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La ville at C1 — idioms about the city

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Expressions rooted in city and street life.

📓 Expressions urbaines

1🔊

concrete (the urban jungle)

2🔊

the urban jungle

3🔊

the daily grind

4🔊

to pound the pavement / protest

5🔊

to be well-established

6🔊

to be top of the heap

7🔊

a rough area

8🔊

Paris (the City of Light)

9🔊

to escape to the countryside

10🔊

to walk the streets

🔊 Example sentences

Métro-boulot-dodo, j’en ai marre.The daily grind — I’m sick of it.
Cette entreprise a pignon sur rue.This company is well-established.
On rêve de quitter le béton.We dream of escaping the concrete jungle.

💡 Your C1 goal

At C1 you’re refining style: choosing between correct options for tone and precision. Notice how native writers and speakers deploy this, and imitate deliberately.

Feeling shaky? Step back to La Ville at B2. Comfortable? Level up to La Ville at C2.

Les manifestants battent le pavé.The protesters are out in the streets.

✍️ Practice

Métro-boulot-___ . (sleep) (idiome)

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dodo

Avoir pignon sur ___ . (street) (idiome)

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rue

La ville-___ , c’est Paris. (light) (idiome)

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lumière

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