rural lifestyle

collocation in English

meaningsofruralandlifestyle

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rural
adjective
uk
/ˈrʊə.rəl/us
/ˈrʊr.əl/
in, of, or like ...
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lifestyle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/us
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/
someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people ...
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(Definition ofruralandlifestylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have been living in abject poverty, left to cope with an urban lifestyle when they have been used to a subsistencerurallifestyle.
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They are the major players in the continuation of therurallifestyleand, potentially, the providers of precious leisure facilities to large numbers of urban dwellers.
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Larger farm shops may target the leisure-shopping market, offering tea-rooms, gift shops andrurallifestyleproducts.
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They wanted to protect theirrurallifestyle, especially to be free of city ordinances allowing them to keep livestock on their property.
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Badger gave him the opportunity to create therurallifestyleto which he aspired.
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A minimum lot size of two acres, with most being more than 10 acres, maintains arurallifestyle.
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Others wish to pursue arurallifestylefor reasons unrelated to space itself.
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Residents enjoyed the ability to have arurallifestylewithin city limits; nearby creeks provided recreation in the form of swimming, bathing, and fishing.
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Programmes are aimed at enthusiasts for equine,rurallifestyle, and farming, along with traditional country music and entertainment.
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Many were merchants or lived a partlyrurallifestyle, pursuing fishing, craft-working and cattle raising.
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This picturesque village has succeeded in retaining its traditional andrurallifestyle.
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A blue-collar family living the idyllicrurallifestyle.
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Her review criticized the lyrics for lacking details that were specific to arurallifestyle.
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In more affluent societies, smallholdings may be valued primarily for therurallifestylethat they provide for the owners, who often do not earn their livelihood from the farm.
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The realities of rural lifestyles, family and community networks, life satisfaction, health and access to services are briefly discussed.
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A businessman next to him notices the narrator's clothing, and through conversation, the narrator tells the businessman about therurallifestylein the town where he was raised.
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In spite of his great interest inrurallifestyle, his unsuccessful agricultural work makes him consider ending his life as a farmer to move to the city.
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The lyrics are the narrator's description of hisrurallifestyle: specifically, the friends with whom he plays church league softball and drinks beer at a bar.
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As regards hunting, that is often compounded by the increasingly stark divide that now exists between urban and rural lifestyles and culture.
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These figures hide trends that are somewhat alarming and do not bode well for the continued appreciation of rural lifestyles.
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