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What does “within walking distance” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
B2
Close enough to walk to easily
“The station is within walking distance of our apartment.”
Say it smoothly: “with-in-walking-distance”
From the B2 lesson My Neck of the Woods (describing places).
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What does “within walking distance” mean?
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