small village
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandvillage
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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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 ofsmallandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In such asmallvillageeveryone knows what happens in their neighbour's backyard.
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We have sketched the basis of a burgeoning rank society in the fairly simple context ofsmallvillagesettlements.
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An example of this is asmallvillageof 305 inhabitants that the author visited in the summer of 2003.
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Until about 1980, children attended thesmallvillageschools where they tended to form tight friendship networks.
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Austen primary school is in a rural setting with the children coming from thesmallvillageitself and the surrounding area.
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I came from asmallvillagewhere we were expected to work on the land.
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The signs are clearly out of place in such asmallvillage.
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One represented 14 people out of onesmallvillage.
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This is asmallvillagein which seven residents are on the telephone.
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My constituents are worried about the policy that dictates the closure ofsmallvillageschools.
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Today, that is not possible in that—now much larger—smallvillage.
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I speak as church warden of asmallvillagechurch.
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It does not happen to be a small pit, nor is it in asmallvillage.
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Conservatives are sometimes apt to be lyrical about the virtues of thesmallvillageschools.
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Asmallvillagehas a retained brigade running the local fire station.
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The cost of a reconnaissance plane is the cost of asmallvillage.
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Then you must startsmallvillageindustries to absorb them, but not plunge into great schemes.
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One finds thesmallvillageor town builder involved in it.
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In onesmallvillage23 families were rendered homeless.
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