noun

neighbour

neigh·bour [neighbour neighbours neighboured neighbouring] (especially US neigh·bor)  [ˈneɪbə(r)]    [ˈneɪbər]  noun
1. a person who lives next to you or near you
• We've had a lot of support from all our friends and neighbours.

• Our next-door neighbours are very noisy.

2. a country that is next to or near another country

• Britain's nearest neighbour is France.

3. a person or thing that is standing or located next to another person or thing
• Stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour.

• The tree fell slowly, its branches caught in those of its neighbours.

4. (literary) any other human
• We should all love our neighbours.  
Word Origin:
Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah ‘nigh, near’ + gebūr ‘inhabitant, peasant, farmer’ (compare with boor).  
Example Bank:
• He's having a barbecue and he's inviting all the neighbours.
• I've just met our new neighbours.
• My nearest neighbour lives a few miles away.
• Our new neighbours moved in today.
• She could hear her downstairs neighbour moving around.
• She leaned over to her nearest neighbour and whispered something.
• She's been a very good neighbour to me.
• Shh! You'll wake the neighbours.
• The country is vulnerable to attack from hostile neighbours.
• The neighbours complained about his loud music.
• The two men became neighbours.

• They are near neighbours of ours.

friend

friend [friend friends friended friending]   [frend]    [frend]  noun

 
PERSON YOU LIKE
1. a person you know well and like, and who is not usually a member of your family
• This is my friend Tom.
• Is he a friend of yours?
• She's an old friend (= I have known her a long time).
• He's one of my best friends.
• a close/good friend
• a childhood/family/lifelong friend
• I heard about it through a friend of a friend.
• She has a wide circle of friends.

see also  befriend, boyfriend, fair-weather, false friend, girlfriend, penfriend, school friend  

SUPPORTER

2. a person who supports an organization, a charity, etc, especially by giving or raising money; a person who supports a particular idea, etc
• the Friends of St Martin's Hospital
• a friend of democracy

• Theatre tickets are 10% cheaper for Friends.  

NOT ENEMY

3. a person who has the same interests and opinions as yourself, and will help and support you
• You're among friends here— you can speak freely.

• His eyes were moving from face to face: friend or foe?  

SILLY/ANNOYING PERSON

4. (ironic) used to talk about sb you do not know who has done sth silly or annoying

• I wish our friend at the next table would shut up.  

IN PARLIAMENT/COURT

5. (in Britain) used by a member of parliament to refer to another member of parliament or by a lawyer to refer to another lawyer in a court of law
• my honourable friend, the member for Henley (= in the House of Commons)
• my noble friend (= in the House of Lords)

• my learned friend (= in a court of law)  

IN RELIGION

6. Friend a member of the Society of Friends
Syn:  Quaker 
more at man's best friend at  man  _n.
Idioms: friend in need ▪ friends ▪ good friends ▪ have friends in high places  
Word Origin:
Old English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by free.  
Thesaurus:
friend noun C
• He's one of my best friends.
companion • • acquaintance • • confidant • • ally • |BrE, informal mate • |AmE, informal buddy • |informal, old-fashioned pal • |often disapproving crony •
Opp: enemy
a friend/mate/buddy/pal of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs/my mother's/Diana's, etc.
an old friend/acquaintance/ally/mate/buddy/pal
a good friend/companion/mate/buddy/pal
have friends/acquaintances/allies/mates/buddies/pals 
Example Bank:
• Does your sister have any single friends?
• Even his own friends don't believe him.
• He finds it difficult to make friends.
• He introduced me to his circle of friends.
• He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend.
• He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that.
• Her best friend at school was called Anna.
• I was given this necklace by a good friend of mine.
• I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party.
• If you need a friend, just call me.
• It was so relaxing to be among old friends.
• My so-called friends are making fun of me because of my weight.
• People he had trusted turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
• She doesn't have many good friends.
• She's made friends with the little girl who lives next door.
• They became friends after meeting at college.
• We met each other through a mutual friend.
• We stayed friends even after we grew up and left home.
• a friend from high school
• He's one of my best friends.
• I heard about it through a friend of a friend.
• Is he a friend of yours?
• She has a wide circle of friends.
• She met up with some of her old school friends.
• She's an old friend.

