The city Flashcards

(86 cards)

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une ville

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a town

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une grande ville

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a city

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3
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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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une capitale

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a capital

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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6
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une bourgade

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a market town

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7
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une ville champignon

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a boomtown

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8
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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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9
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un citadin

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a town dweller / a city dweller

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10
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le paysage urbain

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the townscape = the cityscape

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11
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un riverain

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a local resident

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12
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un habitant

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an inhabitant = a resident

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13
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la banlieue

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the suburbs

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un banlieusard (travaillant en ville)

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a commuter

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15
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un quartier ou un arrondissement

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a district

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16
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un quartier

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a neighbo(u)rhood

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17
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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping area

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18
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un centre commercial

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a shopping centre / mall

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19
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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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20
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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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21
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une cité, un lotissement

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a housing estate

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22
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un square / jardin public

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a public garden / park

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23
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un terrain communal

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a green

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24
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un espace vert

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a green area = a green space

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un kiosque à musique
a bandstand
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une fontaine
a fountain
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une aire de jeux
a playground
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un terrain vague
waste ground = a sandlot
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de banlieue / banlieusard
suburban
30
populeux
populus
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surpeuplé
overcrowded
32
habiter
to inhabit
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un égout, les égouts
a sewer, sewerage
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le réseau d'autobus
the bus network
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un autobus
a bus
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un conducteur de bus
a bus driver
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un arrêt d'autobus
a bus stop
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un abri d'autobus
a bus shelter
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un autobus à impériale
a double-decker
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la mairie, l'hôtel de ville
the town hall GB = the city hall US
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une caserne de pompiers
a fire station
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un pompier
a fireman = firefighter
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un camion de pompiers
a fire engine / truck
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des équipements sportifs
sports facilities
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une piscine minicipale
a public swimming-pool
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un stade
a stadium
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un gymnase
a gymnasium = a gym
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une maison des jeunes / de quartier
a youths club
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une bibliothèque
a library
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un centre hospitalier
a hospital complex
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des toilettes publiques
a publics lavatory = a comfort station US
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ramasser les ordures
to collect / to pick up the garbage
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le mobilier urbain
street furniture
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l'éclairage public
street lighting
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un banc public
a public bench
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un taxi
a taxi / a cab
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le prix de la course
the fare
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le compteur
the metre
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un couloir d'autobus
a bus lane
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une piste cyclabe
a bicycle lane
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un piéton
a pedestrian
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un passage pour piétons
a pedestrian crossing = a zebra crossing GB
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des feux tricolores
traffic lights
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le stationnement
parking
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une place de stationnement
a parking space
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un parcmètre
a parking metre
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un horodateur
a pay-and-display machine
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un parking
a car park
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une artère
a thoroughfare
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une avenue
an avenue
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un boulevard
a boulevard
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une ruelle
a lane / an alley
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une rue à sens unique
a one-way street
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une impasse = une voie sans issue = un cul de sac
a blind alley = a dead end = a cul-de-sac
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une place
a square
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une esplanade
a plaza
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la place du marché
the marketplace
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une rue en arc de cercle
a crescent
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un quai
an embankment
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le bord du trottoir
the kerb GB = the curb US
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un caniveau
a gutter
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une bouche d'égout
a manhoie
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traverser
to cross
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se garer
to park
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se garer en double file
to doule-park
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héler un taxi
to hail = to flag a taxi / a cab