City life (22) Flashcards by Tom Boujri

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se loger

A

to find accomodation

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louer un appartement (en tant que locataire)

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to rent a flat (from sb)

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louer un appartement (en tant que propriétaire)

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to let/rent out a flat (to sb)

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payer un loyer

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to pay a rent

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un locataire
un collocataire

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a tenant
a roommate

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le propriétaire

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the owner

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posséder un appartement

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to own a flat

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la crise du logement
la crise de l’immobilier

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the housing crisis
the housing shortage

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les prix de l’immobilier

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housing prices

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une politique du logement

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a housing policy

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augmenter en flèche (en prix)

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to skyrocket
to shoot up
to soar

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des prix exorbitants

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sky-high prices

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un primo-accédant

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a first-time buyer

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les logements sociaux

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social housing

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une agence immobilière

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an estate agency

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un promoteur

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a developer

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partager un appartement

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to share a flat

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un studio

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a bedsit
a bedsitter
a studio

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un appartement de 3 pièces

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a three-room flat

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les maux de la ville

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urban evils

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le mal-logement

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poor housing

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squatter
un squatteur

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to squat
a squatter

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le cout de la vie

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the cost of living

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les impôts locaux

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the council tax

des taudis

slums

des problèmes liés au stress

stress-related problems

être stressé

to feel stressed

respirer de l'air pollué

to breathe polluted air

être épuisé

to be exhausted to be worn out

le manque de communication

the lack of communication

un taux de divorce élevé

a high divorce rate

le bruit

noise

être bruyant

to be noisy

un voisin

a neighbour

la pollution sonore

noise pollution

le manque de sommeil

the lack of sleep

passer une nuit blanche

to spend a sleepless night

les prix de l'immobilier flambent

the housing prices are going through the roof

astronomique

astronomical

des mal-logés

inadequatly housed people

métro, boulot, dodo

subway, sweat and sleep

le chomage de masse les gangs de rue

mass unemployment street gangs

la prolifération des armes

firearms proliferation

des perspectives d'emploi

job opportunities

ennuyeux

dull

recharger ses batteries

to recharge your batteries

gagner sur tous les tableaux

to have it both ways

toute la misère du monde

all the woes of the world

une terre promise

a promised land

compenser

to offset