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City and city life Flashcards

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Les différents quartiers

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the various districts

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un centre commercial

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a trading / trade center

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un quartier résidentiel

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residential area

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zone industrielle

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industrial quarter

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quartier des affaires

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Central Business District

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un pâté de maison

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a block

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un quartier / le voisinage

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a neighbourhood

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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une ville

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a town

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les citadins

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townspeople / city-dwellers

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une grande ville

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a city

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ligne des toits/horizon urbain

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the skyline

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centre urbain

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an urban centre

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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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l’urbanisation

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urbanization

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un habitant

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an inhabitant

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un habitant (immeuble)

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a resident

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être habité/inhabité

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to be inhabited / Uninhabited (vacant)

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structures urbaines

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Urban patterns

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Grande banlieue

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the suburbs

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la périphérie

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the outskirts

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le centre ville

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the city centre/downtown

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quartiers chics

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Uptown

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Les vieux quartiers déshérités

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inner city

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bidonville

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shantytown

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rue principale

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main street

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taudis

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slum

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logements sociaux

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council housing

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appartement

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flat

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appartement en copropriété

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condominium

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colocataire

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flatmate

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gratte-ciel

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skyscraper

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voirie

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the road network

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les grands axes

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the highway

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feux de circulation

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traffic lights

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panneau indicateur

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road sign

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quai

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embankment

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trottoir

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pavement

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caniveau

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gutter

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bord du trottoir

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the kerb

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passage piétons

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pedestrian crossing

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passage souterain

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subway

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réverbère

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lamppost

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jardins publics

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public gardens

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aire de jeu

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playground

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encombrements

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congestion

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vacarme

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din

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passant

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passer-by

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foule

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crowd

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mendiant

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beggar

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services publics

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public services

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mairie

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town / city hall

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conseil municipal

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the town council

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54
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impôts locaux

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local rates

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bureau de post

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post-office

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préfecture de police

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police headquarters

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commissariat de police

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police station

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caserne des pompiers

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fire station

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pompiers

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fire brigade

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stade

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bibliothèque municipale

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public library

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un café

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cinéma

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équipements

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facilities

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services publics

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office du tourisme

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tourist office

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navette

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un parking

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a car park

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taxi

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métro

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the underground

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rond point

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roundabout

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place

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impasse

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cul-de-sac / dead-end

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patinoire

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terrain de sport

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sports ground

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fête forraine

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cimetière

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cemetery / graveyard

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approvisionnement en eau / électricité

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water /electricity supply

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urbanisme

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town planning

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urbaniste

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town planner

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paysage urbain

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architecte

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aménager

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to develop

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promoteur immobilier

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a developer

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marché immobilier

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property market

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immobilier

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real estate

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rénover

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refurbish / revamp

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rénovation de luxe

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gentrification

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démolir

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abattre

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to knock down

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démolition des taudis

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slum clearance

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moderniser

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to upgrade

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planifier

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to plan / lay out

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ériger

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terminer une construction

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to complete

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s’étendre

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expansion urbaine

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urban sprawl

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ville tentaculaire

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sprawling city

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logements insalubres

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insalubrious homes

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maisons délabrées

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dilapidated houses

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vie urbaine

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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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posséder une maison

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to own a house

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s’installer

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animé

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busy, lively

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grouillant d’activité

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débordant de vie

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grouillant de monde

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bondé

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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

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sûr, sans danger

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dangereux

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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assourdissant

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suffocant

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suffocating

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migration pendulaire

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gare

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railway station

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aéroport

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pénurie des logements

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housing shortage

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trou / bled paumé

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one-horse town / the boonies

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quartier où sévit la criminalité

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crime-ridden neighbourhood

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sinistre

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grim / bleak

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malodorant

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noirci, encrassé

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à l’abandon

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miteux

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Expressions

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nuée de gens

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a swarm of people

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être noir de monde

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to be jammed with people

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dédale de ruelles

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a maze of narrow streets

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très animé

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throbbing with life

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circulation incessante

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relentless traffic

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inner city

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refers to poorer parts of the city centre

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suburbia

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suburbs of a city

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gated community

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neighbourhood surrounded by a gate, entry restricted

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une ville dortoir

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commuter town

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rue passante

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busy street

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agitation

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hustle and bustle

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