City and city life Flashcards

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Les différents quartiers

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the various districts

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un centre commercial

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a trading / trade center

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un quartier résidentiel

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residential area

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zone industrielle

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industrial quarter

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quartier des affaires

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Central Business District

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un pâté de maison

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a block

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un quartier / le voisinage

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a neighbourhood

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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une ville

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a town

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les citadins

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townspeople / city-dwellers

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une grande ville

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a city

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ligne des toits/horizon urbain

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the skyline

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centre urbain

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an urban centre

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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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l’urbanisation

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urbanization

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un habitant

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an inhabitant

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un habitant (immeuble)

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a resident

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être habité/inhabité

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to be inhabited / Uninhabited (vacant)

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structures urbaines

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Urban patterns

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Grande banlieue

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the suburbs

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la périphérie

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the outskirts

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le centre ville

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the city centre/downtown

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quartiers chics

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Uptown

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Les vieux quartiers déshérités

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inner city

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bidonville
shantytown
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rue principale
main street
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taudis
slum
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logements sociaux
council housing
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appartement
flat
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appartement en copropriété
condominium
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colocataire
flatmate
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gratte-ciel
skyscraper
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voirie
the road network
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les grands axes
the highway
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feux de circulation
traffic lights
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panneau indicateur
road sign
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quai
embankment
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trottoir
pavement
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caniveau
gutter
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bord du trottoir
the kerb
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passage piétons
pedestrian crossing
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passage souterain
subway
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réverbère
lamppost
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jardins publics
public gardens
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aire de jeu
playground
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encombrements
congestion
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vacarme
din
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passant
passer-by
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foule
crowd
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mendiant
beggar
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services publics
public services
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mairie
town / city hall
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conseil municipal
the town council
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impôts locaux
local rates
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bureau de post
post-office
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préfecture de police
police headquarters
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commissariat de police
police station
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caserne des pompiers
fire station
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pompiers
fire brigade
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stade
stadium
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bibliothèque municipale
public library
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un café
café
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cinéma
cinema
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équipements
facilities
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services publics
utilities
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office du tourisme
tourist office
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navette
shuttle
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un parking
a car park
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taxi
taxi, cab
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métro
the underground
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rond point
roundabout
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place
a square
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impasse
cul-de-sac / dead-end
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patinoire
skating
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terrain de sport
sports ground
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fête forraine
fun fair
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cimetière
cemetery / graveyard
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approvisionnement en eau / électricité
water /electricity supply
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urbanisme
town planning
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urbaniste
town planner
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paysage urbain
townscape
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architecte
architect
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aménager
to develop
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promoteur immobilier
a developer
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marché immobilier
property market
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immobilier
real estate
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rénover
refurbish / revamp
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rénovation de luxe
gentrification
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démolir
demolish
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abattre
to knock down
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démolition des taudis
slum clearance
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moderniser
to upgrade
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planifier
to plan / lay out
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ériger
to erect
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terminer une construction
to complete
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s'étendre
to sprawl
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expansion urbaine
urban sprawl
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ville tentaculaire
sprawling city
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logements insalubres
insalubrious homes
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maisons délabrées
dilapidated houses
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vie urbaine
city life
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emménager
to move in
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déménager
to move out
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posséder une maison
to own a house
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s'installer
to settle
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animé
busy, lively
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grouillant d'activité
bustling
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débordant de vie
vibrant
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grouillant de monde
teeming
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bondé
crowded
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surpeuplé
overcrowded
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sûr, sans danger
safe
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dangereux
unsafe
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irrespirable
unbreathable
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assourdissant
deafening
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suffocant
suffocating
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migration pendulaire
Commuting
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gare
railway station
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aéroport
airport
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pénurie des logements
housing shortage
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trou / bled paumé
one-horse town / the boonies
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quartier où sévit la criminalité
crime-ridden neighbourhood
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sinistre
grim / bleak
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malodorant
smelly
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noirci, encrassé
grimy
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à l'abandon
derelict
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miteux
shabby
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Expressions
phrases
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nuée de gens
a swarm of people
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être noir de monde
to be jammed with people
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dédale de ruelles
a maze of narrow streets
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très animé
throbbing with life
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circulation incessante
relentless traffic
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inner city
refers to poorer parts of the city centre
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suburbia
suburbs of a city
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gated community
neighbourhood surrounded by a gate, entry restricted
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une ville dortoir
commuter town
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rue passante
busy street
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agitation
hustle and bustle