• a childhood/family/lifelong friend

restaurant

res·taur·ant [restaurant restaurants]   [ˈrestrɒnt]    [ˈrestrɑːnt]    [ˈrestərɑːnt]  noun
a place where you can buy and eat a meal
• an Italian restaurant
• We had a meal in a restaurant.
• We went out to a restaurant to celebrate.
• a restaurant owner
• a self-service restaurant
compare  cafe  
Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from French, from restaurer ‘provide food for’ (literally ‘restore to a former state’).  
Collocations:
Restaurants
Eating out
eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
go (out)/take sb (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
have a meal with sb
make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
reserve/ (especially BrE) book a table for six
ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
In the restaurant
wait to be seated
show sb to their table
sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
hand sb/give sb the menu/wine list
open/read/study/peruse the menu
the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children's menu/an extensive wine list
taste/sample/try the wine
the waiter takes your order
order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (BrE) speciality/(especially NAmE) specialty
serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
complain about the food/the service/your meal
enjoy your meal
Paying
pay/ask for (especially BrE) the bill/(NAmE) the check
pay for/treat sb to dinner/lunch/the meal
service is (not) included
give sb/leave (sb) a tip 
Example Bank:
• If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant.
• It operates 79 restaurants in 26 states.
• Restaurant workers are often badly paid.
• She decided to open her own restaurant.
• She eats at the hotel restaurant when she travels on business.
• She frequented the restaurant on almost a weekly basis.
• She runs a family fish restaurant on the seafront.
• The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast.
• They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant.
• They walked out of the restaurant without paying.
• We don't do a lot of restaurant dining.
• We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant.
• We would recommend this restaurant to anyone.
• We're going to try this Italian restaurant that just opened.
• a little restaurant I know in Paris
• a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities
• an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine
• hygiene standards in the restaurant industry
• some of the hottest restaurants in New York
• the country's most successful chain restaurants
• the few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors

• the increasing cost of restaurant meals

classmate

class·mate [classmate classmates]   [ˈklɑːsmeɪt]    [ˈklæsmeɪt]  noun
a person who is or was in the same class as you at school or college 
Example Bank:

• Are you curious to know where your former classmates are now?

supermarket

super·mar·ket [supermarket supermarkets]   [ˈsuːpəmɑːkɪt]    [ˈsjuːmɑːkɪt]    [ˈsuːpərmɑːrkət]  (NAmE also ˈgrocery store) noun
a large shop/store that sells food, drinks and goods used in the home. People choose what they want from the shelves and pay for it as they leave.
See also: grocery store  
Example Bank:
• An increasing amount of organic produce is to be found on supermarket shelves.

• More and more of us are doing all our shopping in supermarkets.

station

sta·tion [station stations stationed stationing] noun, verb   [ˈsteɪʃn]    [ˈsteɪʃn]

noun  

FOR TRAINS/BUSES
1. a place where trains stop so that passengers can get on and off; the buildings connected with this
• I get off at the next station.
• the main station
• Penn Station
• a train station
• (BrE also) a railway station
• (BrE) a tube/an underground station

• (NAmE) a subway station

2. (usually in compounds) a place where buses stop; the buildings connected with this
• a bus/coach station  In Britain, the word station on its own usually refers to the train station
• Can you tell me the way to the station? In the US it is usual to say which station you are talking about
• the train station

• the Greyhound Bus station  

FOR WORK/SERVICE

3. (usually in compounds) a place or building where a service is organized and provided or a special type of work is done
• a police station
• (BrE) a petrol station
• (NAmE) a gas station
• an agricultural research station
• a pollution monitoring station

compare  space station  

RADIO/TV COMPANY

4. (often in compounds) a radio or television company and the programmes it broadcasts
• a local radio/TV station

• He tuned to another station.  

SOCIAL POSITION

5. (old-fashioned or formal) your social position

• She was definitely getting ideas above her station.  

