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street

US /strit/

noun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The bakery is on the same street as our office.

Synonyms

  • roadan open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
  • avenuea line of approach
  • boulevarda wide street or thoroughfare

Collocations

  • Easy walk down the street
    to walk down the street, meaning to use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
  • Medium cross the street at the pedestrian zebra
    to cross the street at the pedestrian zebra, meaning to travel across or pass over
  • Hard street level intelligence on consumer trends
    describing street level intelligence on consumer trends (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)
  • Very Hard not on the same street in terms of caliber
    describing not on the same street in terms of caliber (negation of a word or group of words)

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