Refined and literary vocabulary of the cityscape.
the edifice / building
the thoroughfare
the alley (literary)
the maze
the city (elevated)
the outlying districts
the conurbation
the urban fabric
sprawling
the gleaming cobblestones
At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Ville at C1. Comfortable? Level up to La Ville at Native.
Le ___ des ruelles. (maze) (soutenu)
dédale
Une ___ bordée d’arbres. (thoroughfare) (soutenu)
artère
Une ville ___ . (sprawling) (soutenu)
tentaculaire
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order