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un urbaniste

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a town planner

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le paysage urbain

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the townscape

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un architecte

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an architect

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l’architecture

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architecture

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aménager

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to develop

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un promoteur immobilier

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a developer

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une zone aménagée

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a development

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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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construire –> reconstruire

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to build –> to rebuild

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un chantier

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a building site

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ériger

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to erect

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un ingnieur civil

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civil engineer

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le génie civil

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civil engineering

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un agent immibilier

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a real-estate agent

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rénover

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to renovate

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rénoation

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renovation

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rénover / retaper

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to refurbish / to reyamp

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réhabiliter

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to rehabilitate

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la réhabilitation

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rehabilitation

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enbourgeoiser

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to gentrify

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embourgeoisés

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gentrified

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la rénovation de luxe

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gentrification

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améliorer

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to improve

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une amélioration

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improvement

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démolir

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to demolish / tu pull down

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la démolition

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demolition

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abattre

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to knowk down

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raser / démolir des taudis

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to level (out) / ro raze slums

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la démolition des taudis

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slum clearance

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classer –> classé

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to list –> listed

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moderniser

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to upgrade

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restaurer

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to restore

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ravaler

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to give a facelift to

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une ville

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a town

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les citadins

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townspeople

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la ligne des toits

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skyline

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une grande ville

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a city

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un citadin

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a city-dweller

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la vie en ville

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city life

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habiter

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to inhabit

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un(e) habitant(e)

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an inhabitant

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(in)habité

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(un)inhabitated

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un résident –> résidentiel

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a resident –> residential

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les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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the inner city

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la grande banlieur

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the suburbs

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la banlieue

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suburbia

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(sub)urbain

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(sub)urban

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s’étendre

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to sprawl

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désert / abandonné

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deserted

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un arondissement

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a borough

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un quartier

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a district

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le quartier / le voisinnage

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the neighbourhood

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le centre ville

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the city-centre (center ?) / downtown

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le quartier des affaires

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the financial district / CBD (Central Business District) (US)

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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping precinct

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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un quartier chaud

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a red light area

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dangereux

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unsafe / dangerous

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un ghetto

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a ghetto

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populeux

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overcrowded

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un bidonville

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a shantytown

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sordide

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squalid

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les conditions sordides

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squalor

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une zone indisutrielle

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an industrial estate

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des HLM

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council flats/houses

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les logements sociaux

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the projects

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une cité / un lotissement

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a housing estate

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un grand ensemble

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a housing development

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une tour

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a tower / a high-rise

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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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un immeuble

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a block of flats / an apartment building

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un vieil immeuble délabré

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a tenement

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un appartement

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a flat / an apartment

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un appartement en copropriété

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a condominium

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un studio

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a studio flat

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un colocataire

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a flatmate / a roommate

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une chambre meublée

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a bedsit

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un permis de construire

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planning permission

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construire un batiment

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tu put up a building

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un terrain vague

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waste land / sandlot

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une zone d’aménagement concertée (ZAC)

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an urban development zone

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insalubre

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unfit for human habitation

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un batiment classé

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listed buidling

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un bourg

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a market town

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une ville côtière

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a coastal town

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une ville fortifiée

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a fortified town

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une ville médiévale

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a medieval town

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une ville minière

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a mining town

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une ville industrielle

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an industrial town

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une ville- / cité-dortoire

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a dormitory / a satellite town

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une cité historique

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a historic city

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une capitale

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a capital city

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une métropole

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a major city / a metropolis

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la périphérie d’une ville

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the outskirts of a town/city

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une ville champignon

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a mushroom town

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une ville tentaculaire

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a sparwling city

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l’expansion urbaine

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urban sprawling

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la banlieur tentaculaire

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the suburban sprawl

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une ville gigantesque

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a gigantic city

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le centre de philadelphie

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downtown Philadelphia

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une résidence sécurisée

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a gated community

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l’approvisionnement en eau/ éléctricité

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water / electricity supply

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le mobilier urbain

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street furniture

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les toilettes publiques

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public conveniences

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un réverbère / lampadaire

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a lamppost / a streetlight

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l’éclairage public

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streetlighting

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un banc publique

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a public bench

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un abribus

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a bus-shelter

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une boite aux lettres

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a pillar box / mail box

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une cabine téléphonique

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a phone box / booth

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une bouche d’incendie

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a fire hydrant

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un panneau publicitaire

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a hoarding / billboard

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une poubelle publique

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a litter bin

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une poubelle

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a dustbin / garbage can

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un éboueur

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a sudtman / refuse collector

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry / a garbage truck

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la décharge

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the tip / rubbish dump

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un château d’eau

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a water tower

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un égout –> les égouts

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a sewer –> sewerage

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