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Lesson 65 : Town planning Flashcards

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Un urbaniste

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A town planner

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Le paysage urbain

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The townscape / cityscape

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Un architecte / l’architecture

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An architect / architecture

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Aménager

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To develop

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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Une zone aménagée

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A development

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Le marché immobilier

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The property market

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Construire / reconstruire

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To build / to rebuild

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Un chantier

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A building site

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Ériger

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To erect

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Un ingénieur civil

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A civil engineer

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Le génie civil

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Civil engineering

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l’immobilier

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Real estate

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Un agent immobilier

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A real estate agent / a realtor

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Rénover

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To renovate

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La rénovation

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Renovation

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Retaper

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To refurbish / to revamp

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Réhabiliter / la réhabilitation

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To rehabilitate / rehabilitation

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Embourgeoiser / embourgeoisé

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To gentrify / gentrified

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La rénovation de luxe

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Gentrification

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Améliorer / une amélioration

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To improve / improvement

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Démolir / la démolition

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To demolish, pull down / demolition

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Abattre

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To knock down

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Raser des taudis

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To level (out) / to raze slums

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La démolition des taudis

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Slum clearance

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Classer / classé

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To list / listed

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Moderniser

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To upgrade

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Restaurer

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To restore

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Ravaler

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To give a facelift to

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Les agglomérations

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Built-up areas

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Une ville

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A town

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Les citadins

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Townspeople

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La ligne des toits

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The skyline

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une grande ville

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A city

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Un citadin

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A city-dweller

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La vie en ville

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City life

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Habiter

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To inhabit

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Un(e) habitant(e)

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An inhabitant

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Inhabité

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uninhabited

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Un résident / résidentiel

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A resident / residential

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Les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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The inner city

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La grande banlieue

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The suburbs

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la banlieue

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Suburbia

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(Sub)urbain

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(Sub)urban

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Un banlieusard

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A suburbanite

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S’étendre

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To sprawl

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Désert / abandonné

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Deserted

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Structures urbaines

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Urban patterns

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Un arrondissement

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A borough

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Un quartier

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A district

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Le quartier / le voisinage

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The neighbourhood

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Le centre ville

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The city centre / downtown

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Le quartier des affaires

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The financial district

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Le quartier commerçant

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A shopping precinct

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Une zone piétonne

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A pedestrian precinct

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Un quartier chaud

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A red light area

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Dangereux

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Unsafe / dangerous

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Un ghetto

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A ghetto

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Populeux

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Populous

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Surpeuplé

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Overcrowded

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown

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Sordide

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Squalid

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Les conditions sordides

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Squalor

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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate

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Des HLM

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Council flats / houses

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Des logements sociaux

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Council housing / the projects

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Une cité / un lotissement

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A housing estate

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Un grand ensemble

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A housing development

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Une tour

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A tower / a high-rise

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Un gratte ciel

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A skyscraper

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Un immeuble

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A block of flats / an apartment building

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Un vieil immeuble délabré

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A tenement

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Un appartement

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A flat / an apartment

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Un appartement en copropriété

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A condominium

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Un studio

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A studio flat

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Un colocataire

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A flatmate / a roommate

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Un colocataire

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A flatemate / a roommate

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Une chambre meublée

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A bedsit

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Les équipements collectifs

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Public amenities

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Un réverbère / lampadaire

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A lamppost / streetlight

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L’éclairage public

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Streetlighting

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Un banc public

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A public bench

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Un abribus

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A bus-shelter

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Une boite aux lettres

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A pillar box / a mail box

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Une cabine téléphonique

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A phone box / booth

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Une bouche d’incendie

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A fire hydrant

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Un panneaux publicitaire

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A hoarding / billboard

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Une poubelle publique

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A litter bin

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Une poubelle

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A dustbin / garbage can

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Un éboueur

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A dustman / refuse collector

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Un camion poubelle

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A bin lorry / garbage truck

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La décharge

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The tip / rubbish dump

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Un château d’eau

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a water tower

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Un égout / les égouts

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A sewer => sewerage

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Un permis de construire

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A planning permission

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Construire un bâtiment

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To put up a building

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Un terrain vague

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A waste land / sandlot

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Une zone d’aménagement concerté (ZAC)

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An urban development zone

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Insalubre

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Unfit for human habitation

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Un bâtiment classé

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A listed building

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Un bourg

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A market town

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Une ville côtière

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A coastal town

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Une ville fortifiée

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A fortified town

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Une ville médiévale

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A mediaeval town

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Une ville minière

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A mining town

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Une ville industrielle

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An industrial town

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Une ville / cité-dortoir

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A dormitory / satellite town

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Une cité historique

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A historic city

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Une capitale

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A capital city

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Une métropole

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A major city / a metropolis

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La périphérie d’une ville

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The outskirts of a town / city

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Une ville champignon

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A mushroom town

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Une ville tentaculaire

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A sprawling city

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L’expansion urbaine

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The urban sprawl

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La banlieue tentaculaire

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The suburban sprawl

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Une ville gigantesque

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A gigantic city

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Me centre ville de Philadelphie

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Downtown Philadelphia

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Le quartier des affaires (US)

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CBD : Central Business District

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Une résidence sécurisée

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A gated community

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L’approvisionnement en eau / électricité

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The water / electricity supply

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Le mobilier urbain

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Street furniture

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Les toilettes publiques

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Public conveniences

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