20. Cities Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Un quartier déshérité du centre-ville

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Inner cities

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Le centre-ville

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The city center (GB) / downtown (US)

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Un citadin

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A city dweller (GB) / an urbanite (US)

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Une métropole

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A metropolis

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Une zone urbaine

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An urban area

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S’urbaniser

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To become urbanised

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Une agglomération urbaine

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A built-up area

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Un lotissement, une cité

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A housing estate / a housing development

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Un HLM

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A council house / a council flat

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Une tour (d’habitation)

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A tower block / a high rise

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Un grand ensemble

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A high rise estate

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Un pâté de maison

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A block of flats

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Un trottoir

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A pavement (GB) / a sidewalk (US)

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Un gratte-ciel

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A skyscraper

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Une cité-dortoire

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A dormitory town (GB) / a bedroom community (US)

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L’exode rural

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Rural depopulation

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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate (GB) / an industrial park (US)

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Un quartier d’habitation

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A residential area

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Un urbaniste

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A town planner

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L’urbanisme

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Town planning / city planning

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Un paysage urbain

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La disposition/ conception d’une ville

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The layout of a town

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Un programme de rénovation urbaine

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An urban renewal programme

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Rénover, réhabiliter

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To renovate, to rehabilitate

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Démolir un bâtiment
To pull down a building
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L'expansion urbaine tentaculaire
Urban sprawl
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Un quartier chaud
A hot spot
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Une banlieue, un faubourg
A suburb
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Un quartier
A neighbourhood
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Un centre commercial
A shopping centre / a shopping precinct (GB) / a (shopping) mall (US)
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La grande banlieue
The commuter belt
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Les espaces verts
Green spaces
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Il a parfois besoin de fuir l'activité incessante de Londres
He sometimes needs to get away from the hustle and bustle of London
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En ce moment, les immeubles de bureau poussent comme des champignons partout en ville
Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere in the city
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Il habite en banlieue parisienne depuis plus de vingt ans
He had been living in a suburb of Paris for more than twenty years