CAFE /kæˈfeɪ/ (n) (also café)

# A place where you can buy drinks and simple meals. Alcohol is not usually served in British or American cafes.

There are small shops and pavement cafes around every corner.

An outdoor cafe serving drinks and light meals.

At a cafe: They were having lunch at a cafe near the station.

In a cafe: We stopped for a coffee in our favourite cafe.

# (South African English) a small shop that sells sweets, newspapers, food, etc. and usually stays open later than other shops.


CYBERCAFE /ˈsaɪbərkæfeɪ/

​# A cafe with computers on which customers can use the internet, send emails, etc.


THE NINETEENTH HOLE (n)

# The bar at a golf course where people go to have drinks and talk after they have finished playing.

Every opportunity to increase drink sales is seized in restaurants, night clubs, pubs, hotels, even in the nineteenth hole.


THE BIG APPLE /ðə ˌbɪɡ ˈæpl/ (n):

# [singular] (informal) ​New York City.

- He wanted to take a bite out of the Big Apple (= to become familiar with New York).


LANDMARK /ˈlændmɑːrk/ (n):

#​ something, such as a large building, that you can see clearly from a distance and that will help you to know where you are.

The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline.

The tower was once a landmark for ships.


# (especially North American English) a building or a place that is very important because of its history, and that should be preserved.

The residents are seeking landmark status for the building.

The building has been designated a historical landmark by the Commission.


MONUMENT /ˈmɑːnjumənt/ (n):

#​ monument (to somebody/ something): a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event.

A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.


# a building that has special historical importance.

an ancient monument.


department store /dɪˈpɑːrtmənt stɔːr/ (n):

# ​a large shop that is divided into several parts, each part selling a different type of goods; cửa hàng tiện lợi.



shopping mall