Glossary

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**Definition of AVENUE ** **1 ****: a way of access : ****[|route] ** **2 ****: a channel for pursuing a desired object  ** **3 ****a **** //chiefly British// : the principal walk or driveway to a house situated off a main road ****b **** : a broad passageway bordered by trees ** **4 ****: an often broad street or road ** **<span style="background-color: white; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Examples of ****<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">AVENUE ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. We drove down the //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">avenue //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. We plan to pursue all available //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">avenues //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">to get our message to the public. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. They have closed off that //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">avenue //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of discussion. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. a new //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">avenue //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of research <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[] **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> ** Bathroom : media type="file" key="Bathroom_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"** <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">

Definition of // BATHROOM //
1 **:** a room containing a bathtub or shower and usually a sink and toilet 2 **:** [|lavatory] 2

Examples of // BATHROOM //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathroom?show=0&t=1299761385
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">Their house has three // bathroom s//.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">The restaurant has only one // bathroom //.

** Boulevard: media type="file" key="Boulevard_OL.wav" width="192" height="16" **


==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Definition of // BOULEVARD // ** == <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px;"> **:** a broad often landscaped thoroughfare <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px;"> **Examples of // BOULEVARD //**  <span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;"><the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-linedboulevards >

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Brick : media type="file" key="Brick_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

Definition of // BRICK //
1 //plural// ** brick s** //or// ** brick ** **:** a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2 1?4 × 3 3?4 × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat

Examples of // BRICK //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">a house made of // brick //

** Bungalow : media type="file" key="Bungalow_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

Definition of // BUNGALOW //
**:** a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof; //also// **:** a house having one and a half stories and usually a front porc

Examples of // BUNGALOW //
1. I used to live in a // bungalow //.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bungalow

** Cement : media type="file" key="Cement_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of // CEMENT //
1//a// **:** [|concrete] //b// **:** a powder of alumina, silica, lime, iron oxide, and magnesium oxide burned together in a kiln and finely pulverized and used as an ingredient of mortar and concrete; //also// **:** any mixture used for a similar purpose 2 **:** a binding element or agency: as //a// **:** a substance to make objects adhere to each other //b// **:** something serving to unite firmly <justice is the // cement // that holds a political community together — R. M. Hutchins>

Examples of // CEMENT //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">There is a layer of // cement // under the bricks.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;"><what kind of // cement // works best on glass and pottery?>

@http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cement

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">**Colonnade: media type="file" key="Colonnade_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"** ==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;"> == ==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Definition of // COLONNADE // ** == ==**<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"> : a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure **==

==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Examples of // COLONNADE // ** == <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.

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** Fence : media type="file" key="Fence_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of // FENCE //
1 //archaic// **:** a means of protection **:** [|defense]

2 //a// **:** a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary;//especially// **:** such a barrier made of posts and wire or boards //b// **:** an immaterial barrier or boundary line <on the other side of the // fence // in the argument> 3 **:** [|fencing] 1 4 //a// **:** a receiver of stolen goods //b// **:** a place where stolen goods are bought — ** fence ·less** \-l?s\ //adjective// — ** fence ·less·ness** //noun// — **on the fence ** **:** in a position of neutrality or indecision

Examples of // FENCE //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">We put up a // fence // around our yard.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;"><the only way to prevent motorists from trying to use that unsafe bridge is to put a // fence // across the road leading to it>

@http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fence

** Fine Arts : media type="file" key="FineArt_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of //FINE ART//
1 //a// **:** art (as painting, sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects —usually used in plural //b// **:** objects of fine art

Examples of //FINE ART//
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine+arts?show=0&t=1300367919
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">a collector of //fine art//
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">She studies painting in the department of //fine arts//.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">We saw the sculpture at the Museum of //Fine Arts//.


 * Glue: media type="file" key="Glue_OL.wav" width="192" height="16" **

==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;">Definition of // GLUE // == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">1 //a//: **any of various strong adhesive substances; //especially//** : **a hard protein chiefly gelatinous substance that absorbs water to form a viscous solution with strong adhesive properties and that is obtained by cooking down collagenous materials (as hides or bones)** //b// : **a solution of glue used for sticking things together** <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">2 : **something that binds together <enough social //glue//…to satisfy the human desire for community — E. D. Hirsch, Jr.> ** <span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;"> ==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;">Examples of // GLUE // ==
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">**The hardware store offers several different glues** **.**
 * 2) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">**<used glue** **to stick the photo in the album>**
 * SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary**
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** Highway : media type="file" key="Highway_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of // HIGHWAY //
**:** a public way; //especially// **:** a main direct road

