65 SOCIETY Flashcards

(120 cards)

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un urbaniste

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a town planner

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le paysage urbain

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the townscape

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un architecte

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an architect

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l’architecture

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architecture

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aménager

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to develop

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un promoteur immobilier

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a developer

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une zone aménagée

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a development

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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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construire –> reconstruire

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to build –> to rebuild

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un chantier

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a building site

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ériger

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to erect

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un ingnieur civil

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civil engineer

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le génie civil

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civil engineering

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un agent immibilier

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a real-estate agent

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rénover

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to renovate

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rénoation

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renovation

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rénover / retaper

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to refurbish / to reyamp

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réhabiliter

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to rehabilitate

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la réhabilitation

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rehabilitation

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enbourgeoiser

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to gentrify

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embourgeoisés

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gentrified

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la rénovation de luxe

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gentrification

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améliorer

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to improve

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une amélioration
improvement
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démolir
to demolish / tu pull down
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la démolition
demolition
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abattre
to knowk down
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raser / démolir des taudis
to level (out) / ro raze slums
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la démolition des taudis
slum clearance
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classer --> classé
to list --> listed
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moderniser
to upgrade
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restaurer
to restore
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ravaler
to give a facelift to
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une ville
a town
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les citadins
townspeople
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la ligne des toits
skyline
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une grande ville
a city
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un citadin
a city-dweller
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la vie en ville
city life
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habiter
to inhabit
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un(e) habitant(e)
an inhabitant
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(in)habité
(un)inhabitated
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un résident --> résidentiel
a resident --> residential
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les vieux quartiers défavorisés
the inner city
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la grande banlieur
the suburbs
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la banlieue
suburbia
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(sub)urbain
(sub)urban
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s'étendre
to sprawl
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désert / abandonné
deserted
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un arondissement
a borough
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un quartier
a district
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le quartier / le voisinnage
the neighbourhood
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le centre ville
the city-centre (center ?) / downtown
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le quartier des affaires
the financial district / CBD (Central Business District) (US)
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un quartier commerçant
a shopping precinct
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une zone piétonne
a pedestrian precinct
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un quartier chaud
a red light area
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dangereux
unsafe / dangerous
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un ghetto
a ghetto
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populeux
overcrowded
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un bidonville
a shantytown
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sordide
squalid
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les conditions sordides
squalor
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une zone indisutrielle
an industrial estate
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des HLM
council flats/houses
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les logements sociaux
the projects
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une cité / un lotissement
a housing estate
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un grand ensemble
a housing development
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une tour
a tower / a high-rise
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un gratte-ciel
a skyscraper
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un immeuble
a block of flats / an apartment building
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un vieil immeuble délabré
a tenement
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un appartement
a flat / an apartment
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un appartement en copropriété
a condominium
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un studio
a studio flat
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un colocataire
a flatmate / a roommate
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une chambre meublée
a bedsit
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un permis de construire
planning permission
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construire un batiment
tu put up a building
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un terrain vague
waste land / sandlot
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une zone d'aménagement concertée (ZAC)
an urban development zone
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insalubre
unfit for human habitation
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un batiment classé
listed buidling
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un bourg
a market town
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une ville côtière
a coastal town
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une ville fortifiée
a fortified town
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une ville médiévale
a medieval town
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une ville minière
a mining town
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une ville industrielle
an industrial town
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une ville- / cité-dortoire
a dormitory / a satellite town
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une cité historique
a historic city
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une capitale
a capital city
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une métropole
a major city / a metropolis
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la périphérie d'une ville
the outskirts of a town/city
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une ville champignon
a mushroom town
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une ville tentaculaire
a sparwling city
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l'expansion urbaine
urban sprawling
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la banlieur tentaculaire
the suburban sprawl
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une ville gigantesque
a gigantic city
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le centre de philadelphie
downtown Philadelphia
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une résidence sécurisée
a gated community
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l'approvisionnement en eau/ éléctricité
water / electricity supply
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le mobilier urbain
street furniture
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les toilettes publiques
public conveniences
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un réverbère / lampadaire
a lamppost / a streetlight
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l'éclairage public
streetlighting
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un banc publique
a public bench
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un abribus
a bus-shelter
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une boite aux lettres
a pillar box / mail box
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une cabine téléphonique
a phone box / booth
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une bouche d'incendie
a fire hydrant
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un panneau publicitaire
a hoarding / billboard
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une poubelle publique
a litter bin
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une poubelle
a dustbin / garbage can
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un éboueur
a sudtman / refuse collector
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un camion poubelle
a bin lorry / a garbage truck
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la décharge
the tip / rubbish dump
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un château d'eau
a water tower
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un égout --> les égouts
a sewer --> sewerage