C-18 Life in Town Flashcards

(101 cards)

1
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citadin

A

town dweller

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2
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habité

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inhabited

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3
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trottoir

A

pavement UK

sidewalk US

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4
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heure de pointe

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rush hour

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5
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se hâter

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hustling

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6
Q

noirée

A

smut

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7
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suie

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soot

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8
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affiche

A

announcement

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9
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quartier

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district

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10
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capitale

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capital

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11
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lotissement

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lot

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12
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tas d’ordure

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rubbish pile

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13
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appartement (bât)

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apartment house

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14
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vitrine

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window

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15
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rue

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street

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16
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faubourgs

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suburbs

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17
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banlieue

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suburbs

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18
Q

locataire

A

tenant

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19
Q

pavés

A

cobbles

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20
Q

bourg

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market-town

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21
Q

tour

A

tower

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22
Q

flèche

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steeple

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23
Q

grands magasins

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big stores

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24
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circulation

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traffic

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embarras
congestion
26
refuge
traffic-island
27
sens giratoire
roundabout traffic
28
passages cloutés
pedestrian crossings
29
rue à sens unique
one-way street
30
zones de parking interdit
no-parking areas
31
zones bleues
parking-meter area
32
passages supérieurs
fly-overs
33
passage souterrains
subways
34
feux
traffic lights
35
déviations
by-passes
36
contractuels
parking-meter attendant
37
cris de métier
tradesmen cries
38
crissement de freins
squeal of brakes
39
grincement des pneus
screech of tyres
40
pétarades des motocycles
roar of motor-cycles
41
bruit sourd des poids lourds
rumble of heavy lorries
42
mugissement des sirènes d'usine
moan of factory-hooters
43
marteau-piqueur
pneumatic-drill
44
centre commercial (ville)
trading center
45
quartier résidentiel
residential area
46
zone industrielle
industrial quarter
47
populeux
crowded
48
cellules urbaines
neighbourhood units
49
arrondissement
district
50
pâté de maison
block
51
voie de communication
thoroughfare
52
boulevard
boulevard
53
avenues
avenues
54
grandes artères
arterial roads
55
plaque
name-plate
56
ruelle
alley
57
impasse
cul-de-sac
58
macadam
tarmac
59
parc
park
60
bois
woods
61
carrefour
cross-roads
62
hotel de vill
town hall
63
etablissements de bain
public baths
64
salle de concert
concert hall
65
toilettes publiques
public conveniences
66
caserne de pompiers
fire station
67
maire
mayor
68
adjoint
alderman
69
conseil municipal
municipal corporation
70
percepteur
taxation officer
71
état-civil
Registry Office
72
sécurité sociale
National Insurance Office
73
contravention
summonces
74
permis de conduire
driving license
75
manifestants
demonstrators
76
autobus rouge à impériale
red doubledeckers
77
métro
underground UK
78
rame
train
79
gare de chemin de fer
railway-station
80
gare routière
bus station
81
tramways
trams
82
trolleybus
trolley-buses
83
autobus
buses
84
ambulancier
ambulance men
85
brancard
stretcher
86
auto-pompe
fire-engine
87
appel d'urgence
emergency call
88
cerné par le feu
hemmed by the fire
89
asphyxié
gassed
90
inondation
flooding
91
noyade
drowning
92
fumée d'usine
fume
93
tuyau d'échappement
exhaust-pipe
94
service d'entretien
maintenance service
95
éclairage public
public lighting
96
cantonnier
roadman
97
service de voirie
highways department
98
balayeur
road sweeper
99
éboueur
dustman
100
caniveau
gutter
101
égoût
drains