29 - The City Flashcards

(102 cards)

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une ville

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a town

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une grande ville

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a city

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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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une capitale

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a capital (city)

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une bourgade

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a market town

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7
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une ville champignon

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a boomtown

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8
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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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9
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un citadin

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a town/city dweller

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10
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le paysage urbain

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the town/city scape

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un riverain

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a local resident

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12
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un habitant

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an inhabitant / a resident

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un voisin

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a neighbour

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la banlieue

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the suburbs

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un banlieusard

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a commuter

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populeux

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populous

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surpeuplé

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overcrowdedu

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un quartier/ un arondissement

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a district

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19
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un quartier

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a neighborhood

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20
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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping area

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21
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un centre commercial

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a shoppin centre/mall

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22
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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precint

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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une cité, un lotissement

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a house estate

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un square / jardin public
a public garden/park
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un terrain communal
a green
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un espace vert
a green area a green space
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un kiosque à musique
a bandstand a gazebo
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une aire de jeux
a playground
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un terrain vague, 2
a waterground a sandlot
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de banlieue/ banlieusard
suburban
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habiter
to inhabit
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aménagements publics
public amenities
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un/ des égotus
a sewer -> sewerage
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le réseau d'autobus
the bus network
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un autobus
a bus
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un conducteur de bus
a bus driver
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un arrêt de bus
a bus stop
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un abri de bus
a bus shelter
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un autobus à l'impériale
a double-decker (bus)
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la mairie, l'hotel de ville
the town (gb) the city hall (us)
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une caserne de pompier
a firestation
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un pompier
a fireman/ a firefighter
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un camion de pompier
a fire engine/truck
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des équipements sportifs
sport facilities
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une piscine municipale
a public swimming-pool
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un stade
a stadium
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un gymnase
a gymnasium = a gym
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une maison des jeunes / de quartier
a youth club
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un centre hospitalier
a hospital complex
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ramasser les ordures
to collect/pick up the garbage
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Les toilettes publics
a public lavatory a comfort station (US)
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le mobilier urbain
street furniture
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l'éclairage public
street lighting
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un banc public
a public bench
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un taxi
a cab / a taxi
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le prix de la course (taxi)
the fare
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le compteur
the metre
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un couloir d'autobus
a bus lane
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une piste cyclable
a bicycle lane
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un piéton
a pedestrian
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le stationnement
parking
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des feux tricolores
traffic lights
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un passage piéton
a zebra crossing a pedestrian crossing
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la place du marché
the marketplace
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une rue en arc de cercle
a crescent
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un quai
an embankment
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le bord du trottoir (US/UK)
the kerb (gb) the kurb (us)
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héler un taxi
to hail a taxi to flag a taxi
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une place de stationnement
A parking space
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un parcmètre
a parking metre
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un horodateur
a pay-and display machine
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un parking
a carpark
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une artère
a thoroughfare
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une avenue
an avenue
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un boulevard
a boulevard
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une ruelle, 2
a lane an alley
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une rue à sens unique
a one-way street
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une place
a square
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une esplanade
a plaza
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une impasse
a blind alley
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une voie sans issue
a dead-end
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un cul-de-sac
a cul-de-sac
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un caniveau
a gutter
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une bouche d'égout
a manhole
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traverser (la route)
to cross
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se garer
to park
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se garer en double-file
to double-park
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le métro de Londres
the Tube
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faire la fête en ville
to paint the town red
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toute la ville en parle
it's the talk of the town
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c'est dans mes cordes
that's right up my street
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l'homme de la rue
the man in the street
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ils ont étudié toutes les possibilitées
they explored every possible avenue
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le centre-ville UK/US
the town centre UK downtown US
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la rue principale UK/US
the High Street UK The Main Street US
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une cité dortoire UK/US
A dormitory town UK a commuter town US
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un lampadaire UK/US
a lamppost UK a street lamp US
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un trottoir UK/US
a pavement UK/US a sidewalk
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un passage souterrain UK/US
a subway UK an underpass US
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le métro UK/US
the underground UK the subway US
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un bac à sable UK/US
a sandpit UK a sandbox US