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Town Refer Country Referring City Areas General Opposed

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If you refer to the t___, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.
More people are going to want to escape from the town into the country.
It had the advantages of town and country combined.
word town
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noun
A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States .
...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex.
Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
The town takes immense pride in recent achievements.
You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.
He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town.
She left town.
...attractive and fun loving Americans, new to town.
You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are.
I walked around town.
I caught a bus into town.
If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.
More people are going to want to escape from the town into the country.
It had the advantages of town and country combined.
inflections towns
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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