht in New Orleans.
2Billions of people board a plane each year.
3On June 10, 1990, four crew members and 81 passengers boarded the aircraft.
4And finally, people with aisle seats board the plane.
5Two physicians boarded a flight out of Seattle.
breeze block
/bɹˈiːz blˈɑːk/
noun
a building block that is light in weight and is made of mixture of cement with sand and ashes of coal

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brick
/ˈbɹɪk/
noun
a block of baked clay, mostly used to build houses, walls, etc.
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1Others found bricks and
2And get brick.
3Brick, break.
4Brick, break.
5so bricks four wheels quarry
bricklaying
/bɹˈɪkleɪɪŋ/
noun
the activity or job of using bricks to build walls or buildings
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1He would figure out ways to make bricklaying more efficient.
2How to Learn the Basics of Bricklaying.
3To learn the basics of bricklaying, start with building a low garden wall.
to build
/ˈbɪɫd/
verb
to put together different materials such as brick to make a building, etc.
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1- Building a blanket.
2Building things.
3Building rocket ships?
4The rest of us are building this house.
5Aliens built the pyramids.
bulldozer
/ˈbʊɫˌdoʊzɝ/
noun
a large, powerful vehicle with a wide steel blade at its front that is used to destroy buildings or move earth
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1Bulldozers remove brush to create a big dirt containment line.
2The roster of The Wrecking Crew consists of Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, and the Wrecker.
3It’s a bulldozer.
4It’s a bulldozer.
5The bulldozers have already torn down some of the shops on the bridge.
cantilever
/kˈæntᵻlˌiːvɚ/
noun
a long metal or wooden bar that is fixed to a wall at just one end and sticks out of it, used to hold a structure such as a bridge or shelf in place
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1So a cantilever is a structure that is supported on one end, where there is a fixed side or support, whether beams or other types of support members, that are resisting the rotation of the deck.
2That's a pretty steep cantilever.
3Cantilever bridges: These bridges are very similar to traditional bridges, but are supported by a crown on just one side.
4Bike brakes may be cantilever, side-pull, or disk.
5Buy the appropriate cantilever, pull, or disk brake pad.
cement
/səˈmɛnt/, /sɪˈmɛnt/
noun
a gray powdery substance that becomes hard if it is mixed with water and sand, used for construction purposes such as sticking bricks of a wall together
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1The new laws only further cemented the subordinate status of black people.
2The new laws only further cemented the subordinate status of black people.
3His stereotypical New Yorker accent, along with the reference to the Manhattan-set movie Midnight Cowboy, further cements the connection to modern New York.
4Her return in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, cemented her status as one of blockbuster cinema's hottest new stars.
5Cementing your fate.
civil engineering
/sˈɪvəl ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ/
noun
a field of engineering that deals with the design, construction, and repair of buildings, bridges, roads, etc.
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1Civil engineering technicians typically work under the charge of licensed civil engineers.
2Civil engineering technicians frequently work in teams with civil engineers, surveyors, and construction workers.
3But, in civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud.
4Karl posts cool civil engineering photos on his blog which I’ll link below.
5Civil engineering meets masterful metalwork with these space and cost saving barriers that can be found in Hong Qiao Park in Shanghai.
to collapse
/kəˈɫæps/
verb
(of a construction) to fall down suddenly, particularly due to being damaged or weak
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1If faith in our institutions and each other collapses, then the nation collapses.
2He was a grad student in Moscow during the days of Perestroika and collapse of the Soviet Union.
3America's valuable export trade collapsed.
4So, the whole thing collapses.
5The gold standard collapsed.
to concrete
/ˈkɑnkɹit/, /kənˈkɹit/
verb
to cover with a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water
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1The major player for sand usage is concrete.
2The construction is concrete.
3The building is concrete.
4Depending on its weight, concrete can displace many cubic meters of water.
5But concrete also has a large downside.
concrete
/ˈkɑnkɹit/, /kənˈkɹit/
adjective
consisting of a hard building material that is made of the mixture of cement, water, sand, and small stones
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1The major player for sand usage is concrete.
2The construction is concrete.
3The building is concrete.
4Depending on its weight, concrete can displace many cubic meters of water.
5But concrete also has a large downside.
to construct
/ˈkɑnstɹəkt/, /kənˈstɹəkt/
verb
to make or build a house, bridge, machine, etc.
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1Advanced software can then construct extremely detailed 3-D models of the pipe walls.
2In other words, your brain constructs your perceptions.
3Engineers had constructed impressive bridges and buildings.
4Constructed each plank of gold.