Examples of // HIGHWAY //

 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">I had heard there was a traffic jam on the // highway //, so I took the side roads.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;"><the four-lane // highway // narrows to two lanes once you leave the city>

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway?show=0&t=1300363940

** Landscape : media type="file" key="Landscape_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of // LANDSCAPE //
1 //a// **:** a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery //b// **:** the art of depicting such scenery

2 //a// **:** the landforms of a region in the aggregate //b// **:** a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place //c// **:** a particular area of activity **:** scene <the political // landscape //> 3 //obsolete// **:** vista, prospect

Examples of // LANDSCAPE //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">She likes to paint // landscape s//.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">The farm is set in a // landscape // of rolling hills.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">He gazed out at the beautiful // landscape //.

@http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landscape?show=0&t=1297342018

** Lawn : media type="file" key="Lawn_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**



Definition of // LAWN //
1 //archaic// **:** an open space between woods **:** [|glade]

2 **:** ground (as around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with grass and is kept mowed 3 **:** a relatively even layer of bacteria covering the surface of a culture medium

Examples of // LAWN //
1: She likes the lawn of the house next door.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawn

** Mirror : media type="file" key="Mirror_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

Definition of // MIRROR //
1 **:** a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection 2 //a// **:** something that gives a true representation //b// **:** an exemplary mode

Examples of // MIRROR //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;"><breaking a // mirror // is supposed to bring seven years of bad luck>

==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;"> == ==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Definition of // PERISTYLE // ** == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**1** **:** a colonnade surrounding a building or court <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**2** **:** an open space enclosed by a colonnade ==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Examples of // PERISTYLE // ** ==
 * Peristyle: media type="file" key="Peristyle_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

**1 :** The Temple of Artemis had a peristyle in his structure

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary []


 * Skyline: media type="file" key="Skyline_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;">Definition of // SKYLINE // == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">1 : **the apparent juncture of earth and sky** : **<span style="color: #2965c7; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[|horizon] ** <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">2 : **an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: inline ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;">** Examples of // SKYLINE // ** <span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;">
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">**the New York City skyline**

<span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">[] **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary **


 * Temple: media type="file" key="Temple_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;">Definition of // TEMPLE // == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">1 : **a building for religious practice: as** //a// <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">2 : **a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders; //also//** : **the building housing it**
 * //often capitalized//** : **either of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem** //b// : **a building for Mormon sacred ordinances** //c// : **the house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations**

==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Definition of // TEMPLE // ** ==


 * 1 : ** In the years before Christ there were a lot of temples made for goddes

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary []


 * Sidewalk : media type="file" key="Sidewalk_OL.wav" width="239" height="40"**

Definition of // SIDEWALK //
**:** a usually paved walk for pedestrians at the side of a street

Examples of // SIDEWALK //
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary @http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidewalk
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;">Bicycles are not allowed on the // sidewalk //.

** Tower: media type="file" key="Tower_OL.wav" width="192" height="16" **


==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Definition of // TOWER // ** == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**1** **:** a building or structure typically higher than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings that may stand apart (as a campanile) or be attached (as a church belfry) to a larger structure and that may be fully walled in or of skeleton framework (as an observation or transmission tower) <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**2** **:** a <span style="color: #2965c7; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[|towering] citadel **:** <span style="color: #2965c7; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[|fortress] <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**3** **:** one that provides support or protection **:** <span style="color: #2965c7; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[|bulwark] <a //tower//of strength> <span style="color: #a1a3a6; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;"> ==<span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Examples of // TOWER // ** == <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px -5px; padding: 0px;">[]
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;"><a hill from which one can gaze upon thetowers of that great and historic city>


 * Wasteland: media type="file" key="Wasteland_OL.wav" width="192" height="16"**

==<span style="background-color: white; background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; display: inline ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;">Definition of // WASTELAND // == <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">1 : **barren or uncultivated land <a desert //wasteland//> ** <span style="color: black; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">2 : **an ugly often devastated or barely inhabitable place or area** <span style="background-position: 0% 50%; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">** Examples of // WASTELAND // ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary <span style="color: #000000; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[]
 * 1) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">The outskirts of the city became a grim industrial wasteland.
 * 2) <span style="background-position: 0% 9px; color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 14px;">That part of the country is a cultural wasteland.