Expressions rooted in city and street life.
concrete (the urban jungle)
the urban jungle
the daily grind
to pound the pavement / protest
to be well-established
to be top of the heap
a rough area
Paris (the City of Light)
to escape to the countryside
to walk the streets
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.
Métro-boulot-___ . (sleep) (idiome)
dodo
Avoir pignon sur ___ . (street) (idiome)
rue
La ville-___ , c’est Paris. (light) (idiome)
lumière
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order