little village

collocation in English

meaningsoflittleandvillage

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little
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪt.əl/us
/ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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(Definition oflittleandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a prettylittlevillagewith a twelfth-century church.
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I was asked what alittlevillageshould do.
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Ourlittlevillageschools have a long record of which we are proud.
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It is a lovelylittlevillageand people go there because of its beauty.
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In onelittlevillagethere were 12 panel patients.
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Then we see the death of anotherlittlevillagecommunity.
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Now it wants to dump all this toxic waste in that beautifullittlevillage.
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It is not alittlevillagewhere somebody might want to get into a train.
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It is a nicelittlevillage, although the houses are in a very bad condition.
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What is the problem in my ownlittlevillage?
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This may be so, but the whole country is not all onelittlevillage.
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It was a prosperouslittlevillagein those days, more or less self-contained in its industries.
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That is a pleasant prospect for thelittlevillageshopkeeper.
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In ourlittlevillagethere is a welfare centre.
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Thatlittlevillageshop is about all that is left—the wholesalers have grabbed everything else.
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In thislittlevillagethere is a small council school occupied by about 25 children.
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I do not see why thelittlevillageshop should subsidise the village.
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There has since been no flooding in thatlittlevillage.
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We are not alittlevillage, and we are not a provincial town.
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I could have given details of the deplorable position they were in before, and shown how, since 1945, they have been utterly transformed into lovelylittlevillageschools.
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