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city in English:

1. urban urban


Most people live in urban areas.
The urban population of America is increasing.
This movement from rural to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
We must stop urban sprawl and fight against physical segregation while still guaranteeing the right to housing.
Whereas Spain has the Royal Spanish Academy, the United States has Urban Dictionary.
Probably just a stupid urban legend "But they do say 'there's no smoke without fire', don't they?"
Young people and migrant workers are the bulk of rural Internet users; in terms of online music, online games, online film and television, and the Internet's capacity for entertainment, rural Internet users are equivalent to urban ones.
Urban culture appears to be attractive to the younger generation.
In the same period, the number of urban netizens in China reached one hundred and twenty five million, making up 21.6% of the total urban population.
In Japan there are 43 prefectures, 2 urban prefectures, 1 circuit and a metropolis.
Use the adjective urban to refer to cities or people who live in cities.
Urban transport and urban mobility are part of urban development.
I guess a lot of people don't really care about the way the urban environment looks
It is a project that could make many urban parents fearful.
Urban foresting was a shared hobby of theirs.

English word "city"(urban) occurs in sets:

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2. village village


You may be able to pass unnoticed in a city, but in a village that's not possible.
What's the difference between a village and a town?
We drove through village after village, until we got to our destination.
in the village
The elder brother was living in a village and had grown neither rich nor poor.
The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.
You could feed a village in Africa for the price of an iPhone subscription.
Christopher Columbus once sacrificed the corner of his hat to an Aztec god, bringing about years of prosperity to that god's village.
When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village.
Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.
CouchSurfing is like speaking Esperanto, it's a dream coming true: the global village.
Greenwich Village is a place which especially attracts the young.
The entire village left the next day in about thirty canoes, leaving us alone with the women and children in the abandoned houses.
In my village, there is a small, narrow footbridge over a brook.
During the vacation my sister and I stayed at a small village at the foot of Mt. Fuji.

English word "city"(village) occurs in sets:

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3. A large and important town A large and important town



4. big big


a big fish
Part of the charm of a big city lies in the variety of styles that can be seen in the architecture of its buildings.
According to a study, big women are more prone to have twins.
You should stockpile necessary supplies in case of a big earthquake.
She bought him a camera that was too big to fit in his shirt pocket.
Our negotiations to lower export taxes suffered a big setback.
In city after city, big public meetings were held.
The pressures of supporting a big family are beginning to catch up with him.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
The buying and selling of peoples' personal information is becoming a big issue.
Tom can't forget the time he and Mary had their first big argument.
The theory of the Big Bang was proposed in 1927 and expanded in 1929.
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.
Tom is used to driving a pickup truck, but he's never driven one of those really big trucks.
It must have been something really big for him to strike a triumphant pose like that.

5. cities cities


I dislike big cities.
When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.
Cities and provinces along the Yangtze River in central China are grappling with the country's worst drought in more than 50 years.
Japan has an economy that is supported by hard-working company employees in big cities.
Fathers in cities spend eight hours in the office and another two hours traveling to and from their work on trains full of people every morning and evening.
On his tour of Italy, he visited several cities which are famous for their scenic beauty, for instance, Naples and Florence.
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities.
In my region there are beautiful and living cities you will surely love.
The Waterfront's success could mean that other cities soon follow, creating areas that offer people a new kind of city living, with all the benefits and none of the stress, noise and pollution of crowded centres.
Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months.
However, compared to that in cities, rural use of online news, search engines, online shopping, online banking, online stocks and so on is much lower.
You can't get lost in big cities; there are maps everywhere!
I can describe China, especially in relation to big cities like Beijing, in one sentence - China is a country whose pace of life is both fast and leisurely.
There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

6. inner inner


Politicians never tell us their inner thoughts.
I had my wallet stolen from my inner pocket.
inner city
Our inner world must be stable while the outer world changes around us.
Research revealed that the same high truancy levels were to be found in every inner city district.
Inner beauty, I'll believe in it when my dick has eyes.
The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.
Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.
His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.
His encounter with her is enriching his inner life.
He looked confident but his inner feelings were quite different.
The inner part of the chapel is rich of decorations.
Most people want inner peace.
But there was as much to do, said an inner voice
An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly.