ARRIVE (d) AT	reach a particular place or destination	LLegar
BUILD UP - BUILT UP - BUILT UP	develop gradually; promote to make prosperous	Construir
CLEAR (d)	free from an undesirable situation or condition .	evacuar
COMMUTE (id)	travel from home to place of work or school on a regular basis	Trasladarse
DEMOLISH (t)	tear down; destroy; make a total wreck of	Demoler
DRIVE AROUND - DROVE AROUND - DRIVEN AROUND	drive aimlessly	Manejar sin direccion alrededor
FLOOD (id)	cover with water; a great flow of water over the land	Inundar
HURRY(d)	go or cause to go with haste; rush	Apurarse, darse prisa
INCITE (id)	awaken shift into activity	Incitar
JAYWALK (t)	cross the street in the middle of the block or carelessly as from between parked cars or through traffic	Persona que se cruza a mitad de la calle
LOOT (id)	take from another by force; steal; plunder; rob	Saquear
PLUNDER (d)	rob or take goods from another by force as in war; oot, rob; steal	saquear
OVERCROWD (id)	put too many people in one place at one time	Sobre lleno
PROJECT (id)	design or plan.
RAISE (d)	erect, to form a structure as in raise a new bridge	Construir o levantar una edificación importante o un monumento
RAZE (d)	Destroy or tear down as in raze an old bridge or building	Demoler
Tear down	Derribar
RIDE-RODE-RIDDEN	Travel by animal or in a vehicle.
RIOT (id)	Cause or participate in violent public disorder.
RELOCATE (id)	move to a new location, sometimes with force.
RENEW (d)	make or become new again; make like new.
RUSH (t)	move or act with great rapidity; hurry	Darse prisa, apurarse
SAUNTER (d)	- stroll; walk slowly in a leisurely manner	Caminar plasenteramente-pasearse
STROLL (d)	- saunter; walk	slowly ina leisurely manner: Caminar plasenteramente-pasearse
TEAR DOWN - TORE DOWN- TORN DOWN	raze; demolish	Demoler
URBANIZE (d)	make urban in character; supply an area with streets, public utilities, schools, hospitals, etc	Urbanizar
WALK (t) AROUND	walk with no special destination in mind. Caminar sin ninguna dirección	Caminar alrededor sin una direccion
WRECK (t)	break up or destroy	Destruir
AVENUE	a broad street.
BOULEVARD	a wide street, often tree-lined and landscaped with trees as a separation between traffic lanes.
BLOCK	a city square or the distance along one of its sides.
BROAD	wide	Amplio
CHURCH	Christian house of religious worship.
MOSQUE	Muslim house of worship	Iglesia mulsumana
SYNAGOGUE also SYNAGOG	Jewish house of worship	Iglesia Judia
CINEMA	movie theater or movies.
CIVIC PRIDE	attitude of pride in behavior, action, and love for one's town	Orgullo civico
CONGESTED	overcrowded.
CROSSTOWN	located at opposite points in a town or city	A lado opuesto
CROWD	large number of people in one place	Multitud
CURB	the raised edging along as street, usually separating the street from the sidewalk	Cordon de la banqueta
DOWNTOWN	to, toward, or in the business center of a city.
DRAINAGE	system of drains for carrying off rainwater.
EYESORE	an unpleasant sight; anything offensive to the sight	contaminacion Visual
FIRE DEPARTMENT	city department for fightingf fires.
GUTTER	a channel for carrying off rainwater	Canal pluvial
HAZE	fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air that reduces visibility	Neblina Ligera-Broma
HEALTH CENTER also HOSPITAL. AREA	concentration of health care facilities.
HOMETOWN	the town where one was born.
HOSPITAL	institution where sick and injured receive medical care.
HOUSING	buildings in which people live	Alojamiento
HOUSING PROJECT	a plan for urban housing.
LANDMARK	an object or building of importance in a town or city that is easily recognized and helps as a location reference	Punto de referencia
LIBRARY	place where literature, musical, artistic, or reference materials such as books, films,magazines, and newspapers are kept for use but not for sale.
LOOTER	a person who engages in looting during riots	Sacadeores
MANHOLE also MANHOLE COVER	street access to underground drains, gas or power lines	Tapa de alcantarilla
METRO also SUBWAY	underground transit.
METROPOLIS	a maior city; especially, the capital, the largest, or the most important city in a particular region	Ciudad grande
METROPOLITAN	characteristic of a metropolis.
MOB	large disorderly, uncontrolled crowd	Un grupo de personas encabronadas
MOVIE THEATER	place where moving pictures are projected.
NARROW	of less than standard size from side to side	A narrow street.Angosta
ORDINANCE	a municipal law	Leyes Municipales
OVERHEAD	above; hanging one's head such as overhead phone lines, overhead electric wiring.
PLAYGROUND	recreational area children to play; playground equipment may include the swings, seesaw or teeter totter, slide, monkey bars, spring rockers, merry-go-round, sand box and playhouse	Patio de Juegos
POLICE DEPARTMENT	government department which is responsible for public order and law.
POLICE STATION	headquarters for the police department.
RIOT	violent public disorder; to cause such disorder	Motin
SEWER	pipe or channel to carry off waste water	Alcantarilla
SIDEWALK	paved walk at the side of a street or road	Banqueta
SIGHTS	places of interest	Monumentos
SLUM	thickly populated city area marked by poverty	Barrio Bajo
SMOG	combination of smoke and fog	Contaminacion por emission de carros fabricas
SQUARE	an open area in a city as in Times Square in NY Trafalgar Square in London	Explanada
SUBURBS	residential area outside of a city.
SUBWAY also METRO	underground electric railway; the metro.
THEATER	building or room for viewing a play or movie.
TOWN HALL or CITY HALL	building that contains offices for public officials and the town or city	Palacio de Gobierno
TOWNSPEOPLE	inhabitants of a town or city	townswoman, townsman:Gente del pueblo
TRAFFIC JAM	crowded closely together impending the flow of traffic.
TRAFFIC LIGHT	signal lights to regulate the flow of traffic	Semaforo
UNDERGROUND	beneath the surface of the earth such as underground pipes, underground wires,and underground- transportation.
UPTOWN	to, toward, or in the upper part of a city	Parte alta de la ciudad
URBAN	Characteristic of a city or city life.
URBAN RENEWAL	state-sponsored reconstruction of slum areas.
VIEW	the extent or range of vision; a particular landscape or sight.
VILLAGE	a small group of houses in a rural area	Aldea
VILLAGER	a person who lives in a village	Aldeano
WIDE	broad	amplio

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