POSITION

6. a place where sb has to wait and watch or be ready to do work if needed
• You are not to leave your station without permission.

see also  docking station  

LARGE FARM

7. (usually in compounds) a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand  

FOR ARMY/NAVY
8. a small base for the army or navy; the people living in it
• a naval station
see also  action stations, see panic stations at  panic  _n.  
Word Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to “position”, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a group)’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.  
Thesaurus:
station noun
1. C
• Get off at the next station.
stop • • bus stop • • terminus • • terminal • • destination • |AmE depot •
a rail/railway/railroad station/terminus/terminal
a train station/terminus/depot
a bus station/terminus/terminal/depot
arrive at the station/stop/bus stop/terminal/your destination
2. C (often in compounds)
• a local radio/TV station
channel • • network • |technical frequency •
a television station/channel/network
a radio station/network/frequency
tune to a station/channel/frequency 
Example Bank:
• I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.
• I went into a polling station and cast my vote.
• The UK post was a way station to retirement.
• The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours.
• The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire station officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.
• The police led me into the station house.
• The station airs 14 hours of local news per week.
• The train arrived at Oxford Station twenty minutes late.
• There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.
• We get off at the next station.
• We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.
• We stopped for a break at a motorway service station.
• We waited for him at the bus station.
• a digital radio station
• a gas station attendant
• the CIA station chief in Vietnam
• I bought a newspaper at the bus station.
• I'll get a coffee at the station.
• I'll give you a lift to the station.
• I'm getting off at the next station.
• Temple is the name of both a London tube station and a Paris metro station.
• The train left the station on time.
• The train was just arriving at the station.
• There was an explosion in a subway station.
• They met on the station platform.
• a local radio/TV station

• the railroad/train/subway/bus station

news-stand

ˈnews-stand [news-stand news-stands] (US ˈnewsstand)      noun
a place on the street, at a station, etc. where you can buy newspapers and magazines

• The first issue of the magazine hit the news-stands (= went on sale) today.

library

li·brary [library libraries]   [ˈlaɪbrəri]    [ˈlaɪbri]    [ˈlaɪbreri]  noun (pl. li·braries)
1. a building in which collections of books, CDs, newspapers, etc. are kept for people to read, study or borrow
• a public/reference/university, etc. library
• a library book

• a toy library (= for borrowing toys from)

2. a room in a large house where most of the books are kept

3. (formal) a personal collection of books, CDs, etc

• a new edition to add to your library

4. a series of books, recordings, etc. produced by the same company and similar in appearance
• a library of children's classics  
Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria ‘bookshop’, feminine (used as a noun) of librarius ‘relating to books’, from liber, libr- ‘book’.  
Culture:
libraries
Almost every town in Britain and the US has a public library. Many older libraries were built with money given by Andrew Carnegie, a US businessman originally from Scotland.
Public libraries are often open until late evening during the week, part of Saturday, and in the US even on Sunday. Librarians manage the libraries and advise people how to find the books or information they need.
Public libraries contain fiction (= story books), non-fiction (= books containing facts), children’s books, and usually magazines, CDs, DVDs and videos and have computers with access to the Internet. Every library has a catalogue which shows where books on a particular subject can be found. Many US university libraries use the Library of Congress system for arranging books in order on the shelves. In Britain and in public libraries in the US the Dewey decimal classification system is the most used.
Libraries are often divided into a reference section and a lending section. Books from the reference section, e.g. dictionaries and directories, as well as newspapers and magazines, can only be used in the library. Books from the lending section can be borrowed free of charge for a period of two or three weeks by people who are members of the library. Anyone living in the local area can join a library and obtain a library card. If a book is returned late, after the due date, the borrower has to pay a fine. Public libraries are also a source of local information and a centre for community activities. Many have special programmes for children to help them feel comfortable using a library. In school holidays they organize storytelling and other entertainments.
Travelling libraries (= libraries set up inside large vans) take books round country areas for people who cannot easily get to a town. In the US travelling libraries are called bookmobiles. Schools, colleges and universities have their own private libraries for the use of students and teachers.
In both Britain and the US public libraries receive money from local and national government but, increasingly, they do not receive enough for their needs. In Britain some smaller libraries have had to close. In the US people believe strongly that information and education should be freely available. Libraries are important in achieving this but, as in Britain, they do not get sufficient money and depend on the help of volunteers who work without pay.
The biggest library in Britain is the British Library in London with over 150 million books, CDs, DVDs and tape recordings. Other important libraries include the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, the Cambridge University Library and the Bodleian Library in Oxford. These libraries are called copyright libraries or legal deposit libraries and are entitled to receive a free copy of every book that is published in Britain. The largest library in the US is the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. 
Example Bank:
• A number of councils operate mobile libraries.
• Do you have any books to take back to the library?
• Do you know about the other services available at your local library?
• Everyone in the country should have access to a lending library.
• How often do you go to the library?
• I got this very interesting book out of the library.
• I've been reading newspapers in the library.
• In 1784 he established his first circulating library.
• It is a copyright library and receives three copies of all books published in Britain.
• She had built up an impressive library of art books.
• Students are taught library skills in the first week of their course.
• The family possessed an extensive library.
• The library has an extensive collection of books on Chinese history.
• The school has an excellent library.
• a holiday programme for children at the local library
• a personal library of over 1 000 volumes
• a plan to provide mobile library services in rural environments
• teaching library skills to schoolchildren
• the Herbert Hoover presidential library in West Branch, Iowa

