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Society chap 65 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 / un promoteur immobilier / une zone aménagée

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to develop / a developer / a development

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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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construire / reconstruire / un chantier

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to build / to rebuild / a building site

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ériger

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to erect

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un ingénieur civil / le génie civil

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civil engineer / 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 (US)

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rénover / la rénovation

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to renovate / renovation

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rénover / 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 / la rénovation de luxe

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to gentrify / gentrified / 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 / démolir 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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une ville / les citadins

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a town / townspeople

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la ligne des toits
skyline
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une grande ville / un citadin / la vie en ville
a city / a city-dwelller / city life
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habiter / un(e) habitant(e) / (in)habité
to inhabit / an inhabitant / (un)inhabited
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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 / la banlieue / (sub)urbain / un banlieusard
the suburbs / suburbia / (sub)urban / a subarbanite
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s'étendre
to sprawl
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désert / abandonné
deserted
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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 / (US) downtown
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le quartier des affaires
the financial district
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un qaurtier commercant
a shopping precint
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une zone piétonne
a pedestrian precint
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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 / les conditions sordides
squalid / 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 (US)
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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 (US)
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un vieil immeuble délabré
a tenement
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un appartement
a flat / an apartment (US)
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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 (US)
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une chambre meublée
a bedsit
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un réverbère / lampadaire / l'éclairage public
a lamppost / streetlight / 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 boîte aux lettres
a pillar box / mail box (US)
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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 panneau publicitaire
a hoarding / a billboard
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une poubelle publique
a litter bin
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une poubelle
a dustbin / garbage can (US)
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un éboueur
a dustman / refuse collector
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un camion poubelle
a bin lorry / garbage truck (US)
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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
planning permission
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construire un bâtiment
to put up a building
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un terrain vague
waste land / sandlot (US)
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une zone d'aménagement concerté
an urban development zone
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insalubre
unfit for human habitation
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un batiment 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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le centre-ville de philadelphie
downtown philadelphia
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le quartier des affaires
CBD (US) = Central Buisness District
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une résidence sécurisée
a gated community
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l'approvisionnement
the water / electricity supply
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le mobilier urbain
street furniture
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les toilettes publiques
public conveniences

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