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12 Logement architecture Flashcards

1
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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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un(e) urbaniste

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a (town) planner

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un(e) architecte

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an architect [ˈɑːkɪtekt]

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architectural

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architectural [ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl]

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construire

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to build* [bɪld]

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un plan

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a plan [plæn]

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dessiner les plans

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to draw* up the plans

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concevoir qqch.

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to design sth

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les proportions

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the proportions [prəˈpɔːʃənz]

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un dessinateur industriel

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[BR] a draughtsman [ˈdrɑːftsmən] • [AM] a draftsman

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une planche à dessin

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a drawing board

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l’aménagement du territoire

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town-and-country planning

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les travaux publics

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civil engineering

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obtenir un permis de construire

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to get planning permission

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la rénovation (d’un quartier)

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redevelopment [ˌriːdɪˈveləpmənt] • rehabilitation [ˈriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən] • renovation [ˌrenəʊˈveɪʃən]

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la rénovation (d’un immeuble)

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restoration [ˌrestəˈreɪʃən]

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rénover (un quartier)

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to redevelop [ˌriːdɪˈveləp] • to rehabilitate [ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt] • to renovate [ˈrenəʊveɪt]

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rénover (un immeuble)

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to restore [rɪsˈtɔːʳ]

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19
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un terrain

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[BR] a plot of land • [AM] a lot [lɒt]

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«terrain à bâtir»

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site for sale • “ building land for sale “

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21
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une zone d’aménagement concerté

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an urban development zone

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22
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un terrain vague

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a piece of waste ground

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les espaces verts

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green spaces • green areas

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la ceinture verte

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the green belt

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un jardin public

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a (public) park

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26
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un square

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a public garden

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27
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une aire de jeux

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a playground [ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd]

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28
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une ville

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a town [taʊn]

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une grande ville

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a city [ˈsɪtɪ] • a large town

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une métropole

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a major city

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une capitale

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a capital (city)

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32
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un bourg, une bourgade

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a market town

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une ville-dortoir

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[BR] a dormitory town • [AM] a satellite town

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une ville nouvelle

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a new town

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35
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une localité

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a locality [ləʊˈkælɪtɪ]

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une agglomération

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a built-up area

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un(e) habitant(e)

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an inhabitant [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt]

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un(e) citadin(e)

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a city-dweller • a town-dweller

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une communauté urbaine

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an urban community

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40
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la municipalité

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the town • the municipality [mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ]

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41
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le centre ville

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the town centre

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le centre de Boston

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the centre of Boston • [BR] central Boston • [AM] downtown Boston

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43
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aller en ville

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to go* into town

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44
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un quartier, un arrondissement

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an area [ˈɛərɪə] • a district [ˈdɪstrɪkt]

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45
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la vieille ville

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the old town

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46
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la ville haute / basse

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the upper / lower (part of the) town

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47
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une zone d’habitation

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a residential area

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48
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un quartier résidentiel

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a middle-class district

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49
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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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50
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l’hôtel de ville, la mairie

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the town hall

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un lotissement, une cité

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[BR] an estate [ɪsˈteɪt] • [BR] a housing estate • [AM] a housing development • [AM] a housing project

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une zone industrielle

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[BR] an industrial estate • [AM] an industrial park

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53
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un bidonville

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a shanty town

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54
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un pâté de maisons

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a block [blɒk]

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55
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une rangée de maisons

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a row of houses

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56
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il habite trois rues plus loin

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[BR] he lives three streets away • [AM] he lives three blocks away

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57
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les environs, la périphérie

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the outskirts [ˈaʊtskɜːts]

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58
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la banlieue

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the suburbs [ˈsʌbɜːbz] (plur.)

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la grande banlieue

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the outer suburbs (plur.)

