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Chapter 66 - City Life Flashcards

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1
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Une artère

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a thoroughfare

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la voirie

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the road network

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un périphérique

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a ring road

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une ruelle

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a lane, an alley

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un carrefour

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a crossroads

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une voie sans issue

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a no-through road

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un rond-point

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a roundabout

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uneplace

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a square

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une place circulaire

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a circus

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un panneau indicateur

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a road sign

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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un quai (près d’un fleuve)

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an embankment

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le bord du trottoir

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the kerb

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le caniveau

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the gutter

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un passage protégé / clouté

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a pedestrian crossing

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des pavés

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cobblestone

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17
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des feux de signalisation

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traffic lights

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une bouche d’égoût

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a manhole

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un réverbère

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a lamppost

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un jardin public

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a public park / garden

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un jardin botanique

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a botanical garden

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une aire de jeu

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a playground

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un bac à sable

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a sandpit

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les espaces verts

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green areas

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la mairie

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a town- / city- hall

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le conseil municipal

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the town- / city-council

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un conseiller municipal

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a town councillor

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une caserne de pompiers

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a fire station

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une maison de jeunes

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a youth club

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animé

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bustling

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débordant d’activités

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bustling with activity

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débordant de vie

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vibrant

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fou/ endiablé / Mouvementé

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hectic

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épuisé

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exhausted / worn-out

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sale / crasseux

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grimy

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un passant

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a passer-by

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un clochard

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a tramp / a bum

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affluer

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to flock into / to pour into

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emménager

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to move in

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déménager

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to move out

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aller au travail en train

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to commute to work

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la taxe embouteillage

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the congestion charge

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arriéré

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backward

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un hameau

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a hamlet

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une résidence secondaire

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a second home

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une circulation incessante

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relentless traffic

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la grande banlieue

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the commuter belt

48
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une rue passante

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a busy street

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une rue embouteillée

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a congested street

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l’agitation

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the hustle and bustle

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une rue déserte

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a deserted street

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une rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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un balayeur

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a street cleaner / sweeper

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une piste cyclable

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a bike lane

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une impasse

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a blind alley

56
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une ville déshumanisée

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a dehumanised city

57
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des bâtiments décrépis

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rundown buildings

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des maisons délabrées

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dilapidated houses

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des logements insalubres

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insalubrious homes

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une maison à l’abandon

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a derelict house / an abandoned house

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un quartier qui craint

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an insecure area

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un quartier où sévit la criminalité

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a crime-ridden neighbourhood

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la pénurie de logements

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housing shortage

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une vie simple

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a plain life

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un campagnard

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a country dweller

66
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la sale des fêtes

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a village hall

67
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un trou / un bled paumé

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a backwater / the boondocks / the boonies (vulgaire)

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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sordide

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squalid

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des HLM

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council flats / houses

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un bidonville

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a slum, a shantytown

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un quartier chaud

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a red light area

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raser / démolir des taudis

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to level (out)/ to raze slums

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ravaler

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to give a facelift to

75
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les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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the inner city (le centre ville est souvent plus en difficultés au UK qu’ailleurs)

Anglais Vocabulaire E.C (79 decks)

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