reception
/ɹiˈsɛpʃən/, /ɹɪˈsɛpʃən/
noun
the area usually at a hotel entrance where guests and visitors go to book a room or check in
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1Its reception thus provides a measure of difference in medieval aesthetics, theology, and piety.
2The reception sucks though.
3My cellphone has no reception.
4This one arguably has better reception.
5Hendrik Witbooi’s descendants are attending the reception.
lift
/ˈɫɪft/
noun
a box-like device that goes up and down and is used to get to the different floors of a building
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1Unfortunately, a judge lifted that consent decree in 2018.
2Lifting some weights?
3My grandfather could lift a horse.
4Lift the lid.
5- Lift the lid.
single room
/sˈɪŋɡəl ɹˈuːm/
noun
a hotel room or bedroom used by just one person
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1We stayed in one of the single rooms and the private cockpit suite upstairs.
2There's cameras in every single room.
3And by the way, this time I stayed with six other guys in a single room kitchen.
4And the destination was a single room in a nunnery, where a woman had gone into lifelong retreat 55 years before.
5But there's a good reason for that: Chip and Jo don't renovate every single room in the house.
double room
/dˈʌbəl ɹˈuːm/
noun
a room in a hotel for two people; a bedroom designed to be used by two people
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1Is this, this is a double room.
2In the past, there'd be a letter, or someone would be caught in the act, or a hotel bill for a double room in that suit jacket, that went to the cleaners.
3But Vegas is billed is one of the cheapest holidays you can take in America, with hotel costs for a double room as low as $20 per night.
bar
/ˈbɑɹ/
noun
a place where alcoholic and other drinks and light snacks are sold and served
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1Supermarkets and other large stores quickly installed machines to scan these bar codes.
2After a while, companies wanted to find a way to include more information in the bar code.
3Late Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas barred enforcement of the moratorium.
4One, two, three. - Bar none.
5The population mean is often written "x-bar."
ground floor
/ɡɹˈaʊnd flˈoːɹ/
noun
the floor of a building at ground level
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1And then discover a ground floor room.
2Ground floor to basement.
3We got a couple more ground floors.
4this is the song's ground floor.
5The baby fell out of the ground floor.
first floor
/fˈɜːst flˈoːɹ/
noun
the floor of a building which has the same level as the street level
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1Our exhibit is on the first floor.
2The first floor is 160 square feet.
3That's the first floor.
4The basin reached the first floor.
5The first floor is wall-to-wall handbags.

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