Lesson 65 : Town planning Flashcards

(122 cards)

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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
Slum clearance
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Classer / classé
To list / listed
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Moderniser
To upgrade
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Restaurer
To restore
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Ravaler
To give a facelift to
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Les agglomérations
Built-up areas
30
Une ville
A town
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Les citadins
Townspeople
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La ligne des toits
The skyline
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une grande ville
A city
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Un citadin
A city-dweller
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La vie en ville
City life
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Habiter
To inhabit
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Un(e) habitant(e)
An inhabitant
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Inhabité
uninhabited
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Un résident / résidentiel
A resident / residential
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Les vieux quartiers défavorisés
The inner city
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La grande banlieue
The suburbs
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la banlieue
Suburbia
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(Sub)urbain
(Sub)urban
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Un banlieusard
A suburbanite
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S'étendre
To sprawl
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Désert / abandonné
Deserted
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Structures urbaines
Urban patterns
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Un arrondissement
A borough
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Un quartier
A district
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Le quartier / le voisinage
The neighbourhood
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Le centre ville
The city centre / downtown
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Le quartier des affaires
The financial district
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Le quartier commerçant
A shopping precinct
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Une zone piétonne
A pedestrian precinct
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Un quartier chaud
A red light area
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Dangereux
Unsafe / dangerous
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Un ghetto
A ghetto
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Populeux
Populous
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Surpeuplé
Overcrowded
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Un bidonville
A shantytown
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Sordide
Squalid
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Les conditions sordides
Squalor
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Une zone industrielle
An industrial estate
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Des HLM
Council flats / houses
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Des logements sociaux
Council housing / the projects
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Une cité / un lotissement
A housing estate
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Un grand ensemble
A housing development
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Une tour
A tower / a high-rise
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Un gratte ciel
A skyscraper
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Un immeuble
A block of flats / an apartment building
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Un vieil immeuble délabré
A tenement
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Un appartement
A flat / an apartment
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Un appartement en copropriété
A condominium
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Un studio
A studio flat
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Un colocataire
A flatmate / a roommate
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Un colocataire
A flatemate / a roommate
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Une chambre meublée
A bedsit
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Les équipements collectifs
Public amenities
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Un réverbère / lampadaire
A lamppost / streetlight
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L'éclairage public
Streetlighting
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Un banc public
A public bench
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Un abribus
A bus-shelter
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Une boite aux lettres
A pillar box / a mail box
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Une cabine téléphonique
A phone box / booth
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Une bouche d'incendie
A fire hydrant
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Un panneaux publicitaire
A hoarding / billboard
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Une poubelle publique
A litter bin
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Une poubelle
A dustbin / garbage can
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Un éboueur
A dustman / refuse collector
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Un camion poubelle
A bin lorry / garbage truck
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La décharge
The tip / rubbish dump
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Un château d'eau
a water tower
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Un égout / les égouts
A sewer => sewerage
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Un permis de construire
A planning permission
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Construire un bâtiment
To put up a building
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Un terrain vague
A waste land / sandlot
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Une zone d'aménagement concerté (ZAC)
An urban development zone
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Insalubre
Unfit for human habitation
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Un bâtiment classé
A listed building
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Un bourg
A market town
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Une ville côtière
A coastal town
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Une ville fortifiée
A fortified town
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Une ville médiévale
A mediaeval town
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Une ville minière
A mining town
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Une ville industrielle
An industrial town
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Une ville / cité-dortoir
A dormitory / satellite town
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Une cité historique
A historic city
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Une capitale
A capital city
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Une métropole
A major city / a metropolis
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La périphérie d'une ville
The outskirts of a town / city
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Une ville champignon
A mushroom town
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Une ville tentaculaire
A sprawling city
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L'expansion urbaine
The urban sprawl
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La banlieue tentaculaire
The suburban sprawl
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Une ville gigantesque
A gigantic city
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Me centre ville de Philadelphie
Downtown Philadelphia
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Le quartier des affaires (US)
CBD : Central Business District
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Une résidence sécurisée
A gated community
119
L'approvisionnement en eau / électricité
The water / electricity supply
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Le mobilier urbain
Street furniture
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Les toilettes publiques
Public conveniences