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['vɪlɪʤ]сущ.1)а) деревня, селение, село, посёлокThe whole village was engulfed in the flood. — Разлив затопил целую деревню.
The population of the villages is thinning down now that so many people are going to the cities. — Количество жителей в деревнях уменьшается, потому что многие люди уезжают жить в города.
б) шутл. большая деревня (о городе, обычно о Лондоне)Westminster village — брит.; журн. парламент
2) амер. городокSyn:The whole village was early astir. — С раннего утра вся деревня была на ногах.
The village is astir with sea-faring men. — Деревня взволнована появлением моряков.
The whole village commiserated with the farmer's family in their sorrow. — Вся деревня скорбела вместе с семьёй фермера.
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