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at peace
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at peace
Free of worries; peaceful.
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at peace with
Not disturbed or upset by.
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at peace with
Not menacing or hostile toward.
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peace and quiet
Tranquility; freedom from stress or interruptions.
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speak now or forever hold your peace
Say something now or don't say anything at all.
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a picture paints a thousand words
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
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buzz up
To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.
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close off
To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
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close up
To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
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go out
To leave, especially a building.
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pop out
To leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.
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a house is not a home
A home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.
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break new ground
To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation.
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burn one's candle at both ends
To work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind.
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developments
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
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fire drill
An organised practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.
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olive branch
peace offering
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semi detached house
type of building
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silence is golden
Peace and quiet have immense value.Often the best choice is to say nothing.
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the calm before the storm
A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.
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tower block
high-rise building
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urban fabric
The physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes; while excluding without prejudice to this useful term, environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.
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whistle walk
The path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.
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whole shebang
A building or house and everything in it.
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