towns & cities collocations

Towns & cities

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Describing towns & cities for visitors

The city skyline is a wonderful mix of old and new, and the city itself has a lot of busy, narrow cobbled streets (1). The old town is a conservation area and it has a lot of quaint old buildings (2) dating back to the city's fundation in the 1500s. (1) made of regular patterns of stones (2) attractive because of being unusual and especially old fashioned.

Doradella Street has a lot of upmarket shops (3) and rather pricey (4), sometimes overpriced restaurants, but not far away is the Genasia district, where you'll find restaurants which offer good value and a more relaxed atmosphere. (3) for people with expensive tastes (4) expensive, in a negative way

Describing towns & cities for visitors

Royal Avenue runs from north to south, and is lined with shops. Behind it, the streets are full of lively bars and fashionable clubs. The pavement cafés and shops of Luna Square are pleasant but very expensive.

As you drive into the city, the tree-lined avenues of the residential areas are soon replaced by the high-rise flats of the inner city (5). Then the imposing buildings of the Parliament and government departments. (5) central part of a city where poorer people live and where there are often social problems

Towns & cities and their problems

Some of the inner-city areas are an urban wasteland (1) and are somewhat dangerous for visitors. I fact some streets have become no-go areas (2), with high crime. Many streets are strewn with litter and there are numerous run-down buildings (3). There are some deprived areas (4) round the city centre with huge social problems. The industrail zones which lie on the edge of the city are grey and polluted. (1) a city area which is empty and in a bad condition (2) where the police and other authorities are afraid to enter (3) in a very bad condition (4) not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, e.g. enough money, good living conditions.

Towns & cities and their problems

Triope is a sprawling city (5) with bumper to bumper traffic (6) all day long. The exhaust fumes can be a nightmare. The volume of traffic has increased in recent years and the incessant roar (7) of trucks and buses makes the city centre an extremely noisy place. The comfortable suburbs (8) away from the city centre contrast sharply with the poor shanty towns (9) one sees on the way to the airport. (5) spread over a large area (slightly negative) (6) so many cars and so close that they are almost touching each other (7) very loud noise which never stops (8) a place from which many people travel in order to work in a bigger town or city (9) very poor houses made of discarded materials (e.g. tin, cardboard, plastic ...)

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