Cities (21) Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
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le centre-ville

A

the city centre
downtown

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2
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un quartier déshérité du centre-ville

A

inner cities

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3
Q

a citadin

A

a city dweller
an urbanite

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4
Q

une métropole
une mégalopole

A

a metropolis
a megapolis

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5
Q

une zone urbaine

A

an urban zone

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6
Q

s’urbaniser

A

to become urbanised

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7
Q

une agglomération urbaine

A

a built-up area

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8
Q

un lotissement
une cité

A

a housing estate
a housing development

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9
Q

un HLM

A

a council flat
a council house

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10
Q

une tour d’habitation

A

a tower block
a high rise

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11
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un grand ensemble

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a high-rise estate

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12
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un pâté de maisons

A

a block of flats

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13
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un trottoir

A

a pavement
a sidewalk

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14
Q

un gratte-ciel

A

a skyscraper

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15
Q

une cité-dortoir

A

a dormitory town
a bedroom community

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16
Q

l’exode rural

A

rural depopulation

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17
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une zone industrielle

A

an industrial estate
an industrial park

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18
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un quartier d’habitation

A

a residential area

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19
Q

un urbanniste

A

a town planner

20
Q

l’urbanisme

A

town planning
city planning

21
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un paysage urbain

22
Q

la dispostion / conception d’une ville

A

the layout of a town

23
Q

un programme de révolution urbaine

A

an urban renewal programme

24
Q

rénover
réhabiliter

A

to renovate
to rehabilitate

25
la rénovation la réhabilitation
the renovation the rehabilitation
26
démolir un batiment
to pull down a building
27
la périurbanisation
urban sprawl
28
un quartier chaud
a hot spot
29
une zone de non-droit
a no-go area
30
une banlieue un faubourg
a suburb
31
un quartier
a neighbourhood
32
un centre commercial
a shopping centre a shopping precinct
33
une galerie marchande
a (shopping) mall
34
la grande banlieue
the commuter belt
35
les espaces verts
green spaces
36
pays en developpement
developing countries
37
grande villes
large cities
38
une vitesse effrayante
a frightening pace
39
to swell
gonfler grossir
40
un quatier pauvre délabré
a run-down inner city
40
le béton
concrete
41
des sommes considérables
substantial funds
42
habiter à la périphérie de la ville
to live on the outskirts of the city
43
l'activité incessante des grandes villes
the hustle and bustle of big cities
44