Cities (21) Flashcards

1
Q

le centre-ville

A

the city centre
downtown

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2
Q

un quartier déshérité du centre-ville

A

inner cities

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3
Q

a citadin

A

a city dweller
an urbanite

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4
Q

une métropole
une mégalopole

A

a metropolis
a megapolis

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5
Q

une zone urbaine

A

an urban zone

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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 HLM

A

a council flat
a council house

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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
a sidewalk

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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
a bedroom community

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16
Q

l’exode rural

A

rural depopulation

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17
Q

une zone industrielle

A

an industrial estate
an industrial park

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18
Q

un quartier d’habitation

A

a residential area

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19
Q

un urbanniste

A

a town planner

20
Q

l’urbanisme

A

town planning
city planning

21
Q

un paysage urbain

A

a cityscape

22
Q

la dispostion / conception d’une ville

A

the layout of a town

23
Q

un programme de révolution 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 batiment

A

to pull down a building

27
Q

la périurbanisation

A

urban sprawl

28
Q

un quartier chaud

A

a hot spot

29
Q

une zone de non-droit

A

a no-go area

30
Q

une banlieue
un faubourg

31
Q

un quartier

A

a neighbourhood

32
Q

un centre commercial

A

a shopping centre
a shopping precinct

33
Q

une galerie marchande

A

a (shopping) mall

34
Q

la grande banlieue

A

the commuter belt

35
Q

les espaces verts

A

green spaces

36
Q

pays en developpement

A

developing countries

37
Q

grande villes

A

large cities

38
Q

une vitesse effrayante

A

a frightening pace

39
Q

to swell

A

gonfler
grossir

40
Q

un quatier pauvre délabré

A

a run-down inner city

40
Q

le béton

41
Q

des sommes considérables

A

substantial funds

42
Q

habiter à la périphérie de la ville

A

to live on the outskirts of the city

43
Q

l’activité incessante des grandes villes

A

the hustle and bustle of big cities