in the countryside
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1.0
- idiom
:
en el campo
- Tessa had three children and lived in an old farmhouse in the countryside outside Bath.
- live in the countryside
- population in the countryside
- families living in the countryside
Some have been hiding in swamps and out in the countryside for days on end.
- Some have been hiding in swamps and out in the countryside for days on end.
- And we're peddlers in the countryside of Quebec.
- A huge part of what I'll miss about up here is the fact that we're in the countryside.
- In the UK we have found victims in the big cities, in the the market towns, in the villages, in the countryside, the length and breadth of this country.
- These monks, or just anybody out in the countryside can't just look at their phone and see what time it is.
- I went to some restaurants in the countryside and they served a bunch of game and I had wild hog ribs, these giant ribs.
- He has a gorgeous home in in Connecticut, in the countryside.
- I'm having a great time living in, you know, in the countryside.
- And I'd love to be living somewhere out in the sticks in the countryside, just getting fresh air out of the city.
- You know, that's something great for the Middle Ages and dumb peasants out in the countryside.
Examples
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I love spending my weekends in the countryside, away from the noise of the city.
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My wife and daughter are in the countryside for the weekend.
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I just love living in the countryside in summer.
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I feel so grounded in the countryside.
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I'm gonna be in the countryside tomorrow, all right?
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As a farmer in the countryside, you cannot earn as much money.
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I said, no, I live in the countryside in Burgundy.
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We're going to a small nondescript house somewhere in the countryside, correct?
Fiction book (2001) -
John jogs along by a river in the countryside behind his house, wearing shorts and a tee shirt.
Fiction book (2001) -
I love walking in the countryside when there's like no one else and all you can hear is the birds and like, distant lawn mowers.
Synonyms
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9.1
A place far from towns where few people live
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6.7
Towards the inland parts of a country away from the coast or big cities
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4.1
In the countryside away from towns and cities
Antonyms
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
in + the + countryside
The meaning 'in a rural area' is directly and transparently derived from combining the locative preposition 'in' with the noun phrase 'the countryside' (rural area). This is a straightforward locative construction common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase in the countryside creates a simple picture: you are among fields, farms and a few houses, not in a busy town or city. So it means 'in a rural area'.