Society - City Life Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
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un périphérique

A

a ring road

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2
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une ruelle

A

a lane / an alley

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3
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une voie sans issue

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a no-through road

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4
Q

une place

A

a square

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5
Q

une place circulaire

A

a circus

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6
Q

un panneau indicateur

A

a road signe

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7
Q

un quai (près d’un fleuve)

A

an embankment

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8
Q

le bord du trottoir

A

the kerb

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9
Q

le caniveau

A

the gutter

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10
Q

un passage piéton

A

a pedestrian crossing

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11
Q

des pavés

A

cobblestones

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12
Q

un passage souterrain

A

an underpass

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13
Q

des feux de signalisation

A

traffic lights

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14
Q

une bouche d’égout

A

a manhole

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15
Q

un réverbère

A

a lamppost

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16
Q

un bac à sable

A

a sandpit

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17
Q

un toboggan

18
Q

une balançoire

19
Q

la préfecture de police

A

the police headquarters

20
Q

les pompiers

A

the fire brigade

21
Q

une piscine municipale

A

a public swimming pool

22
Q

un stade de foot

A

a football field

23
Q

une maison de retraite

A

an old people’s home

24
Q

une station service

A

a petrol station

25
grouillant
bustling
26
débordant de vie
vibrant
27
fou / endiablé
hectic
28
sale / crasseux
grimy
29
un passant
a passer-by
30
un clochard
a tramp / a bum
31
un hameau
a hamlet
32
une circulation incessante
relentless traffic
33
une rue embouteillée
a congested street
34
une petite rue
a back street / a side street
35
un balayeur
a street cleaner
36
une piste cyclable
a bike / bicycle lane
37
un couloir de bus
a bus lane
38
une impasse
a blind alley
39
un campagnard
a country dweller
40
un trou, un bled paumé
a dump / the boondocks / the boonies