20. Cities Flashcards

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le centre-ville

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the city centre (GB)

downtown (US)

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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un quartier déshérité du centre-ville

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inner cities

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un citadin

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a city dweller (GB) 
an urbanite (US)
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une zone urbaine

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an urban area

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s’urbaniser

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to become urbanised

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une agglomération (urbaine)

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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(e) HLM

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a council house / a council flat

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un tour d’habitation

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a tower block / a high rise

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un gd ensemble

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a high-rise estate

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un pâté de maisons

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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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un cité-dortoir

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a dormitory town (GB)

a bedroom community (US)

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l’exode rurale

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rural depopulation

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate (GB)

an industrial park (US)

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un quartier d’habitation

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a residential area

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un urbaniste

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a town planner

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l’urbanisme

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town planning / city planning

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un paysage urbain

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a cityscape

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la disposition / conception d’une ville

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the layout of a town

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un 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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la rénovation / la réhabilitation
the renovation / the rehabilitation
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démolir un bâtiment
to pull down a building
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l'expansion urbaine
urban sprawl
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un quartier chaud
a hot spot
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une banlieue, un faubourg
a suburb
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un quartier
a neighbourhood
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un centre commercial
a shopping centre / a shopping precinct (GB) | a (shopping) mall (US
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la grande banlieue
the commuter belt
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les espaces verts
green spaces