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60
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prendre les transports en commun pour aller à son travail

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to commute [kəˈmjuːt]

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un(e) banlieusard(e)

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a commuter [kəˈmjuːtəʳ]

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un hameau

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a hamlet [ˈhæmlɪt]

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un village

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a village [ˈvɪlɪdʒ]

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un(e) villageois(e)

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a villager [ˈvɪlɪdʒəʳ]

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les gens de la campagne

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country people • country folk

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66
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une rue

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a street [striːt] (abr. St) • a road [rəʊd] (abr. Rd)

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une rue animée / passante

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a lively / busy street

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la grand-rue

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[BR] the high street • [AM] the main street

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une petite rue

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a side street

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une ruelle

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an alley [ˈælɪ] • a lane [leɪn]

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une avenue

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an avenue [ˈævənjuː] (abr. Ave)

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un boulevard

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a boulevard [ˈbuːləvɑːʳ] (abr. Bd)

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une place

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a square [skwɛəʳ] (abr. Sq)

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la place du marché

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the market square

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une rue piétonnière

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[BR] a pedestrian way • a pedestrianized street • [AM] a walkway [ˈwɔːkweɪ]

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le trottoir

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[BR] the pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt] • [AM] the sidewalk [ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk]

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la chaussée

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the road(way)

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le bord du trottoir

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[BR] the kerb [kɜːb] • [AM] the curb [kɜːb]

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79
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le caniveau

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the gutter [ˈgʌtəʳ]

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un carrefour

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a crossroads [ˈkrɒsˌrəʊds] (sing.)

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un passage clouté

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a pedestrian crossing • [BR] a zebra crossing • [AM] a crosswalk [ˈkrɒswɔːk]

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un passage pour piétons

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a pedestrian walkway

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83
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un passage souterrain

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an underpass [ˈʌndəpɑːs] • [BR] a subway(1) [ˈsʌbweɪ]

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84
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des feux de circulation

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a set of traffic lights

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le feu est vert / orange / rouge

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the lights are green / amber / red

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86
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les berges de la Tamise

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the banks of the Thames

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87
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sur les quais

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along the embankment

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88
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un pont

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a bridge [brɪdʒ]

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89
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un bâtiment

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a building [ˈbɪldɪŋ]

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90
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un immeuble de bureaux

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an office block

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91
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une tour

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a tower (block)

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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper [ˈskaɪˌskreɪpəʳ]

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un pavillon, une maison individuelle

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a (detached) house

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94
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des maisons jumelles

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semidetached houses

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95
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des maisons mitoyennes

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[BR] terraced houses • [AM] town houses

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96
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une maison de plain-pied

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a bungalow [ˈbʌŋgələʊ]

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une chaumière

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a thatched cottage

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98
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une villa (de style méditerranéen)

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a villa [ˈvɪlə]

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un manoir, une gentilhommière

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a manor (house)

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un hôtel particulier

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a mansion [ˈmænʃən]

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101
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un château fort

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a castle [ˈkɑːsl]

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102
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les châteaux de la Loire

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the Loire châteaux

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103
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un palais

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a palace [ˈpælɪs]

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104
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une masure

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a hovel [ˈhɒvəl]

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une cabane, une baraque

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a shack [ʃæk]

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un appartement

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an apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt] • [BR] a flat [flæt]

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un appartement (dont on est propriétaire)

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[AM] a condominium [ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm]

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108
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un appartement de 3 pièces

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a 3-room(ed) apartment

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109
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un studio(1)

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a studio flat • [BR] a flatlet [ˈflætlɪt] • [BR] a one-room flat • [AM] a studio apartment • [AM] an efficiency (apartment)

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un immeuble d’habitation

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[BR] a block of flats • [AM] an apartment house

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une tour d’habitation

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[BR] a high-rise block • [BR] a tower block • [AM] a high-riser

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un immeuble en copropriété

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[AM] a condominium

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un apartement en duplex

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a maisonette [ˌmeɪzəˈnet]

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une maison louée à la municipalité

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[BR] a council house

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un appartement dans un HLM

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[BR] a council flat

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un duplex(2)

