29 - The City Flashcards

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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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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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une capitale

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a capital (city)

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une bourgade

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a market town

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une ville champignon

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a boomtown

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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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un citadin

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a town/city dweller

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le paysage urbain

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the town/city scape

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un riverain

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a local resident

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un habitant

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an inhabitant / a resident

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un voisin

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a neighbour

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la banlieue

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the suburbs

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un banlieusard

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a commuter

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populeux

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populous

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surpeuplé

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overcrowdedu

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un quartier/ un arondissement

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a district

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19
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un quartier

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a neighborhood

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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping area

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21
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un centre commercial

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a shoppin centre/mall

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precint

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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24
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une cité, un lotissement

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a house estate

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25
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un square / jardin public

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a public garden/park

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un terrain communal

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a green

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un espace vert

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a green area
a green space

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28
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un kiosque à musique

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a bandstand
a gazebo

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29
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une aire de jeux

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a playground

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30
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un terrain vague, 2

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a waterground
a sandlot

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31
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de banlieue/ banlieusard

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suburban

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32
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habiter

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to inhabit

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33
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aménagements publics

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public amenities

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34
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un/ des égotus

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a sewer -> sewerage

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35
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le réseau d’autobus

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the bus network

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36
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un autobus

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a bus

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37
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un conducteur de bus

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a bus driver

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38
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un arrêt de bus

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a bus stop

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39
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un abri de bus

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a bus shelter

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40
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un autobus à l’impériale

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a double-decker (bus)

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41
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la mairie, l’hotel de ville

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the town (gb)
the city hall (us)

42
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une caserne de pompier

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a firestation

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un pompier

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a fireman/ a firefighter

44
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un camion de pompier

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a fire engine/truck

45
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des équipements sportifs

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sport facilities

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une piscine municipale

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a public swimming-pool

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un stade

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a stadium

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un gymnase

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a gymnasium = a gym

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une maison des jeunes / de quartier

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a youth club

50
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un centre hospitalier

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a hospital complex

51
Q

ramasser les ordures

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to collect/pick up the garbage

52
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Les toilettes publics

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a public lavatory
a comfort station (US)

53
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le mobilier urbain

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street furniture

54
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l’éclairage public

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street lighting

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un banc public

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a public bench

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un taxi

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a cab / a taxi

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le prix de la course (taxi)

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the fare

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le compteur

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the metre

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un couloir d’autobus

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a bus lane

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une piste cyclable

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a bicycle lane

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un piéton

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a pedestrian

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le stationnement

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parking

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des feux tricolores

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traffic lights

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un passage piéton

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a zebra crossing
a pedestrian crossing

65
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la place du marché

A

the marketplace

66
Q

une rue en arc de cercle

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a crescent

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un quai

A

an embankment

68
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le bord du trottoir (US/UK)

A

the kerb (gb)
the kurb (us)

69
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héler un taxi

A

to hail a taxi
to flag a taxi

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une place de stationnement

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A parking space

71
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un parcmètre

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a parking metre

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un horodateur

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a pay-and display machine

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un parking

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a carpark

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une artère

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a thoroughfare

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une avenue

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an avenue

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un boulevard

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a boulevard

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une ruelle, 2

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a lane
an alley

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une rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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une place

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a square

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une esplanade

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a plaza

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une impasse

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a blind alley

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une voie sans issue

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a dead-end

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un cul-de-sac

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a cul-de-sac

84
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un caniveau

A

a gutter

85
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une bouche d’égout

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a manhole

86
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traverser (la route)

A

to cross

87
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se garer

A

to park

88
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se garer en double-file

A

to double-park

89
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le métro de Londres

A

the Tube

90
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faire la fête en ville

A

to paint the town red

91
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toute la ville en parle

A

it’s the talk of the town

92
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c’est dans mes cordes

A

that’s right up my street

93
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l’homme de la rue

A

the man in the street

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ils ont étudié toutes les possibilitées

A

they explored every possible avenue

95
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le centre-ville UK/US

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the town centre UK
downtown US

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la rue principale UK/US

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the High Street UK
The Main Street US

97
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une cité dortoire UK/US

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A dormitory town UK
a commuter town US

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un lampadaire UK/US

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a lamppost UK
a street lamp US

99
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un trottoir UK/US

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a pavement UK/US a sidewalk

100
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un passage souterrain UK/US

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a subway UK
an underpass US

101
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le métro UK/US

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the underground UK
the subway US

102
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un bac à sable UK/US

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a sandpit UK
a sandbox US