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Jun 2021
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84. Where is the Best Place to Live?: th...

Thomas Wilkinson
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Where is the best place to live in the world? Which city has the best living conditions? And how can we determine what the “best” really means? Fortunately for us, The Global Liveability Index 2021 was recently released which answers many of these questions, and I will discuss the results on this episode of Thinking in English!


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Vocabulary List

Quality (n) - a characteristic or feature of someone or something

I don't think he has the right qualities to be a teacher

Infrastructure (n) - the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively

The war has badly damaged the country’s infrastructure

To cope (v) - to deal successfully with a difficult situation

It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job

Generous (adj) - more or larger than usual or expected

My boss gave me a generous pay increase

Domestically (adv) - inside a particular country rather than in other countries

The movie made $76 million domestically but only $1.3 million abroad

To plummet (v) - to fall very quickly and suddenly

House prices have plummeted in recent months

Civil (adj) - not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country

Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use

To favour (v) - to support or prefer one particular possibility

I generally favour travelling by night, when the roads are quiet

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