Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Voa, Cbs, Fox, Cnn Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       Moscow's Bolshoi theater closing for 3-year renovation Each night, Moscow's landmark Bolshoi Theater offers opera and ballet performances to packed houses inside a storied building that dates from the 1850's. This was the place where many of the world's most-loved ballets were first played, among them Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. It still offers those timeless favorites along with opera classics and even occasional modern dance performances. The cream-colored building has become an ________ of Russia second only St Basil's Cathedral on nearby Red Square. But in recent years, the Bolshoi, which means 'big' in Russian, has been showing its age. Cracks have appeared in its outer walls, and some of the floors in its ballet training rooms behind the stage are ________. Perhaps most importantly, the area beneath the stage needs urgent attention, if the old theater is to continue mounting the large-scale productions for which it is famous.           icon   An important, enduring symbol       warp   To become bent or twisted out of shape                   01   02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26    27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71  72   73   74   75     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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