Chapter 66 - City Life Flashcards

(75 cards)

1
Q

Une artère

A

a thoroughfare

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2
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la voirie

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the road network

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3
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un périphérique

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a ring road

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4
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une ruelle

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a lane, an alley

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5
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un carrefour

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a crossroads

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6
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une voie sans issue

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a no-through road

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7
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un rond-point

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a roundabout

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8
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uneplace

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a square

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9
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une place circulaire

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a circus

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10
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un panneau indicateur

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a road sign

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11
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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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12
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un quai (près d’un fleuve)

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an embankment

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13
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le bord du trottoir

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the kerb

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14
Q

le caniveau

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the gutter

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15
Q

un passage protégé / clouté

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a pedestrian crossing

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16
Q

des pavés

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cobblestone

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17
Q

des feux de signalisation

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traffic lights

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18
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une bouche d’égoût

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a manhole

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19
Q

un réverbère

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a lamppost

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20
Q

un jardin public

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a public park / garden

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21
Q

un jardin botanique

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a botanical garden

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22
Q

une aire de jeu

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a playground

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23
Q

un bac à sable

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a sandpit

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24
Q

les espaces verts

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green areas

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la mairie
a town- / city- hall
26
le conseil municipal
the town- / city-council
27
un conseiller municipal
a town councillor
28
une caserne de pompiers
a fire station
29
une maison de jeunes
a youth club
30
animé
bustling
31
débordant d'activités
bustling with activity
32
débordant de vie
vibrant
33
fou/ endiablé / Mouvementé
hectic
34
épuisé
exhausted / worn-out
35
sale / crasseux
grimy
36
un passant
a passer-by
37
un clochard
a tramp / a bum
38
affluer
to flock into / to pour into
39
emménager
to move in
40
déménager
to move out
41
aller au travail en train
to commute to work
42
la taxe embouteillage
the congestion charge
43
arriéré
backward
44
un hameau
a hamlet
45
une résidence secondaire
a second home
46
une circulation incessante
relentless traffic
47
la grande banlieue
the commuter belt
48
une rue passante
a busy street
49
une rue embouteillée
a congested street
50
l'agitation
the hustle and bustle
51
une rue déserte
a deserted street
52
une rue à sens unique
a one-way street
53
un balayeur
a street cleaner / sweeper
54
une piste cyclable
a bike lane
55
une impasse
a blind alley
56
une ville déshumanisée
a dehumanised city
57
des bâtiments décrépis
rundown buildings
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des maisons délabrées
dilapidated houses
59
des logements insalubres
insalubrious homes
60
une maison à l'abandon
a derelict house / an abandoned house
61
un quartier qui craint
an insecure area
62
un quartier où sévit la criminalité
a crime-ridden neighbourhood
63
la pénurie de logements
housing shortage
64
une vie simple
a plain life
65
un campagnard
a country dweller
66
la sale des fêtes
a village hall
67
un trou / un bled paumé
a backwater / the boondocks / the boonies (vulgaire)
68
un arrondissement
a borough
69
sordide
squalid
70
des HLM
council flats / houses
71
un bidonville
a slum, a shantytown
72
un quartier chaud
a red light area
73
raser / démolir des taudis
to level (out)/ to raze slums
74
ravaler
to give a facelift to
75
les vieux quartiers défavorisés
the inner city (le centre ville est souvent plus en difficultés au UK qu'ailleurs)