Grand house
A really expensive and big house. A villa.
The Great Gatsby lived in a grand house.
Fixer upper
And old and bad mantained house you buy but need rehabilitation to live
Tile
A piece of material used to cover walls of rooms such as bathroom or kitchen
“Castellón is one of the main producers of tales in Spain”
Gentrification
Improving an area to attract wealthy people
Grinds to a halt
Stop
Smog
Smoke + fog. Polluted air.
This morning smog made us to use a mask.
R. V. Home
Caravan or mobile recreational vehicle
“We spent the summer traveling across Spain in our RV home”
Affluent (adj.)
Having a lot of money (Acaudalado)
Up-and-coming (adj.)
Leading to achieve success in the near future (En crecimiento)
Spotless (adj.)
Extremely clean (Impoluto)
Sprawl (vb.)
To cover a large area of land with buildings, especially gradually over a period of time (Expandir)
Spring up (vb.)
To start to exist suddenly (Surgir)
Crammed (adj.)
Very full of people or things (Abarrotado)
Deprived (adj.)
Not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions
(Desfavorecido)
Pricey
Expensive (Caro)
Good value
Good quality (de buena calidad)
Run (vb.)
Extenderse, abarcar (calle, avenida…)
High-rise flats
Torres de apartamentos
Inner city
Zona urbana céntrica pobre
Urban wasteland
Zonas urbanas abandonadas
No-go areas
Áreas peligrosas
Shanty towns
Barrios de chabolas
Back of beyond
En el quinto pino (muy lejos)
In the middle of nowhere
En medio de la nada
