20: cities / la ville Flashcards

1
Q

le centre ville

A

the city centre (GB) / downtown (US)

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2
Q

un quartier déshérité du centre ville

A

inner cities (-)

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3
Q

un citadin

A

a city dweller (GB) / an urbanite (US)

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4
Q

une métropole

A

a metropolis

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5
Q

une zone urbaine

A

an urban area

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6
Q

s’urbaniser

A

to become urbanised

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7
Q

une agglomération (urbaine)

A

a built-up area

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8
Q

un lotissement, une cité

A

a housing estate / a housing development

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9
Q

un(e) HLM

A

a council house / flat

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10
Q

une tour (d’habitation)

A

a tower block, a high rise

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11
Q

un grand ensemble

A

a high-rise estate

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12
Q

un pâté de maisons

A

a block of flats

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13
Q

un trottoir

A

a pavement (GB) / a sidewalk (US)

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14
Q

un gratte-ciel

A

a skyscraper

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15
Q

une cité dortoir (-)

A

a dormitory town (GB) / a bedroom community (US)

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16
Q

l’exode rural

A

rural depopulation

17
Q

une zone industrielle

A

an industrial estate (GB) / an industrial park (US)

18
Q

un quartier d’habitation

A

a residential area

19
Q

un urbaniste

A

a town planner

20
Q

l’urbanisme

A

city /town planning

21
Q

un paysage urbain

A

a cityscape

22
Q

la conception d’une ville

A

the layout of a town

23
Q

un programme de rénovation urbaine

A

an urban renewal programme

24
Q

rénover, réhabiliter

A

to renovate, to rehabilitate

25
Q

la rénovation, la réhabilitation

A

the renovation, the rehabilitation

26
Q

démolir un bâtiment

A

to pull down a building

27
Q

l’expansion urbaine tentaculaire

A

urban sprawl

28
Q

un quartier chaud

A

a hot spot

29
Q

une banlieue

A

a suburb

30
Q

un quartier

A

a neighbourhood

31
Q

un centre commercial

A

a shopping center / a mall (us)

32
Q

la grande banlieue

A

the commuter belt

33
Q

les espaces verts

A

green spaces