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La vie de tous les jours Flashcards

1
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la vie en ville

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town life

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généralités

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generalities

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la grande ville

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city

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l’habitant (m)

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inhabitant

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s’installer

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(to) settle

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le quartier

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district within town

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le voisinage

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neighbourhood

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les transports collectifs/ en comun

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public transport

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le citadin

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town dweller

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en milieu urbain

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in an urban setting

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la cadre de vie idéal/ défectueux

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ideal environment/ far from ideal environment

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l’agglomération (f)

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built-up area

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le quartier des affaires

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business district

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le quartier commerçant

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shopping district

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la zone piétonnière/ piétonne

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pedestrian area

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les bas quartiers

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slums

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l’espace vert

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area of greenery

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la zone industrielle

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industrial estate

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l’urbanisation (f)

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urban development

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le réaménagement

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redevelopment

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la transformation en quartier bourgeois

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gentrification (of a district)

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une ville champignon/ en plein épanouissement/ en récession

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boom town/ flourishing town/ town in decline

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les inconvénients

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disadvantages

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l’anonymat des grandes villes

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anonymity of cities

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l’engorgement (m)

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congestion

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l’agitation (f)

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hectic activity

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les gens affairés

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busy people

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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le vacarme constant

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constant din

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le manque d’air frais/ d’espaces verts

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lack of fresh air/ areas of greenery

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le rythme de vie frénétique

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hectic pace of life

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la solitude

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loneliness

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l’absence d’aide mutuelle

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absence of mutual help

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le stationnement difficile

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difficulty of parking

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le surpeuplement

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overcrowding

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36
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on ne se sent pas en sécurité

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one does not feel safe

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la vie en banlieue

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suburban life

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la ville dortoir

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the dormitory town

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l’étalement urbain

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urban sprawl

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la zone périurbaine

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suburban area

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le quartier pavillionnaire

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residential district with detached houses

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42
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faire la navette

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(to) commute

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la perte de temps

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waste of time

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les frais (m) de déplacement

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travelling expenses

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l’heure (f) de pointe

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rush hour

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métro-boulot-dodo

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underground - work - sleep (daily routine)

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les transports peu fiables/ bondés

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unrealiable transport/ overcrowded transport

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le réseau surchargé

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overloaded network

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49
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le calvaire quotidien

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daily ordeal

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la cité

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the housing estate

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le grand ensemble

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housing complex

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52
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mal conçu

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ill-conceived

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53
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les tours délabrées

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dilapidated tower blocks

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le quartier défavorisé

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depressed area

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les quartiers déshérités

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neglected areas

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les jeunes désoeuvrés

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young people with nothing to do

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la criminalité sévit

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crime is rife

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la vie à la campagne

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country life

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l’agriculture

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agriculture

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agricole

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agricultural

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cultiver qqch.

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(to) grow something

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le paysan

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peasant, small-holder

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le terrain

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plot of land

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le campagnard

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country dweller

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le domaine

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country estate

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l’exploitation (f) agricole

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farm

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la parcelle de terre

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small plot/ strip of land

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l’agriculteur/ le cultivateur

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farmer

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le rendement

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yield

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l’éleveur (m)

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livestock breeder

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l’élevage (m)

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livestock breeding

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le bétail

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livestock

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le troupeau

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flock

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la volaille

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poultry

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la culture

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crop growing

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la moisson

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harvesting of crops

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la récolte

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the harvested crop

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le vigneron

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wine-grower

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le vignoble

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vineyard

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la vendange

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grape harvest

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le fin fond de la campagne

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the depths of the country

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la France profonde

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the (rural) heart of France

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les exploitants agricoles

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farming community

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le maraîcher

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market gardner

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le métayer

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tenant farmer

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les bienfaits

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benefits

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tranquille

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peaceful

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la tranquillité/ le calme

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peace and quiet

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sain

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healthy

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le retour à la nature

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return to nature

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respirer l’air frais

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(to) breathe fresh air

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non pollué(e)

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unpolluted

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le rythme de vie reposant

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relaxing pace of life

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apporter l’apaisement (m)

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(to) have a soothing effect

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l’autosuffisance (f)

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self-sufficiency

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le sens de la communauté

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community spirit

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l’esprit de cohésion

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solidarity

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le sentiment d’appartenance

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sense of belonging

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l’isolement (m)