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a penthouse [ˈpenthaʊs] • [AM] a duplex (apartment)

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≈ une chambre de bonne

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[BR] a bedsitting room • a bedsitter [ˈbedˌsɪtəʳ]

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un meublé

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a furnished apartment

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une cabane

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a cabin [ˈkæbɪn]

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une hutte

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a hut [hʌt]

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une cabane de rondins

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a log cabin

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un chalet

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a chalet [ˈʃæleɪ]

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une annexe

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an annexe [ˈæneks]

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l’architecture

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architecture

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une ville fortifiée

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a walled city

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un rempart

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a rampart [ˈræmpɑːt]

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les créneaux

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the battlements [ˈbætlmənts]

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une tour

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a tower [ˈtaʊəʳ]

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une tourelle

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a turret [ˈtʌrɪt]

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un donjon

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a keep [kiːp]

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des douves

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a moat [məʊt] (sing.)

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un fort

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a fort [fɔːt]

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une forteresse

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a fortress [ˈfɔːtrɪs] • a stronghold [ˈstrɒŋˌhəʊld]

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une citadelle

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a citadel [ˈsɪtədl]

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un dôme

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a dome [dəʊm]

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une voûte

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a vault [vɔːlt]

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une cour

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a courtyard [ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd]

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une galerie

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a gallery [ˈgælərɪ]

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une aile

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a wing [wɪŋ]

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une colonne

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a column [ˈkɒləm]

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une colonnade

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a colonnade [ˌkɒləˈneɪd]

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une balustrade

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a balustrade [ˌbæləsˈtreɪd]

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un pilier

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a pillar [ˈpɪləʳ]

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un chapiteau

A

a capital [ˈkæpɪtl]

145
Q

un arc, une arche

A

an arch [ɑːtʃ]

146
Q

une arcade

A

an arcade [ɑːˈkeɪd]

147
Q

un contrefort

A

a buttress [ˈbʌtrɪs]

148
Q

un arc-boutant

A

a flying buttress

149
Q

une gargouille

A

a gargoyle [ˈgɑːgɔɪl]

150
Q

un porche

A

a porch [pɔːtʃ]

151
Q

un portique

A

a portico [ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ] (plur. porticoes)

152
Q

le fronton

A

the pediment [ˈpedɪmənt]

153
Q

nu

A

bare [bɛəʳ]

154
Q

austère

A

austere [ɒsˈtɪəʳ]

155
Q

modeste

A

modest [ˈmɒdɪst]

156
Q

exubérant

A

exuberant [ɪgˈzjuːbərənt]

157
Q

un style dépouillé

A

a pared-down style

158
Q

grandiose

A

grandiose [ˈgrændɪəʊz]

159
Q

ostentatoire

A

ostentatious [ˌɔstenˈteɪʃəs]

160
Q

élevé

A

tall [tɔːl]

161
Q

bas

A

low [ləʊ]

162
Q

imposant

A

imposing [ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ]

163
Q

majestueux

A

majestic [məˈdʒestɪk]

164
Q

en bon/mauvais état

A

in a good/poor state of repair

165
Q

en ruine

A

ruined [ˈruːɪnd] • in ruins

166
Q

délabré

A

tumbledown [ˈtʌmblˌdaʊn]

167
Q

un style

A

a style [staɪl]

168
Q

le style des années 50

A

the style of the 50’s

169
Q

une maison géorgienne / victorienne / Tudor

A

a Georgian / Victorian / Tudor house

170
Q

contemporain

A

contemporary [kənˈtempərərɪ]

171
Q

roman

A

Norman [ˈnɔːmən]

172
Q

gothique

A

Gothic [ˈgɒθɪk]

173
Q

rococo

A

rococo [rəʊˈkəʊkəʊ]

174
Q

baroque

A

baroque [bəˈrɒk]

175
Q

le logement

A

housing

176
Q

habiter à Londres / dans une maison

A

to live in London / in a house

177
Q

il habite au numéro 12

A

he lives at number 12

178
Q

sa résidence principale / secondaire

A

his main / second home

179
Q

un(e) résident(e)

A

a resident [ˈrezɪdənt]

180
Q

nos locaux

A

our premises [ˈpremɪsɪz]

181
Q

sur place

A

on the premises

182
Q

l’hébergement

A

accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən]

183
Q

un logement

A

[BR] accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən] (n. c.) • [AM] accommodations [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃəns] (plur.)

