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plan. /р!аеп/ [i> T) to design a large space,
such as a town or a park, and to decide how all the different parts should be arranged: The campus was originally planned in the 1950s, when there weren't as many cars. planning - planned - have planned
El someone whose job is designing things
designer /diашэг [n CI someone whose job is to design new machines, furniture, clothes etc. De Loreon worked as a designer for the Ford Motor Company. /ashion/furniture/so/tware etc designer The show features clothes by famous fashion designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier.
architect /'a:rki>tekt [n C] someone whose job is to design buildings: The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
DESTROY
to damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired
BREAK ^ _ DAMAGE
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see
BROKEN also explode
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SPOIL ENVIRONMENT
II to destroy buildings, cities, trees etc
destroy /dj'siroi/ T] to damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired:
The earthquake destroyed much of the city. I In Brazil the rainforests are gradually being destroyed. I A force of 500 aircraft set out to destroy the US паиу. I The factory was almost completely destroyed by fire.
Don't use destroy about clothes or
cars.
devastate rdevssteit/ [и T) to cause so
much damage over a large area that most
of the buildings, trees, and crops there are
destroyed: A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night. I The country has been devastated by floods.
be in ruins /bi: in 'ru^nz/ if a town or building is in ruins, it has been completely destroyed: The village was in rums. Nothing had survived. I Four days and nights of continuous bombing had left the city in ruins.
wreck /гек./ If T] to deliberately damage a
building or room so badly that it cannot be
used again: A huge bomb wrecked the Opera House. I The bar was wrecked by a gang of drunks.
destruction di'strAkJ>n/ [n U] when something is destroyed: The war caused widespread death and destruction.
+ оfa campaign to haft the destruction
of the Amazonian forest
demolish /di'moliJIdi'ma:-/ [и T] to destroy a building using special equipment, because it is old or not safe: Eventually, in 1992, the apartment
block was demolished. I When they demolished the church, a cave was discovered beneath it.
demolition .dema'lipn j[n U] when a building is demolished: The plans involve the demolition of some 18th century houses.
knock down nnk daon||,naik- [phrasal verb T] to destroy a building or part of a building in order to build something new knock sth down They'll have to knock these houses down when they build the new road.
knock down sth We knocked down the internal wall iо make the room bigger.
В to completely destroy a car
wreck /гек [и TJ to damage a car very badly in an accident: They had stolen a car and wrecked it on the freeway, wrecked [adj] Wrecked vehicles lay abandoned at the roadside.
write off /.rait 'Df]o:f7 [phrasal verb TJ British to damage a car so badly in an accident that it cannot be repaired write off sth/write sth off She wrote off her mother's car the first time she drove it.
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If you want to describe what someone looks like, you will find many useful words in other parts of this book. For example.
How big are they?
^ go to TAIL, SHORT, FAT, THIN
Are they good-looking?
^ go to BEAUTIFUL ОГ UGLY
How old are they?
^ go to ACE, YOUNG, OLD
What is their hair like? go to hair
What are their clothes like?
^ go to clothes, fashionable/ unfashionable
Do they have any other noticeable features? For example:
glasses /'gia:si,z||'glae7 In plural] two pieces
of glass in a frame that people wear to help them see better: She has blonde hair and she wears glasses. I I sat down next to a small man with glasses and a beard.
freckles /'freMz/ [n plural] small brown spots on someone's face that are made darker by the sun: Anna had pale skin and freckles. I a fair-haired boy u^ith
freckles
D describing people's
appearance
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
/reckled [adj] a girl with red hair and a freckled face
wrinkles /'riqtelz/ [n plural] lines in the skin that people get when they get older: His hair was almost white and there were wrinkles around his eyes and mouth.
wrinkled (adj] a wrinkled face
pierced ear /,pi9rst 'iэг/ [n C] when someone's ear has a small hole in it so that they can wear jewellery in it: Nick's got long hair and a pierced ear. 1 Do you have pierced ears?
tattoo /ts'tu:, tЈ-/ In С] a picture permanently marked on someone's skin with a needle and ink: Ceri's got a tattoo of a butfer//y on her shoulder I a big man with tattoos all over his arms