Suburbia and the city

Question 1

Le centre d’affaires

Answer 1

The CBD (Central Business District)

Question 2

Le centre ville

Answer 2

The city center (GB/ Ausi) - Downtown (américain)

Question 3

Un faubourg

Answer 3

An inner suburb

Question 4

Une banlieue

Answer 4

A suburb

Question 5

Banlieue tentaculaire

Answer 5

Sprawling suburbs

Question 6

Ensemble des banlieue ou style de vie dans la banlieue américaine ou australienne

Answer 6

Suburbia

Question 7

Les gens qui vivent dans la banlieue

Answer 7

The suburbanites

Question 8

Faire la navette entre son domicile et son travail

Answer 8

To commute

Question 9

Un navetteur

Answer 9

A commuter

Question 10

Un appartement

Answer 10

A flat (GB) / an apartment (US)

Question 11

Un immeuble d’habitation

Answer 11

A block of flats

Question 12

Un appartement HLM

Answer 12

A council flat

Question 13

Une cité HLM

Answer 13

A council estate

Question 14

Un gratte ciel

Answer 14

A high rise building / a skyscraper

Question 15

Un centre commercial

Answer 15

A shopping mall

Question 16

L’autoroute

Answer 16

The motorway (GB) / the highway/ the freeway (US)

Question 17

Ennuyeux

Answer 17

Boring

Question 18

Sans âme

Answer 18

Soulless

Question 19

Terne

Answer 19

Dull

Question 20

Atmosphérique

Answer 20

Atmospheric

Question 21

Animé

Answer 21

Lively

Question 22

Poétique

Answer 22

Poetic

Question 23

Charmant

Answer 23

Charming

Question 24

Mal famé / qui craint

Answer 24

Dodgy

Question 25

Déprimant

Answer 25

Depressing

Question 26

Uniformisation

Answer 26

Standardization

Question 27

Uniformité

Answer 27

Uniformity

Question 28

Solitude

Answer 28

Loneliness pas

Question 29

Isolement

Answer 29

Isolation

Question 30

Interaction social

Answer 30

Social interaction

Question 31

Louer les qualités de quelque chose

Answer 31

To praise (smthg)

Question 32

Dénigrer

Answer 32

To denigrate, to run sth down, to make disparaging comments about sth