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Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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Cramped

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Exigu

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Narrow

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Étroit

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The ground floor (UK)
The first floor (US)

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Le rez-de-chaussée

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Spacious

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Spacieux

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A real-estate agency

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Une agence immobilière

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A real-estate agent

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Un agent immobilier

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A co-tenant

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Un colocataire

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A tenant

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Un locataire

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To rehouse someone

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Reloger quelqu’un

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Expropriation

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Expropriation

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A buyer

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Un acheteur

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A plot for sale

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Un terrain à vendre

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A wooden cabin

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Une cabane en bois

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Gaudy (adj)

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Voyant, criard

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To put a damper on someone

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Refroidir quelqu’un (figuré)

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Shabby (adj)

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Minable, miteux

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17
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A tapestry

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Une tapisserie, une tenture

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18
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Mortgage payments

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Les remboursements d’un prêt

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To decorate something

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Décorer quelque chose

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20
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A staircase

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Un escalier

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21
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A hovel

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Un taudis

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The projects (US)

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Les cités (lieux d’habitation)

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A spare room

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Une chambre d’amis

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Homesick

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Qui a le mal du pays

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Decent (adj)

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Convenable, correct

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Low-cost housing

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Le logement à bas prix

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To take out a loan

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Faire un emprunt

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To refurbish a home

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Rénover une maison (intérieur)

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A lease

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Un bail

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30
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To move out

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Déménager

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A landlord/landlady

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Un.e propriétaire

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A rent

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Un loyer

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To evict someone

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Expulser quelqu’un

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The removal men

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Les déménageurs

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The fence

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La clôture, la barrière

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A developer

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Un promoteur

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The tenements

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Les immeubles

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A listed building

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Un bâtiment classé

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A high-rise

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Un immeuble

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A housing estate

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Un lotissement

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A storey (UK)
A story (US)

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Un étage

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A shelter

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Un abri

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A cellar

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Une cave

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A cleaning lady

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Une femme de ménage

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The surface area

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La superficie

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A shortage

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Une pénurie

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Well-maintained/well-kept

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Bien entretenu

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Crooked

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De Travers/penché/courbé

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Gated estates

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Résidences sécurisées

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Pristine

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Immaculé, impeccable, intact, préservé

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A brunt/a burden

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Un fardeau, un poids

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Heaters

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Radiateurs

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Garden shed

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Cabine de jardin

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Town councilors

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Conseillers

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Far-fetched

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Tiré par les cheveux, farfelu

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A driveway

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Une allée de garage

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Downright

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Complètement

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To ward off bad luck/the spell

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Pour conjurer la malchance/le mauvais sort

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It is a far cry from

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On est loin de (cette situation)

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A city-dweller

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Un citadin

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A fare

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Un tarif (d’un titre de transport)

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A taxpayer

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Un contribuable

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A skyscraper

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Un gratte-ciel

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Waste

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Des déchets

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A block

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Un pâté de maisons

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A suburb

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Une banlieue

67
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To gentrify

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S’embourgeoiser, gentrifier

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A bicycle lane

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Une piste cyclable

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Traffic lights

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Les feux de signalisation

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To commute

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Faire la navette pour aller travailler

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To see sights

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Visiter des monuments

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A country-dweller

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Un habitant de la campagne

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To raze/To level out a building

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Raser un bâtiment

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A facility

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Une infrastructure

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Urban sprawl

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Expansion urbaine

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A shuttle

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Une navette

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A motorist

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Un automobiliste

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The congestion charge

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La taxe embouteillage

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A civil engineer

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Un ingénieur en génie civil

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A planning permission

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Un permis de construire

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Building land

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Un terrain, une parcelle (où l’on prévoit de construire)

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To be retrofitted

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être adapté, être modernisé..

83
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A precinct

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Une enceinte (centre…)

84
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The slums

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Bidonvilles, taudis

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Phone booths

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Une cabine téléphonique

86
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A dustman

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Un éboueur

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A pedestrian precinct

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Une zone piétonne

88
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To strew

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Parsemer, Répandre

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A town clerk

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Un employé municipal

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A one-way street

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Une rue à sens unique

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Downtown

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Centre-ville

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A waste land

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Une terre déserte, un terrain vague

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A dormitory town

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Une ville dortoir

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A facelift

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Un ravalement de façade

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A urban exodus

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Un exode urbain

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A thriving business

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Une entreprise florissante/prospère

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