184
Q

loger qqn

A

to accommodate sb • to house sb • to put* sb up

185
Q

occuper un bâtiment

A

to occupy a building

186
Q

l’occupant(e)

A

the householder [ˈhaʊsˌhəʊldəʳ] • the occupier [ˈɒkjʊpaɪəʳ]

187
Q

un abri

A

a shelter [ˈʃeltəʳ]

188
Q

une maison à vendre

A

a house for sale

189
Q

l’immobilier

A

[BR] property [ˈprɒpətɪ] • [AM] real estate

190
Q

un agent immobilier

A

[BR] an estate agent • [AM] a realtor [ˈrɪəltɔːʳ]

191
Q

un promoteur immobilier

A

a property developer

192
Q

le syndic, le gérant

A

the managing agent

193
Q

s’installer à Paris / dans une nouvelle maison

A

to settle in Paris / into a new house

194
Q

emménager chez qqn

A

to move in with sb

195
Q

emménager dans une maison

A

to move into a house

196
Q

un(e) nouveau (-elle) venu(e)

A

a newcomer [ˈnjuːˌkʌməʳ]

197
Q

déménager, changer de maison

A

to move [muːv]

198
Q

déménager d’une maison

A

to move out of a house

199
Q

un déménagement

A

a removal [rɪˈmuːvəl]

200
Q

une entreprise / un camion de déménagement

A

a removal firm / van

201
Q

un déménageur

A

a removal man

202
Q

être propriétaire de sa maison

A

to own one’s own house

203
Q

une maison à soi

A

a house of one’s own

204
Q

le (la) propriétaire

A

the owner [ˈəʊnəʳ]

205
Q

un(e) occupant(e) propriétaire

A

an owner-occupier

206
Q

mon propriétaire

A

my landlord

207
Q

ma propriétaire

A

my landlady

208
Q

louer une maison à qqn (quand on est propriétaire)

A

to let* a house to sb

209
Q

louer une maison à qqn (quand on est locataire)

A

to rent a house from sb

210
Q

sous-louer qqch. à qqn

A

to sublet* sth to sb [ˈsʌbˈlet]

211
Q

le loyer

A

the rent [rent]

212
Q

une quittance

A

a receipt [rɪˈsiːt]

213
Q

les charges

A

the service charges

214
Q

l’eau, le gaz et l’électricité

A

utilities [juːˈtɪlɪtɪz]

215
Q

un(e) locataire

A

a tenant [ˈtenənt]

216
Q

un(e) locataire (d’une chambre)

A

[BR] a lodger [ˈlɒdʒəʳ] • [AM] a roomer [ˈrʊməʳ]

217
Q

partager un appartement avec qqn

A

[BR] to share a flat with sb

218
Q

mon/ma colocataire

A

[BR] my flatmate

219
Q

un bail

A

a lease [liːs]

220
Q

renouveler un bail

A

to renew a lease

221
Q

une caution

A

a security deposit • a guarantee [ˌgærənˈtiː] • a deposit [dɪˈpɒzɪt]

222
Q

l’état des lieux

A

the inventory of fixtures

223
Q

faire l’inventaire

A

to draw* up the inventory

224
Q

donner un préavis de trois mois

A

to give* three months’ notice

225
Q

donner congé à qqn

A

to give* sb notice

226
Q

un(e) pensionnaire

A

a boarder [ˈbɔːdəʳ]

