Under the arch — walking the old town
Place and time expressions stack up: under the arch, at five, for four hundred years.
New core words in this lesson
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Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Let's take the old road into town.
- 2The stone bridge has stood here for four hundred years.
- 3Walk under the arch and into the square.
- 4The bell rings at six — you can put your watch right by it.
- 5Every brick here has a story.
- 6A street band was playing by the water.
- 7Their music went up against the noise of the town — and the town went quiet.
- 8The little art shop is still there.
- 9History isn't in books only — it's under your feet.
- 10We got sweet bread from the little shop, like always.
- 11The light through the arch at five is a good reason to wait.
- 12Old towns move slow, and that's their secret.
- 13Some places feel like coming home.
- 14We'll come back in the fall, when the trees turn.
- 15Take the long way home — the streets are the story.
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