29. City life Flashcards

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a quarter

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un quartier

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busy

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animé

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friendly

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convivial, amical

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a shop window

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une vitrine

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5
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a square

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une place

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a passer-by

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un passant

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a pedestrian

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un piéton

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8
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the traffic

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la circulation

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to live on one’s own

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vivre seul

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to walk around

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se promener

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to do one’s shopping

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faire ses coirses

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public transport

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les transports en commun

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a station

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une gare

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the underground, the tube, the subway

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le métro (3)

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a streetcar, a tramway

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un tramway (2)

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a bus stop

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un arrêt de bus

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a (traffic) jam

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un bouchon

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a city-dweller

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un citadin

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19
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entertainment(s)

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les distractions

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an opera house

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un opéra

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21
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a concert hall

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une salle de concert

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a pedestrian area

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une zone piétonne

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a crowd

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une foule

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a block of flats

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un grand immeuble

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to feel lonely
se sentir seul
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to queue (up)
faire la queue
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to stay
rester, séjourner
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a metropolis
une très grande ville
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the second largest city
la deuxième ville (en taille)
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a harbour
un port
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downtown Liverpool
le centre de Liverpool
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a hub
une plaque-tournante
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a pavement, a sidewalk
un trottoir
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a motorist
un automobiliste
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a paving stone
un pavé
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a car park
un parking
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congested
embouteillé
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a parking space
une place de parking
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quiet
calme
40
the town hall, the city hall
l’hôtel de ville, la mairie
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the town council
la municitpalité
42
a city planne
un urbaniste
43
user-friendly
adapté aux usagers
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a green area
un espace vert
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a beggar
un mendiant
46
a tramp
un clochard
47
a homeless person
un sans-abri
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to beg
mendier
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to busk
faire la manche
50
to stroll
se promener (flâner)
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to loiter
traîner
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to live downtown
habiter au centre-ville
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to park
garer
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to plan, to lay out
planifier
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the outskirts
les banlieues
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a suburb
une banlieue
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a commuter
un banlieusard
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traffic lights
des feux tricolores
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a crossroads
un carrefour
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overpopulated
surpeuplé
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bustling
grouillant d’activité
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densely populated
fortement peuplé
63
vibrant
débordant de vie
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advertising
la publicité
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an advertisement
une publicité
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a placard
une affiche
67
a hoarding
un panneau publicitaire
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peak hours
les heures de pointes
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rush-hour traffic
la circulation aux heures de pointe
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hectic
enfiévré, endiablé
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a property developer
un promoteur immobilier
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a housing shortage
une pénurie de logements
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to rush
se précipiter
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to hurry
se dépêcher
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to commute
faire la navette journalière
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to flee from the city
fuir la ville
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a shanty town
un bidonville
78
bleak, dismal
sinistre, lugubre (2)
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grimy
sale, noirci, encrassé
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derelict
à l’abandon
81
crumbling
croulant, qui s’effrite
82
smoke
la fumée
83
the riot police
la police anti-émeute
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a graffito
un graffiti
85
hooliganism
le vandalisme
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a mugger
un voyou (violent)
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piller
to loot