city: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, huge, large, sprawling
▪ main, major
▪ small
▪ great
▪ Bangkok is one of the great cities of the world.
▪ bustling, busy, crowded
▪ ancient, historic, old
▪ holy
▪ beautiful
▪ industrial
▪ cosmopolitan
▪ coastal
▪ home, native
▪ Her native city is Tokyo.
▪ capital
▪ second
▪ provincial
▪ cathedral (esp.BrE), port (esp. AmE), university (esp. BrE)
▪ walled
▪ the old walled city of Cartagena
▪ ruined
▪ sister (AmE), twin (BrE)
▪ Bonn is Oxford's twin city.
▪ the sister cities of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hiroshima, Japan
▪ host
▪ the host city for the Olympic Games
▪ lost
▪ the lost city of Atlantis
VERB + CITY
▪ build, found
CITY + VERB
▪ grow
▪ The city grew rapidly in the 19th century.
▪ flourish
CITY + NOUN
▪ dweller, slicker (informal)
▪ boy, girl
▪ block (AmE), centre/center (esp. BrE), street
▪ The building runs the length of a city block.
▪ Parking is difficult in the city centre/center.
▪ lights
▪ council, government (AmE)
▪ life
▪ limits (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the city
▪ outside a/the city
▪ There's a park just outside the city.
PHRASES
▪ the centre/center of a city, the heart of a city, the middle of a city
▪ the edge of a city, the outskirts of a city