Converted cinema

English translation: A building that once used to be a cinema and was converted to accommodate a supermarket

12:51 Jan 20, 2009
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English term or phrase: Converted cinema
The first x supermarket was opened in 1965 at a converted cinema in Maldon, Essex.

The writer is British. Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Mohamed Elsayed
Local time: 15:58
Selected answer:A building that once used to be a cinema and was converted to accommodate a supermarket
Explanation:
Probably partitioned it differently, changing the internal layout, etc.
All necessary to prepare it for its new purpose.
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Shai Navé
Israel
Local time: 16:58
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3 +11A building that once used to be a cinema and was converted to accommodate a supermarket
Shai Navé


  

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converted cinema
A building that once used to be a cinema and was converted to accommodate a supermarket


Explanation:
Probably partitioned it differently, changing the internal layout, etc.
All necessary to prepare it for its new purpose.

Shai Navé
Israel
Local time: 16:58
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gary D
1 min
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agree  Tony M: Funnily enough, this was a quite common practice in the UK at that time; presumably it was a period when cinemas were falling into disuse, and provided the ideal large, uninterrupted covered space needed. I well remember this in my home town.
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agree  Suzan Hamer: Only I would write "IN a converted cinema," even though it means using "in" twice in the same sentence. Or is "at" as used here UK usage?
25 mins
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agree  Jack Doughty: With Suzan. No "at as used here is not accepted UK usage.
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agree  Peter Skipp: Yup! And I know the actual cinema (now shop) in charming Maldon :)
48 mins
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agree  Derek Gill Franßen
1 hr
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agree  jccantrell
2 hrs

agree  Armorel Young: Agree with Susan: it needs to be "in a converted cinema"
3 hrs

agree  inmb
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agree  conejo
9 hrs

agree  Phong Le
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