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City life Flashcards

1
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La voirie

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The road network

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une artère

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a thoroughfare

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un périphérique/une rocade

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a ring road / an orbital road

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une ruelle, un carrefour

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a lane / an alley, a crossroads

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5
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une voie sans issue, un rond-point, une place

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a no-through road, a roundabout, a square

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une place circulaire, un panneau indicateur

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a circus, a road sign

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7
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la place du marché, une zone piétonne

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the marketplace, a pedestrian precinct

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8
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un quai (près d’un fleuve), le trottoir

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an embankment, the pavement / sidewalk

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le bord du trottoir, le caniveau

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the kerb, the gutter

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un passage protégé,
des pavés

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a pedestrian crossing, cobblestones

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un passage souterrain, des feux de signalisation

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an underpass / a subway, traffic lights

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une bouche d’égout, un réverbère

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a manhole, a lamppost

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12
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Les jardins publics

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Public gardens

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un parc / jardin public, un jardin botanique

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a public park / garden, a botanical garden

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14
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une aire de jeu, un bac à sable

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a playground, a sandpit

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15
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faire du toboggan, un toboggan

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to slide, a slide

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16
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prout

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prout

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17
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se balancer, une balançoire

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to swing, a swing

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18
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les espaces verts, une fontaine

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green areas, a fountain

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19
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Les services publics

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Public services

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20
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la mairie

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the town- / city-hall

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21
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la municipalité / le conseil municipal

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the town-/ city-council

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22
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un conseiller municipal, un secrétaire de mairie

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a town councillor, a town clerk

23
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un(e) maire(esse)

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a mayor / mayoress

24
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les impôts locaux, un bureau de poste

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local taxes, a post office

25
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la préfecture de police, un commissariat de police

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the police headquarters, a police station

26
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une caserne de pompiers,
les pompiers

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a fire station, the fire brigade / the fire department

27
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un pompier

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a fireman

28
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une piscine municipale, une piscine couverte

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a public swimming pool, an indoor swimming pool

29
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un stade, un stade de foot

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a stadium, a football field

30
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un gymnase, une maison de jeunes

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a gymnasium / a sports hall, a youth club

31
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une maison de retraite, une bibliothèque municipale

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an old people’s home, a public library

31
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un musée, un cinéma

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a museum, a cinema / movie theater

32
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une station service, la vie en ville

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a petrol station, town life

33
Q

animé, grouillant

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busy, bustling

34
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débordant de vie, fou / endiablé

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vibrant, hectic

35
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se précipiter, se dépêcher

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to rush, to hurry / to hasten

36
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faire la queue,
bruyant / assourdissant

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to queue (up), noisy / deafening

37
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stressé, épuisé

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stressed, exhausted / worn-out

38
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isolé, l’isolement, sale / crasseux

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isolated, isolation, grimy

39
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pollué, irrespirable

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polluted, unbreathable

40
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un passant, un clochard

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a passer-by,
a tramp / a bum

41
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roder / traîner

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to hang about / to loiter

42
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affluer

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to flock into / pour into

43
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s’installer, emménager, déménager

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to settle, to move in, to move out

44
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posséder une maison

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to own a house

45
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un banlieusard, aller au travail en train

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a commuter, to commute to work

46
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la taxe embouteillage

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the congestion charge

47
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La vie à la campagne

A

Country life

48
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charmant, idyllique

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charming, idyllic

49
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triste, ennuyeux

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dull, boring

50
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arriéré, un hameau

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backward, a hamlet

51
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un village, un villageois

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a village, a villager

52
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la place du marché

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the marketplace

53
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le pub, l’église

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the pub / the local, the church

54
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le cimetière, une maison de campagne

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the churchyard / graveyard, a cottage

55
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une résidence secondaire, un manoir

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a second home, a manor / hall / country house

Anglais (44 decks)

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