cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
nouna building where films are shown
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1. Now, I don't go to the cinema a whole lot because of the lack of real deaf access.
2. This idea scared cinemas.
3. Modern cinema is no different in this respect.
4. - Horror cinema also inspired gothic style.
5. But fans of the book flooded cinemas to the tune of $569 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
museum
/ˈmjuziəm/, /mjuˈziəm/
nouna place where important cultural, artistic, historical, or scientific objects are kept and shown to the public
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1. People enjoy visiting museums to see displays of wonderful paintings and sculptures.
2. Museums help preserve human history by collecting works of art.
3. Museums display these items so visitors can see them and learn from them.
4. Art thieves believe they can easily steal something from a small museum without being seen.
5. The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
opera house
/ˈɑːpɚɹə hˈaʊs/
nouna theater designed for performing operas
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1. And the Opera House has a ghost, a phantom, a man in black clothes.
2. The Opera House closed for two weeks.
3. The word whispered round the Opera House.
4. The Opera House went mad.
5. The opera house had provided the wrong instrument.
planetarium
/ˌpɫænəˈtɛɹiəm/
nouna building with a dome in which moving images of planets, starts, and constellations are projected for educational or entertainment purposes
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1. And his work extended well beyond the Planetarium.
2. You know, one of my best first dates was at the planetarium.
3. Their huge colonies turn these dark recesses into a natural planetarium.
4. The Kovac planetarium is located in the north woods of Wisconsin, in the little town of Monico.
5. And Fraser made a light up planetarium.
police station
/pəlˈiːs stˈeɪʃən/
nounthe office where a local police works
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1. The first stop is Szczecin's police station.
2. Cruise your mini Micro Machines vehicles, planes and boats to the police station, the marina, the mini motorcycle repair shop, the gas station, the construction office.
3. Add the cake for the police station onto the cake board.
4. Lawyers can come at the police station.
5. - I got the police station.
post office
/pˈoʊst ˈɑːfɪs/
nouna place where we can send letters, packages, etc., or buy stamps
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1. France's post offices offer banking services.
2. Switzerland's post office even runs a bus service in rural areas.
3. Flu like symptoms, breathlessness, facts, facts no post office.
4. The post office handles unconscionable numbers of pieces of mail.
5. The post office loses a fortune.
pub
/ˈpəb/
nouna place where alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and often food, are served
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1. - Most countries don't have pubs.
2. - Where the pubs are!
3. I do pubs.
4. Get your pub.
5. Pubs had to be closed.
public convenience
/pˈʌblɪk kənvˈiːnɪəns/
nouna building with toilets that anyone can use
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public house
/pˈʌblɪk hˈaʊs/
nouna building that serves various alcoholic and non-alchoholic drinks, and usually food as well
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school
/ˈskuɫ/
nouna place where children learn things from teachers
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1. His speaking and listening skills are poor, but in school he is good at math and spelling.
2. Spartan girls lived at home with their mothers as they attended school.
3. School run time.
4. School run time.
5. Definitely skipped school before.
schoolhouse
/ˈskuɫˌhaʊs/
nouna small building, often in a village, that is used as a school
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1. Then Governor Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door.
2. This here used to be a schoolhouse.
3. It was a little schoolhouse at one time.
4. And the history of schoolhouses is very interesting.
5. Our kids were several years in a one-room schoolhouse.
service station
/sˈɜːvɪs stˈeɪʃən/
nouna facility that provides gasoline, diesel, and other types of fuel, as well as various amenities such as restrooms, food, and convenience stores
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1. Upon his return to his home town, he got right to work as a gas station attendant at Haviland's Service Station.
shopping arcade
/ʃˈɑːpɪŋ ɑːɹkˈeɪd/
nouna large building that contains several connected shops
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shopping center
/ʃˈɑːpɪŋ sˈɛntɚ/
nounan area of stores or a group of stores built together in one area
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1. By 1975, malls and shopping centers accounted for 33% of all retail sales in America.
2. It's a shopping center.
3. My parents at the time, my dad was at the shopping center.
4. Remember your store in the shopping center?
5. This shopping center is ridiculous.
sports center
/spˈoːɹts sˈɛntɚ/
nouna building where people can take part in various types of indoor sports activities, such as swimming
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1. In 2014, only 2% of Sports Center air time covered women's sports.
2. But when you're talking about Sports Center, the flagship show, it's 1.8%, 2.2%.
3. Before we move on to the grand finale, let honor the Sports Center theme by counting down Hootie's best dance moves.
4. Like, welcome back to Sports Center, blah blah blah, my co-host is Greg.
5. And my evidence for this is based on sophisticated empirical work watching Sports Center.
shopping mall
/ʃˈɑːpɪŋ mˈɔːl/
nouna large building or enclosed area that consists of a group of shops
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1. It used to be that if you were looking for a job, DIDN'T have a college degree, SPECIALIZED training, maybe you would go down to the Steel Mill, to the FACTORY or the Shopping Mall to get a job.
stadium
/ˈsteɪdiəm/
nouna very large, often roofless, structure where sports events, etc. are held for an audience
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1. That stadium hosted a number of nail-biting battles between the two schools.
2. have a stadium.
3. I should probably say stadia.
4. Ten people was a stadium.
5. He wants stadiums, bro.
station
/ˈsteɪʃən/
nouna place or building where we can get on or off a train or bus
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1. Pierre is at the railway station with his parents.
2. This is station 38 reporting.
3. Messy station slow things down.
4. Caesar’s cavalry was stationed opposite Pompey’s.
5. A Eurofighter squadron is stationed there.
station house
/stˈeɪʃən hˈaʊs/
nouna building where police or firefighters work in
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swimming pool
/swˈɪmɪŋ pˈuːl/
nouna building that provides people with a structure filled with water to swim in
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1. Filling up the swimming pool?
2. - No. - Is it a swimming pool?
3. Some ships even had swimming pools!
4. The incredible car featured a swimming pool with a diving board and a king-sized water bed.
5. Daddy has taken the big boys into the swimming pool outside.
terminal
/ˈtɝmənəɫ/
nouna building where trains, buses, planes, or ships start or finish their journey
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1. The terminal has two MetroNap sleep pods.
2. Where is my terminal?
3. They have terminal illnesses.
4. Do both terminals.
5. Failure is not terminal.
theater
/ˈθiətɝ/
nouna place, usually a building, with a stage where plays and shows are performed
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1. Mothra’s first standalone film hit theaters the same year.
2. Theater is back in person.
3. The latest entry in the DC Extended Universe hits theaters on August 5, 2016.
4. The movie hits theaters on July 29th, 2022.
5. Theater, of course, women are at a gross disadvantage as designers, directors, artistic directors, and producers.
town hall
/tˈaʊn hˈɔːl/
nouna building in which the officials of a town work
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1. Bill Clinton had held town halls all around the country.
2. Welcome to our Town Hall on the Infinite Loop Campus.
3. Welcome to our Town Hall on the Infinite Loop Campus.
4. We had a town hall.
5. We have town halls.
municipal
/mjuˈnɪsəpəɫ/
adjectiveinvolving or belonging to the government of a city, town, etc.
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1. Municipal systems typically draw their water from sources like wells, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
2. Many companies just fill their bottles from municipal taps after a quick extra filtration.
3. Police brutality is draining your municipal investments, over $1.7 billion in the Chicago market alone.
4. Municipal bonds act as a protective umbrella for your money against taxation.
5. And a few days ago, I googled municipal broadband.
