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La ville at C2 — the literary register

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Refined and literary vocabulary of the cityscape.

📓 Le registre soutenu

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the edifice / building

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the thoroughfare

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the alley (literary)

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the maze

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the city (elevated)

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the outlying districts

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the conurbation

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the urban fabric

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sprawling

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the gleaming cobblestones

🔊 Example sentences

Il se perdit dans le dédale des ruelles.He got lost in the maze of alleys.
Une artère bordée d’édifices anciens.A thoroughfare lined with old buildings.
La ville tentaculaire s’étendait à l’infini.The sprawling city stretched to infinity.

💡 Your C2 goal

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.

Les faubourgs s’éveillaient lentement.The outlying districts were slowly waking.

✍️ Practice

Le ___ des ruelles. (maze) (soutenu)

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dédale

Une ___ bordée d’arbres. (thoroughfare) (soutenu)

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artère

Une ville ___ . (sprawling) (soutenu)

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tentaculaire

🎮 Practise

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