bring long-term benefits - _____ that will continue for a long period of time, end up stuck with - to find yourself in a situation that you hadn't planned/wanted, facilitate cultural development - to make it easier for cultural development to take place, give the cultural life of that city a boost - to increase or improve the cultural life of the city, have a detrimental effect - to cause harm or damage, raise the cultural profile - if an organisation raises its cultural profile, its cultural life gets more attention from the public, showcase the best - to show the best qualities of a person, organisation, product etc, tangible benefit - benefits that are clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen or noticed, by and large - used when making a general statement, cut and dried - a situation, decision, result etc that is cut and dried cannot now be changed, give or take - used to say that the amount or figure that you have just mentioned is nearly correct, but not exactly, hustle and bustle - busy and noisy activity, live and learn - used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before, make or break - to cause something or someone either to be very successful or to fail completely, out and about - to go to different places, peace and quiet - free from stress and interruptions, pick and choose - to choose only the best people or things, or only the ones that you really like, short and sweet - brief but pleasant/interesting, slowly but surely - used to emphasise that a change is happening, although it is happening slowly, sooner or later - used to say that something is certain to happen at some time in the future, though you cannot be sure exactly when,

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