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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Town house / neighborhood

Hi

He had been reading in the small library of his town house in northern Virginia when the phone rang.

--- Is "town house" something like "terraced house"? or maybe it's a kind of residence located in town?

Later it says: From his secluded, forested neighborhood he turned on to X road in Y.

Is neighborhood the same as a district in town (e.g. Queens in NY)?

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Townhouses in the US are individually owned home that usually have 2 or 3 floors, with multiple homes in the same building. In other words, the same roof covers all of these homes, but each has their own entrance(s). Usually you'll find four to six units in one buildling.

— BarbaraPA

  • Townhouses in the US are individually owned home that usually have 2 or 3 floors, with multiple homes in the same building.
  • In other words, the same roof covers all of these homes, but each has their own entrance(s).
  • Usually you'll find four to six units in one buildling.
  • A neighborhood is a sub-set of a community.
  • Queens is far too large to be a neighborhood.
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Townhouses in the US are individually owned home that usually have 2 or 3 floors, with multiple homes in the same building. In other words, the same roof covers all of these homes, but each has their own entrance(s).

Usually you'll find four to six units in one buildling.

A neighborhood is a sub-set of a community. Queens is far too large to be a neighborhood. Astoria is a ne
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