noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
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Fire crews from all the surrounding ~s helped to fight the fires.
▪ central , downtown ( AmE )
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Every city has its central business ~.
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The apartment is approximately fifteen minutes from the downtown ~.
▪ outlying , remote
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a new station to help people commuting from outlying ~s
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ affluent , exclusive , rich , wealthy
▪ poor , working-class
▪
the shacks in the poorest ~s of the city
▪ slum
▪ historic
▪ conservation ( AmE )
▪ coastal , country , local , metropolitan , rural , suburban , urban
▪ business , commercial , financial ( AmE ), industrial , residential , warehouse ( esp. AmE )
▪ arts , entertainment , shopping , theatre/theater
▪
Times Square is the entertainment ~ of New York.
▪ garment , meat-packing , mining (all AmE )
▪ administrative
▪ electoral , polling , voting ( AmE )
▪ congressional , federal , judicial , legislative ( all in the US )
▪
a federal ~ court in New York
▪ postal ( in the UK )
▪ Democratic , Republican
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It's a heavily Democratic ~.
▪ swing (= in which people often change who they vote for) ( AmE )
▪ home ( esp. AmE )
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He hasn't yet registered to vote in his home ~.
▪ health ( esp. BrE ), military , school ( AmE )
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He has been transferred to a hospital in a different health ~.
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The company supplies milk to Maine school ~s.
▪ red-light
VERB + DISTRICT
▪ create
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efforts to create a single business ~ in downtown Beijing
▪ draw , redraw (both AmE , politics )
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This Houston ~ was originally drawn to elect a Hispanic Democrat.
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They redrew ~s to make sure Republican candidates would win.
▪ represent
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He represented his ~ in Congress.
▪ win ( AmE )
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Clinton barely won the ~ in 1996.
DISTRICT + VERB
▪ stretch
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Their ~ stretches from the mountains to the sea.
▪ include sth
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The ~ includes much of the Ribault River.
▪ offer sth , provide sth
DISTRICT + NOUN
▪ authority , council
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the ~ health authority ( in the UK )
▪ attorney , judge , official ( all in the US )
▪ councillor , nurse ( both in the UK )
▪ court ( in the US )
▪ hospital ( in the UK )
▪ office
▪ boundary
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Redrawing ~ boundaries would change the election results.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
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The hotel is located within Beijing's business ~.