Vocabulary

• like no other: Unique; unparalleled; distinctly different from all others.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• long hailed: Having been praised or celebrated for a long time; highly respected.
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• across from: Being on the other side
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• slip by: To pass or elapse unnoticed or without being acted upon.
• on foot
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• color: To change or affect someone's opinion
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• great: Very good; better than before
• timeless: Never-ending; everlasting; eternal
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• island: Area of land that is surrounded by water
• art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
• century: Period of 100 years
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• tower: Tall, narrow building
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• central: Being in the middle
• shone: To point a light in a certain direction
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• architectural: Concerning architecture
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• sleepy: Having difficulty staying awake; ready to sleep
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• famed: Widely known and esteemed
• delicacy: Something pleasing because of its good taste
• restoration: Renewing/repairing building to its original state
• enclose: To place something in a package or envelope
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• dawn: First light of day
• functional: Useful; not just for decoration
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• spacious: Open and easy to move in
• prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
• arise: To stand up
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
• overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
• devise: To think of and plan something
• condemned: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• lagoon: Small lake surrounded by rocks; channel of water
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• beloved: Loved very much
• della: A female given name, often a short form of names like Adela or Delores.
• locomotion: Moving, or ability to move, from place to place
• gondola: Flat-bottomed freight car with sides but no roof
• artistry: A superior skill you can learn by study, practice
• piazza: Public square for pedestrians In Europe
• deliverance: Being saved from danger
• inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• dell: Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake