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Council chamber/offices

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3 a group of people elected to the

government of a city in the US:

the Los Angeles city council НБАРС

OALD, 9th ed. council estate

ˈcouncil estate noun (BrE) микрорайон,

a large group of houses built byзастроенный

a local council муниципальными

ˈcouncil house, ˈcouncil flat noun municipal or public housing unit домами (вВелико -

(BrE) a house or flat rented from So called because the government британии)

the local council agency regulating housing is council house

knownas a council, whether 1. жилойдом,

district council, county council, принадлежащий

or other. The rent in council houses муниципальному

is extremely low. A multi-family совету; council-

unit of this sort in America is houseflatsквартиры

called,generically, a public housing вмуниципальных

project. The equivalent in Americaдомах

would bea council house estate or

councilhousing estate. ” (BE, A to Zed, p.89)

 

 

LDOCE 6th ed. school n 1 [C, U] a place where children are taught: His mother always used to pick him up from school. (This example sentence is not quite appropriate here and should be moved to illustrate the next sense.) 2 TIME AT SCHOOL... 3 [C, U] a) AmE a college or university, or the time when you study there: Their kids are away at school now. | She was going to school in Boston. b) a department or group of departments that teaches a particular subject at a university: [+ of] the Harvard School of Public Helth 5at schoola) in the school building: Sandra’s not at school today. b) BrE attending a school rather than being at college or university or having a job: We’ve got two children at school, and one at university. 6in schoola) in the school building: Sandra’s not in school today. b) AmE attending a school or university rather than having a job: Are your boys still in school? Collocations – meanings 1 and 2: adjectives/noun + school - a state school BrE, a public school AmE (=a school that gets its money from the government) Universities want to encourage more applicants from state schools.

a private school BrE (also a public school BrE) (=a school where students pay to study) He was educated at a private school.

a nursery school (=for children under 5) | an infant school BrE (for children aged 5 to 7) |

a primary school BrE, an elementary school AmE (=for children up to 11) |

a secondary school (also a high school BrE) (for children from 11 to 16 or 18) a high school AmE (school for students aged 14 to 18) |a comprehensive school BrE (a secondary school for all children) | a grammar school BrE (a secondary school for children who have passed an exam when they are 11).

 


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