84. Where is the Best Place to Live?: the Most ‘Liveable’ City 2021 (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Thinking in English
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Where is the best place to live in the world? Which city has the best living conditions? And how can we determine what the “best” really means? Fortunately for us, The Global Liveability Index 2021 was recently released which answers many of these questions, and I will discuss the results on this episode of Thinking in English!
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Vocabulary List
Quality (n) - a characteristic or feature of someone or something
I don't think he has the right qualities to be a teacher
Infrastructure (n) - the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively
The war has badly damaged the country’s infrastructure
To cope (v) - to deal successfully with a difficult situation
It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job
Generous (adj) - more or larger than usual or expected
My boss gave me a generous pay increase
Domestically (adv) - inside a particular country rather than in other countries
The movie made $76 million domestically but only $1.3 million abroad
To plummet (v) - to fall very quickly and suddenly
House prices have plummeted in recent months
Civil (adj) - not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country
Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use
To favour (v) - to support or prefer one particular possibility
I generally favour travelling by night, when the roads are quiet
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