Vocabulary 1 English in Use

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homely
adjective
BrE /hmli/; NAmE /homli/

(homelier, homeliest)

1. (British English, approving) (of a place) making you feel comfortable, as if you were in your own home
The hotel has a lovely homely feel to it.
The restaurant was quite homely, with just a dozen tables.

Acogedor.
Definitions of upcycle
Verb

Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or
value than the original.

The opportunity to upcycle trash, or turn it into new products, was vast

landlord
noun
BrE /lndld/

; NAmE /lndlrd/

1. a person or company from whom you rent a room, a house, an office, etc.
The house has an absentee landlord, who visits the property once a year.

A person, especially a man, who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant.

Landlord: propietario.
Tenant: inquilino.
ergo
adverb
BrE //; NAmE /ro/

(from Latin, formal or humorous)

Therefore
Change from within will take too long. Ergo change must come from outside.
 evict
verb
BrE /vkt/; NAmE /vkt/

Verb Forms

evict somebody (from something) to force somebody to leave a house or land, especially when you
have the legal right to do so.

A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent.
The council has tried to get them evicted.
Police had to evict demonstrators from the building.

Desalojar.

bandwagon
noun
BrE /bndwn/; NAmE /bndwn/

[usually singular]

an activity that more and more people are becoming involved in.
The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll.

warp
verb
BrE /wp/; NAmE /wrp/

1. [intransitive, transitive] warp (something) to become, or make something become, twisted or bent out
of its natural shape, for example because it has become too hot, too damp, etc.
The window frames had begun to warp.

Deformar

snazzy
adjective
BrE /snzi/; NAmE /snzi/

(snazzier, snazziest) (informal)

(of clothes, cars, etc.) fashionable, bright and modern, and attracting your attention.