town

ville

Lieu avec des maisons, des commerces et des rues, généralement plus grand qu’un village et plus petit qu’une grande ville.

En anglais simple : A place with homes, shops, and streets, usually larger than a village and smaller than a city.

• I live in a small town.
• The town has a new library.
• We visited three towns during our holiday.

Expressions courantes : small town, town centre, town square, town council

ville, centre-ville

Endroit proche où il y a davantage de commerces, de bâtiments et d’activité que là où tu te trouves.

En anglais simple : A nearby place with more shops, buildings, and activity than where you are now.

• I am going into town.
• We drove to town to buy shoes.
• Are you coming into town with us tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : in/into/to town (We took the bus into town.)

Expressions courantes : go into town, in town, drive to town