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quartier

/ˈkwɔːrtiˌeɪ/

Meanings
noun
A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.

Examples :

"My grandmother lives in the charming quartier Latin in Paris. "
area geography place

Related Words

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grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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charming verb

/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/

To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

"He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor."

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in noun

/ɪn/ /ən/ /ɘn/

A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

"His parents got him an in with the company."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "

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district noun

/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/

An administrative division of an area.

"the Soho district of London"

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urban adjective

/ˈɜːbən/ /ˈɝbən/

Related to the (or any) city.

"The urban school district had many more students than the rural one. "

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settlement noun

/ˈset.l.mənt/

The act of settling.

"The settlement of the family argument took several hours. "

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my interjection

/mi/

Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.

"My, what big teeth you have!"

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quarter noun

/ˈkoː.tɘ/ /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/

A fourth part of something.

"The pizza was cut into four quarters. "