TBI3 Flashcards

(130 cards)

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Le centre ville

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The city centre

The downtown

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Un citadin

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A city dweller

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Une métropole

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A metropolis

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Une agglomération

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A built-up area

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Un lotissement/ une cité

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A housing estate/ a housing development

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Un HLM

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A council house

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Une tour

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A Tower block

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Un pâté de maison

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A block of flats

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Un trottoir

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A pavement (GB)
A sidewalk (US)
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Un gratte ciel

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A skyscraper

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Exode rural

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Rural depopulation

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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate/park

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Un urbaniste

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A town planner

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Un paysage urbain

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A cityscape

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A programme de rénovation urbaine

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An urban renewal programme

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Rénover/ réhabiliter

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To renovate

To rehabilitate

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Démolir un bâtiment

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To pull down a building

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Expansion urbaine

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Urban sprawl

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Un quartier chaud

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A hot spot

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Une banlieue

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A suburb

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21
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Un quartier

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A neighborhood

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Un centre commercial

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A shopping centre

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La grande banlieue

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The commuter belt

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Se loger

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To find accommodation

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Louer un appartement
To rent a flat
26
Louer un appartement ( en tant que propriétaire)
To rent out a flat
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Payer un loyer
To pay a rent
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Un locataire
A tenant
29
Un propriétaire
The owner
30
La crise de l'immobilier
The housing shortage/crisis
31
Augmenter en flèche (prix)
To (sky)rocket To shoot up To soar
32
Des prix exorbitants
Sky-high prices
33
Logements sociaux
Social housing
34
Une agence immobilière
Estate agency
35
Un studio
A bedsit | A studio
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Les impôts locaux
The council tax
37
Respirer de l'air pollué
To breath polluted air
38
Le bruit
Noise
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Etre bruyant
To be noisy
40
Un voisin
A neighbour
41
Le manque de sommeil
Sleep deprivation
42
Une agression
A mugging
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Saccager
To vandalize
44
La circulation automobile
Car traffic
45
Un carrefour
A crossroads
46
Un rond point
``` A roundabout (GB) A traffic circle (US) ```
47
Des feux de signalisation
Traffic lights
48
Feu orange
Amber light
49
Un couloir de bus
A bus lane
50
Un passage pour piéton
``` A pedestrian crossing (GB) A crosswalk (US) ```
51
Les embouteillages
Traffic congestion
52
Aux heures de pointe
At rush hour
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Un embouteillage
A traffic jam
54
Un bouchon de 5km
A five-mile tailback
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Une rue encombre
A busy street
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Un parking
A car park
57
Se garer
To park
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Emmener une voiture à la fourrière
To tow away a car
59
Auto-partage
Car-sharing
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Covoiturage
Car-pooling
61
La politique des transports
Transport policy
62
Le métro
The underground
63
Prendre le métro
To take the tube
64
Monter dans le bus
To get on the bus
65
Descendre du bus
To get off
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Une gare
A railway station
67
Un train de banlieue
A commuter train
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Une biller aller retour
A return ticket
69
Le TGV
The high speed train
70
Déposer quelqu'un à la gare
To drop sbdy off at the station
71
Aller chercher quelqu'un à la gare
To pick up sb up at the station
72
Un accident de la route
A car crash/accident
73
Des victimes de la route
Road casualties
74
Les accidents mortels
Road fatalities
75
Etre grièvement blessé
To be critically injured
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Rentrer dans une voiture
To run into a car
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La délinquance routière
Reckless driving
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Un conducteur imprudent
A careless driver
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Un chauffard
A roadhog
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Brûler un feu (route)
To jump the lights
81
Céder le passage
To give way
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Avoir la priorité
To have right of way
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Attacher sa ceinture de sécurité
To fasten one's seat belt
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Dépasser une voiture
To overtake a car
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Un contrôle radar
A speed trap
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Passer un contrôle technique
To have an MOT
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Un Alcootest
A breathalyzer
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Conduire sous l'emprise de l'alcool
To drive under the influence
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Conduire en état d'ébriété
A drunk driver
90
Un ralentisseur
A sleeping policeman | A speed bump
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Une amende pour excès de vitesse
A speeding ticket
92
Se faire contrôler
To get caught
93
Le respect des droits de l'homme
The observance of human rights
94
Les nations unies
The United Nations
95
Un militant des droits de l'homme
A human rights activist
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L'égalité des droits
Equal rights
97
Égalité des chances
Equal opportunities
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Le droit de travail/ éducation
The right to work/education
99
La liberté individuelle
Individual freedom
100
Faire une demande d'asile politique
To apply for political asylum
101
Les violations des doits de l'homme
Humans rights violations/abuses
102
Bafouer les droits
To trample the rights
103
Etre opprimé
To be downtrodden
104
Persécuter
To persecute
105
Terroriser
To terrorize
106
La censure
Censorship
107
Un crime contre l'humanité
A crime against humanity
108
Massacrer
To massacre/ to slaughter
109
La SPA (animaux)
The R.S.P.C.A
110
La protection des animaux
Animal welfare
111
Une expérience
An experiment
112
Interdire la chasse au renard
To ban fox hunting
113
Une baleine
A whale
114
Le massacre des phoques
To seal cull
115
Le commerce de la fourrure
The fur trade
116
Gaver une oie
To forced-feed a goose
117
Une poule
A hen
118
L'euthanasie
Mercy killing
119
Le droit de mourir dignement
The right to a dignified death
120
Un docteur qui pratique l'euthanasie
A suicide Doctor
121
Etre en phase terminale
To be terminally ill
122
Etre sous assistance respiratoire
To be on a life support system
123
Etre maintenu en vie artificiellement
To be kept alive artificially
124
Inutilement
Needlessly
125
Abréger les souffrances de quelqu'un
To put an end to sb's suffering
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Soulager
To alleviate
127
Un calmant
A pain killer
128
Mourir sans souffrir
To die a painless death
129
Un testament à vie
A living will
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Etre dans le coma
To be in a coma