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City Vocabulary Flashcards

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un arrêt d’autobus

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bus stop

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une banlieue

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suburb; outskirts

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une caserne de pompiers

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fire station

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le centre-ville

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city/town center; downtown

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un cinéma

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cinema; movie theater

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un commissariat de police

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police station

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un édifice

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building

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un gratte-ciel

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skyscraper

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un hôtel de ville

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city/town hall

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un jardin public

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public garden

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un logement/une habitation

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housing

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12
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un musée

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museum

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le palais de justice

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courthouse

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une place

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square; plaza

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la préfecture de police

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police headquarters

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un quartier

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neighborhood

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une station de métro

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subway station

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18
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la circulation

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traffic

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19
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les clous

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crosswalk

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un croisement

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intersection

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un embouteillage

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traffic jam

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un feu (tricolore)

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traffic light

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un panneau

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road sign

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un panneau d’affichage

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billboard

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un pont

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bridge

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un rond-point

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rotary; roundabout

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une rue

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street

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les transports en commun

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public transportation

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un trottoir

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sidewalk

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30
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une voie

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lane; road; track

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31
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descendre

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to go down; to get off

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32
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donner des indications

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to give directions

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33
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être perdu(e)

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to be lost

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monter (dans une voiture, dans un train)

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to get (in a car, on a train)

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35
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se trouver

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to be located

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un agent de police

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police officer

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un(e) citadin(e)

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city/town-dweller

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un(e) citoyen(ne)

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citizen

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un(e) colocataire

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roommate; co-tenant

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un(e) conducteur/conductrice

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driver

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un(e) étranger/étrangère

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foreigner; stranger

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42
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le maire

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mayor

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un(e) passager/passagère

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passenger

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un(e) piéton(ne)

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pedestrian

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45
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les travaux

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construction

46
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l’urbanisme

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city/town planning

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la vie nocturne

A

nightlife

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améliorer

A

to improve

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s’amuser

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to have fun

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construire

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to build

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empêcher (de)

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to stop; to keep from (doing something)

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s’ennuyer

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to get bored

53
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s’entretenir (avec)

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to talk; to converse

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passer (devant)

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to go past

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peupler

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to populate

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rouler (en voiture)

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to drive

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vivre

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to live

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(peu/très) peuplé(e)

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(sparsely/densely) populated

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animé(e)

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lively

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bruyant(e)

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noisy

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inattendu(e)

A

unexpected

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plein(e)

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full

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privé(e)

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private

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quotidien(ne)

A

daily

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sûr(e)/en sécurité

A

safe

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vide

A

empty

67
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un lien

A

connection

68
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un marché

A

deal

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une rame de métro

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subway train

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un sketch

A

skit

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une voie

A

means, channel

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un wagon

A

subway car

73
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duper

A

to trick

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se méfier de

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to be distrustful or wary of

75
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se plaindre

A

to complain

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se rassurer

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to reassure oneself

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réitérer

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to reiterate

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rejoindre

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to join

79
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solliciter

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to solicit

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débile

A

moronic

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gêné(e)

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embarrassed

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insensible

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insensitive

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une ambiance

A

atmosphere

84
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la batterie

A

drums

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un défilé

A

parade

86
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une fanfare

A

marching band

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une fête foraine

A

carnival

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un feu d’artifice

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fireworks display

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une foire

A

fair

90
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une manifestation

A

demonstration

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le soutien

A

support

92
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un violon

A

violin

93
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s’étendre

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to spread

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rassembler

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to gather

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se réunir

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to get together

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unir

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to unite

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une cinémathèque

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film library

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une contestation

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a protest

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un cri

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shout, cry

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l’espoir (m.)

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hope

101
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une grève (sur le tas)

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a (sit-in) strike

102
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ORTF

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Office de la Radio et de la Télévision françaises

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un orateur

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speaker; orator

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le passé

A

past

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un préavis

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notice

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la vérité

A

truth

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cloîtrer

A

to cloister

108
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greffer

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to transplant; to graft

109
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protester

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to protest

110
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mensonger/mensongère

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lying, deceptive

111
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usé(e)

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worn out

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afin de

A

in order to

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