• the need to improve library provision

hotel

hotel [hotel hotels]   [həʊˈtel]    [hoʊˈtel]  noun
1. a building where people stay, usually for a short time, paying for their rooms and meals
• We stayed at/in a hotel.
• hotel rooms/guests
• a two-star/five-star, etc. hotel
• a luxury hotel

• a friendly, family-run hotel

2. (AustralE, NZE) a pub

3. (IndE) a restaurant  Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of hotel and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned. 
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: from French hôtel, from Old French hostel, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.  
Thesaurus:
hotel noun C
• We stayed at a cheap hotel near the station.
motel • • guest house • • bed and breakfast/B and B/B & B • • hostel •
stay in/at a hotel/motel/guest house/bed and breakfast/hostel
check in at/check into/check out of a hotel/motel/bed and breakfast/hostel
run a hotel/motel/guest house/bed and breakfast/hostel 
Collocations:
Travel and tourism
Holidays/vacations
have/take (BrE) a holiday/(NAmE) a vacation/a break/a day off/(BrE) a gap year
go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially BrE) booking
rent a villa/(both BrE) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
(especially BrE) hire/ (especially NAmE) rent a car/bicycle/moped
stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both BrE) a holiday home/a caravan
cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(BrE) en suite room
check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
call/order room service
cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
Foreign travel
apply for/get/renew a/your passport
take out/buy/get travel insurance
catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(NAmE also) layover in Hong Kong
experience/cause/lead to delays
check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially BrE) luggage/(especially NAmE) baggage
be charged for/pay excess baggage
board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
The tourist industry
attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
encourage/promote/hurt tourism
promote/develop ecotourism
build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially BrE) seaside/beach/ski resort
work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially NAmE) low-fare/budget airlines
book sth through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs 
Example Bank:
• The hotel features a beautiful dining room overlooking the lake.
• The hotel is fully air-conditioned.
• The hotel is situated in the heart of the city.
• The hotel offers excellent facilities.
• We checked into the hotel, then went for a walk along the beachfront.
• We met at the hotel.
• We're staying at a cheap hotel near the station.
• We're staying in a two-star hotel in the centre of the city.
• a family hotel with a playground for small children
• a friendly family-run hotel
• a small country hotel
• all the style and comfort that only the best hotels can provide
• homeless families living in bed and breakfast hotels
• He owns a big hotel chain.
• I took a taxi back to my hotel.
• I'll collect my bags and check out of the hotel.
• It's a family-run hotel with a relaxed atmosphere.
• It's a five-star hotel.
• It's the poshest hotel I've ever stayed in.
• Most of the jobs are in the hotel and catering industry.
• She booked into a hotel near the conference centre.
• The hotel is about five miles from here.
• The trip includes two nights in a luxury hotel.
• There is a shortage of hotel accommodation in the city.
• This is a delightful hotel within easy reach of all amenities.
• We arranged to meet in the foyer of the hotel.
• We ended up in a seedy hotel next to the station.
• We had dinner in the restaurant of a large hotel.

• You can make phone calls from your hotel room.

petrol station

ˈpetrol station [petrol station]       (BrE) (NAmE ˈgas station) (also ˈfilling station, ˈservice station NAmE, BrE) noun

a place at the side of a road where you take your car to buy petrol/gas, oil, etc.