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miércoles, 11 de febrero de 2015

A las afueras/alrededores de la ciudad/del pueblo

Resultado de imagen para the outskirts of the city
On the outskirts of the city/town.

I live on the outskirts of London.
Cambridge Dictionary Online


 In News:

"The body of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered, was found in an isolated place near Hoskote on the outskirts of the city, police said. "
Business Standard.

"Everybody is panicking and trying to flee the area," Idris Abubakar, a resident of Polo suburb on the southwestern outskirts of the city,"
Reuters

lunes, 13 de enero de 2014

Taller de latonería y pintura.

Auto body shop, body shop.

There is an auto body shop nearby.


On the Radio: 



Commercial broadcast on Sunny 106.5 FM Texas on January 12 2014.

In News:

"Despite the hazardous conditions that seemingly sends cars slip sliding through the slush, auto body shops have yet to see a true uptick in business."
Yonkers Daily Voice.

Foto: Yonkers Daily Voice.


lunes, 4 de marzo de 2013

Tienda donde venden telas.

Fabric store.

El Castillo is a fabric store in Valencia.

In News:

"A Charlotte fabric store is making a name for itself turning furniture factory leftovers into eclectic do-it-yourself projects.
Charlotte Observer.

"Police are appealing for information after a fire was deliberately lit in a fabric and home decorator store in Castle Hill today."
NSW Government.

  
Foto: Charlotte Observer.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/21/3869304/charlotte-fabric-store-is-a-hit.html#storylink=cpy"

viernes, 7 de diciembre de 2012

Países Árabes, Mundo Árabe.



"The Arab countries include Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In News: 

"On current trends, average temperatures in Arab countries are likely to rise by as much as three degrees Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) by 2050." The Inquirer.



"Abu Dhabi and Dubai rank highest in the Arab world for quality of life and infrastructure, according to a survey by the HR consultancy Mercer."
The National.

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Differences :  Arab, Arabian and Arabic. 


jueves, 7 de junio de 2012

Asilo de Ancianos.

Nursing home.

nursing home is a place where very old people who are ill live and receive medical treatment and care.
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

In News:

""This is what we are trying to achieve by situating nursing homes in the community."
Today Online. 

jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2011

Zona de Tolerancia.


Red-light district, tolerance zone.

A red-light district is a part of a city where people and businesses sell sex.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In News:

"Taiwan is allowing local governments to set up red-light districts, potentially bringing the island’s large underground sex industry out into the open. Prostitution inside special zones will be legal, but outside of them both prostitutes and their clients can be fined. "
Voice of America.

"The police began creating “tolerance zones” in 1988, when police and social agencies devised a strategy to displace prostitution from residential areas."
Globe and Mail Canada.

Foto: Voice of America

lunes, 2 de mayo de 2011

Caserío (lugar con pocas casas y habitantes)

Hamlet.

Blanquillo, which has a population of about 900 inhabitants, is a hamlet located in Falcón State, Venezuela.


In the news:

"The hamlet, with a population of 299, is a wide place in the old Dublin-Limerick road, about 50 miles east of Limerick."
UPI

"That didn’t happen for the hamlet, located south of what is now the Cottage Grove Public Works complex on West Point Douglas Drive, where there currently are 13 homes and the Langdon School that was closed in 1955."
South Washington County Bulletin.

Foto: Diario Notitarde La Costa.