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Vocabulary: room, place or space

Even if their level of English is quite good, High School Students seldom hesitate to use a word indicating "a spot, a place, a space, a location, a site, room, a square"... Yet, these words are not strictly interchangeable. 

1)  PLACE: (countable) means "a portion of space occupied by a person or thing". It can also refer to a home, somebody's "house" or "flat", sometimes a "restaurant".

- On our way, we had a picnic in a very beautiful place near a lake. 

- What's your place of birth? 

- I couldn't find a place to park my car.

- Come to our place and have a meal with us.

-> A FEW EXPRESSIONS:

- ... between  a rock and a hard place: between undesirable alternatives

- A placemat: a mat set on a table beneath a plate. 

- There's no place like home!  

- To have one's heart in the right place: to have good intentions

- To take place: to occur

2) ROOM: is used to refer to an extent of space available for something or somebody. 

- Do you have enough room to put your books and computer? 

- There isn't enough room for this chest of drawers next to the door. 

-> A FEW EXPRESSIONS: 

- a changing room: a locker room for athletes

- a fitting room: a room to try on garments in stores. 

- some elbow room: enough room to move

- room for improvement: more possibilities to improve your knowledge

- room for manoeuvre: opportunities to make changes

- room temperature: not kept in a refrigerator

- standing room: space in which to stand (stadium, theatre...)

- There's no room to swing a cat: a very little space. 

3)  a SPACE: is an extent or area of a surface; it can be vacant or occupied; (an area which is free, available, or unoccupied)

- There's plenty of space in my new garage. We can park several cars there. 

- You must leave at least a space of one metre beween each plant.

- There were plenty of empty spaces in the car park.

-> SPACE also refers to the place beyond the earth's atmosphere where planets, stars and galaxies are found. 

- Few women in our machist society were sent to space.

-> A FEW EXPRESSIONS: 

- airspace: the sky above a nation, considered to belong to that nation. 

- breathing space: a chance to rest or think.

- cupboard space: an area representing storage space.

- office space: space used for offices.

- personal/ public space: personal distance/ space where people are welcome.

- storage space: space where things are kept.

- to space out: to let time or silence between two actions.

Now, you're ready for the test... Go for it! 

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