How the French really talk about their town.
the small town / backwater
the area / neighbourhood
a run-down area
dodgy / sketchy
the subway
to catch the bus
it’s dead here (nothing going on)
it’s lively
the hometown / village
to live / crash somewhere
This is how the French actually use it day to day — including what textbooks skip. Absorb the real patterns and let go of over-correctness.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Ville at C2.
Je ___ dans le coin. (live, slang) (argot)
crèche
Ce quartier est ___ le soir. (dodgy) (argot)
chelou
Mon ___ , c’est calme. (hometown) (argot)
bled
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
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