Cities - Villes Flashcards

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Un quartier déshérité du centre ville

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Inner cities

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Un citadin

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A city dweller (GB) 
An urbanite (US)
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3
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Une métropole

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A metropolis

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4
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Une zone urbaine

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An urban area

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5
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S’urbaniser

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To become urbanised

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6
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Une agglomération urbaine

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A built-up area

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7
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Un lotissement, une cité

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A housing estate

A housing development

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Un HLM

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A council house

A council flat

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9
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Une tour d’habitation

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A tower block

A high rise

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10
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Un grand ensemble

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A high-rise estate

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11
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Un pate de maisons

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A block of flats

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12
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Un trottoir

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A pavement (GB)
A sidewalk (US)
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13
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Un gratte ciel

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A skyscraper

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14
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Une cités-dortoirs

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A dormiratory Town (GB)

A bedroom community (US)

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15
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L’exode rural

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Rural depopulation

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16
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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate (GB)

an industrial park (US)

17
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Un quartier d’habitation

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A residential area

18
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Un urbaniste

A

A Town planner

19
Q

L’urbanisme

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Town planning

City planning

20
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Un paysage urbain

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A cityscape

21
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La disposition/conception d’une ville

A

The layout of a Town

22
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Un programme de révision urbaine

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An urban renewal programme

23
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Rénover / rénovation

Réhabiliter / réhabilitation

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To renovate / The renovation

To réhabilitate / The rehabilitation

24
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Démolir un bâtiment

A

To pull down a building

25
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L’expansion urbaine tentaculaire

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Urban sprawl

26
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Un quartier chaud

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A hot spot

27
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Une banlieue/un faubourg

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A suburb

28
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Un quartier

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A neighbourhood

29
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Un centre commercial

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A shopping centre / a shopping precinct

30
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Un centre commercial (US)

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A (shopping) mall (US)

31
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La grande banlieue

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The commuter belt

32
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Les espaces verts

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Green spaces

33
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Le centre ville

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The city centre (GB)

Downtown (US)