town planning and city life Flashcards

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1
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un urbaniste

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a town planner

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2
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un paysage urbain

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a townscape/ a cityscape

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3
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aménager, une zone aménagée

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to develop, a development

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4
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un promoteur immobilier

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a developer

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5
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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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6
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un chantier

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a building site

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7
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ériger

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to erect

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l’immobilier, agent immo

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real estate (agent)

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embourgoiser/é

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to gentrify(ied)

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10
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la renovation de luxe

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gentrification

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11
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abattre

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to knock down

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12
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raser les taudis

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to raze slums

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13
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classer(é)

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to list,(ed)

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14
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moderniser

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to upgrade

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15
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ravaler

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to give a facelift to

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16
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une ville

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a town

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17
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la ligne des toits

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th skyline

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18
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une grande vile

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a city

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19
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un citadin

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a city-dweller

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20
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(in)habiter un habitant

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to (un)inhabit, an inhabitant

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21
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un résident

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a resident

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22
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les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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the inner city

23
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le grande banlieue, la banlieue, un banlieusard

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the suburbs, suburbia, a suburbanite

24
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s’etrendre

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to sprawl

25
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un arrondissement

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a borough

26
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un quartier

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a district

27
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le voisinage

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the neignbourhood

28
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le centre ville

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the city center

29
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le quartier des affaires

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the financial district

30
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un quartier commercant/ pieton

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a shopping/pedestrian precinct

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un quartier chaud

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a red light area

32
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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

33
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un bidonville

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a shantytown

34
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zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

35
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des logements sociaux

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council housing

36
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un immeuble

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an apartment building

37
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un studio

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a studio flat

38
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un coloc

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a roommate

39
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un lampadaire, eclairage public

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streetlight (ing)

40
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un abribus

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a bus-shelter

41
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boite au lettre/cabine telephonique

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a mail/phone box

42
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une bouche d’incendie

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a fire hydrant

43
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un panneau publicitaire

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a billboard

44
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une poubelle

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a garbage can

45
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camion poubelle

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garbage truck

46
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les egouts

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sewerage

47
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permis de construire

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a planning permission

48
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insalubre

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unfit for human habitation

49
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une ville cotiere

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a costal town tt types de villes c’est ***town

50
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une metropole

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a metropolis

51
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l’approvisionnement en eau ele tricité

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water: electricity supply

52
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ll’expansion urbaine

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the urban sprawl

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