addition
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a room or area that is added to a building. The usual British word is extension.
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a small area in a room that is created by building part of one wall farther back than the rest of the wall
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a place where you can stand just outside an upper window. It sticks out from the wall of a building.
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an area of a room that sticks out from the main walls of a house and usually contains a window
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long thin pieces of wood or stone that are fixed to the edges of walls or furniture as a decoration
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the main or central part of a building, not including areas at the side or parts that have been added later
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the stone at one of the bottom corners of a new building, often put there during a special ceremony
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an area under the floor or above the ceiling of a building that is so small that you can enter and move around only by crawling
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a piece of equipment in a public place that produces water for people to drink
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a piece of furniture that is fixed in its place and is considered part of the building, and so you do not take it with you when you move. Something that is fixed but can be moved is called a fitting
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a large stone with details of when a building was built, that is placed at the bottom of the building, usually as part of a ceremony
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a machine that measures the amount of gas that you have used in your house, so that the gas company knows how much money to charge you
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a long narrow area with walls on each side that leads from one room or place to another
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a flat column that is slightly farther forward than the rest of a wall, which is usually for decoration rather than for supporting something
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a part of a building that sticks out from the main part, especially one with a particular purpose
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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