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isolation

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le manque de prestations

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lack of facilities

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une gamme peu éntendue d’activités

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limited variety of things to do

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le manque de distractions/ commerces/ transports en comun/ structures médicales

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lack of entertainment/ shops/ public transport/ medical facilities

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le déclin économique

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economic decline

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la faiblesse des revenus agricoles

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low level of income from farming

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l’exode rural

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population shift from country to town

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le dépeuplement

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decrease in population

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le flux d’émigration

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outflow of people

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un faible apport d’immigrants

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small numbers moving in

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le déséquilibre entre actifs et retraités

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imbalance between those still working and those retired

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le logement

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accommodation

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l’appartement (m)

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apartment

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l’immeuble (m)

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apartment block

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la villa

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detached house

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le propriétaire

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owner

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le locataire

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tenant

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le pavillon

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detached house (often suburban)

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la résidence secondaire

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second home

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un HLM (habitation (f) à loyer modéré)

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council flat

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le studio

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studio flat

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la chambre meublée

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bedsitter

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se trouver à l’étroit

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(to) lack space

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les loyers élevés

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high rents

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l’immeuble (m) vétuste/ de grand standing

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run-down building/ luxury apartment block

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le logement social

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local authority housing

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le parc immobilier

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housing stock/ number of properties nationwide

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le parc locatif

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stock of housing available to be let

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le parc locatif social

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stock of local authority housing

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la pénurie de logements locatifs

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shortage of rented property

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le rétrécissement de l’offre

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decline in the amount of housing available

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les besoins matériels

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material needs

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l’article (m)

A

item

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les marchandises (f)

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goods

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s’offrir qqch.

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(to) treat oneself to something

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les biens (m) de consommation

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consumer goods

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une gamme de produits

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a range of products

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le prix abordable

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affordable price

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le (bon) rapport qualité-prix

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(good) value for money

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une bonne affaire

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a bargain

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la carte de fidélité

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loyalty card

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l’achat sur Internet

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online shopping

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le téléachat

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shopping from TV programme

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acheter par correspondance

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(to) shop by mail order

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dépensier(-ière)

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extravagant

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l’achat non réfléchi

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impulsive purchase

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dilapider de l’argent

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(to) fritter money away

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haut de gamme

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top of the range

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la vie spirituelle

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spiritual life

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la croyance

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belief

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le croyant

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believer

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les fidèles

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the faithful

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pratiquer une religion

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(to) practise a religion

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le pratiquant

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church-goer

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avoir la foi

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(to) have faith

154
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croire en un être supérieur

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(to) believe in a higher being

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mettre sa confiance en Dieu

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(to) put one’s trust in God

156
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le prophète

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prophet

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prier

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(to) pray

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la prière

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prayer

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l’âme (f)

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soul

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la foi chrétienne

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Christian faith

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le catholicisme

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Roman Catholicism

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le protestantisme

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Protestantism

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l’église orthodoxe

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Orthodox Church

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le juif/ la juive

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Jew

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musulman

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Muslim

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hindou

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Hindu

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bouddhiste

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Buddhist

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le puritain

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puritan

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un agnostique

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agnostic

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un athée

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atheist

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le principe

A

principle

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le code moral

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moral code of behaviour

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le Bien et le Mal

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good and evil

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le péché

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sin

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sacré

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sacred

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s’approcher de Dieu

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(to) get closer to God

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la paix intérieure

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inner peace

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la vie éternelle

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eternal life

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l’au-delà

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the hereafter

180
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le cheminement spirituel

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travelling a spiritual path

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accepter une religion dans son intégralité

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(to) accept every aspect of a religion

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adhérer à une religion en refusant certains aspects

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(to) belong to a religion while rejecting certain aspects of it

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la pratique

A

practice

184
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la ferveur

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religious fervour

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l’intégrisme (m)

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fundamentalism

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se confesser

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(to) go to confession

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l’offrande (f)

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offering/ donation

188
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l’ecclésiastique

A

member of the clergy

189
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le prédicateur

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preacher

190
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la prêtre

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priest

191
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le rabbin

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rabbi

192
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l’imam

A

imam

193
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le culte

A

worship

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l’office (m)

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service

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la messe

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mass

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la fête religieuse

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religious festival

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demander Dieu d’exaucer un vœu

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(to) ask God to grant a wish

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