227
Q

un(e) hôte payant(e)

A

a paying guest

228
Q

chambre avec pension

A

board and lodging

229
Q

demi-pension

A

half board

230
Q

pension complète

A

full board

231
Q

l’expulsion

A

eviction [ɪˈvɪkʃən]

232
Q

expulser qqn de

A

to evict sb from

233
Q

reloger qqn

A

to rehouse sb

234
Q

exproprier

A

to expropriate [eksˈprəʊprɪeɪt]

235
Q

l’expropriation

A

expropriation [eksˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən]

236
Q

le (la) concierge

A

[BR] the caretaker [ˈkɛəʳˌteɪkəʳ] • [BR] the porter [ˈpɔːtəʳ] • [AM] the janitor [ˈdʒænɪtəʳ] • [AM] the super [ˈsuːpəʳ] • [AM] the manager [ˈmænɪdʒəʳ]

237
Q

un(e) voisin(e)

A

[BR] a neighbour [ˈneɪbəʳ] • [AM] a neighbor

238
Q

mes voisins

A

the people next door

239
Q

le voisinage

A

[BR] the neighbourhood • [AM] the neighborhood

240
Q

les problèmes de logement

A

housing problems

241
Q

un squatter

A

a squatter [ˈskwɒtəʳ]

242
Q

squatter

A

to squat [skwɒt]

243
Q

les sans-abri

A

the homeless [ˈhəʊmlɪs] (n. c. plur.)

244
Q

un sans-abri

A

a homeless person

245
Q

dormir sous les ponts

A

to sleep* rough

246
Q

être sans domicile fixe

A

to have no fixed abode (soutenu)

247
Q

un foyer

A

a hostel [ˈhɒstəl]

248
Q

un quartier de taudis

A

slums [slʌmz] (plur.)

249
Q

un bidonville

A

a shanty town

250
Q

insalubre

A

unfit for human habitation

251
Q

misérable, sordide

A

squalid [ˈskwɒlɪd]

252
Q

les équipements collectifs

A

public amenities

253
Q

l’éclairage public

A

street lighting

254
Q

un réverbère

A

[BR] a lamppost [ˈlæmpˌpəʊst] • a street light • [AM] a street lamp

255
Q

un château d’eau

A

a water tower

256
Q

l’approvisionnement en eau

A

the water supply

257
Q

un égout

A

a sewer [ˈsjʊəʳ]

258
Q

les égouts

A

sewerage [ˈsjʊərɪdʒ] (n. c.)

259
Q

le tout-à-l’égout

A

mains drainage (n. c.)

260
Q

des toilettes publiques

A

[BR] a public convenience (sing.) • [BR] public toilets • public lavatories • [AM] a rest room • [AM] a comfort station

261
Q

la lutte contre la vermine

A

pest control

262
Q

la dératisation

A

rat extermination

263
Q

le service de voirie

A

the cleansing department

264
Q

une balayeuse

A

a roadsweeping vehicle

265
Q

nettoyer qqch. au jet

A

to hose sth down

266
Q

un balayeur

A

[BR] a road sweeper • [AM] a street sweeper

267
Q

l’entretien

A

maintenance [ˈmeɪntɪnəns]

268
Q

entretenir

A

to maintain [meɪnˈteɪn]

269
Q

nettoyer les rues

A

to clean the streets

270
Q

les éboueurs

A

[BR] the dustmen [ˈdʌstmen] • [AM] the garbage collectors

271
Q

les éboueurs sont passés

A

[BR] the dustmen have been

272
Q

une benne

A

a skip [skɪp]

273
Q

le ramassage des ordures

A

[BR] refuse collection • [AM] garbage collection

274
Q

la décharge

A

[BR] the tip [tɪp] • [BR] the rubbish dump • [AM] the garbage dump

AN. Vocabulaire Collins C. (59 decks)

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