5And together, these variables construct a score.
construction
/kənˈstɹəkʃən/
noun
the act or process of making or building a house, bridge, machine, etc.
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1Construction has caused a steep increase in demand for sand.
2Construction is the biggest demand sector.
3Construction began.
4Construction approved.
5Construction was six weeks.
conversion
/kənˈvɝʒən/
noun
a room or building that has been changed to be used for living in or other purposes
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1Conversion is hard.
2Conversion matters a lot.
3Some rulers in the Scandinavian region forced conversion of their subjects as well.
4Conversion is the civil version of theft.
5Conversion takes place all the time in Fitzgerald.
to convert
/ˈkɑnvɝt/, /kənˈvɝt/
verb
to change into a different form or to change into something with a different use
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1Worms convert organic waste and other compostable products into natural fertilizers.
2The angry mass killer was converted into an evangelical pacifist.
3These nanocrystals convert light according to their size.
4Lots of old warehouse converted buildings.
5A good question converts the natural sense of wonder into a focused line of investigation.
crane
/ˈkɹeɪn/
noun
a very large tall machine used for lifting heavy objects
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1- Whooping crane? -
2Crane shares these general ideas with Wallace Stevens.
3The crane takes the strip core away for cleanup.
4The crane slowly lowers the lid onto the tank.
5Cranes are dangerous.
to demolish
/dɪˈmɑɫɪʃ/
verb
to completely destroy or to knock down a building or another structure
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1Normally, the 22 yards only demolished a few dozen cargo ships a year.
2Demolished Black communities.
3Douglass demolished the court's arguments in Dred Scott.
4You guys demolished it.
5You guys, demolished it.
design
/dɪˈzaɪn/
noun
a plan or drawing according to which something is made
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1This is a good thing, since human beings are not perfectly designed decision makers.
2The coach designed this outfit.
3The long mane, green eyes and red pupils and golden cross-like wheel around its body are designed carefully.
4Designing housing.
5Your father designed parts of the White House?
to design
/dɪˈzaɪn/
verb
to make drawings according to which something will be constructed or produced
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1This is a good thing, since human beings are not perfectly designed decision makers.
2The coach designed this outfit.
3The long mane, green eyes and red pupils and golden cross-like wheel around its body are designed carefully.
4Designing housing.
5Your father designed parts of the White House?
development
/dɪˈvɛɫəpmənt/
noun
a piece of land that new buildings are built in
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1Hence Muybridge is considered to have been a crucial figure in the development of movies.
2We also wrapped up with a quick history of the origins and development of astronomy, from ancient observers to the Hubble Space Telescope.
3Development introduces the danger of teleology, a progress from abstraction to anthropomorphism.
4Development does a bunch of things in evolution.
5Development maps the information in genotypes into the material of phenotypes.
digger
/ˈdɪɡɝ/
noun
a machine used for digging earth
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1- Digger said,
2But the diggers excavate intricate tunnels directly underneath the fresh dung pile.
3Rollers take the top, diggers the bottoms.
4And they are born diggers.
5Gold digger is another description.
to do up
/dˈuː ˈʌp/
verb
to improve the appearance of a building by repairing or decorating it
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1and I did up the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru.
2Instead of burgers and dogs, do up some unprocessed meats.
3I've done up my office space recently.
4Not done up!
5- It was done up.
drywall
/ˈdɹaɪˌwɑɫ/
noun
a building material that is consisted of a layer of plaster between two sheets of thick paper, used for covering walls and ceilings
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1Drywall screws up regular vacuums.
2So drywall has like a little bit of a tapper on one end.
3Then, install the drywall.
4First, know what type of wall you have: drywall, plaster, or masonry.
5Fix your damaged drywall with these simple repair tips.
elevation
/ˌɛɫəˈveɪʃən/
noun
one the sides of a building or the architectural drawing of it
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1What about continuously track your elevation?
2The elevation might help out.
3Elevation make some noise!
4In contrast, vasospastic angina shows ST-segment elevation due to transmural ischemia.
5Elevation is a huge help.
to erect
/ɪˈɹɛkt/
verb
to build a structure such as a wall, building, etc.
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1A teepee was erected.
2Come Erect.
3Construction scaffolding and orange netting, temporary fencing, plywood walls erected around construction zones.
4He erects an idol.
5"Erected a ladder."
erection
/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/
noun
the act of building a structure or placing it upright
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1It also supplies tremendous erections.
2And there goes my erection.
3Have my erections gotten any harder?
4- One of your other tests is on erections.
5- Don't get an erection.

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