(inner cities)
You use ~ to refer to the areas in or near the centre of a large city where people live and where there are often social and economic problems.
...helping kids deal with the fear of living in the ~...
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(inner cities)
You use ~ to refer to the areas in or near the centre of a large city where people live and where there are often social and economic problems.
...helping kids deal with the fear of living in the ~...
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012