empire state building in English

noun
1
a skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, New York City, which was for several decades the tallest building in the world. When first erected, in 1930–31, it measured 1,250 feet (381 m); it currently stands at approximately 1,454 feet (443 m).

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1. What's the height of the Empire State Building?

2. Ellen had access to the 50th floor of the Empire State Building while it was under renovation.

3. His Adagio for Strings, his Violin Concerto or his Piano Sonata remain forever part of the Americana, in the same way as the Empire State Building, the cinnamon doughnut, Road 66 or the Marx Brothers do.

4. A Chauvinist is someone who blindly and enthusiastically believes in the superiority of his cause or people. If you grew up in New York and refuse to eat at any pizzeria beyond a five-mile radius of the Empire State Building, you could be described as a New York pizza Chauvinist.

5. Bawdily bemoaning her geographically unrequitable attraction to the Empire State Building, she dismisses the allure of the city's other eligible bachelors: "The Chrysler's not my type/The Trump is merely hype/And the Met/Sure can get/ Overbearing./The Woolworth's out of date!/The Guggenheim isn't straight!/And call me a prig,/But the twins are too big/And they've got this thing for sharing."