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City life and transport Flashcards

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1
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un citadin

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a city dweller

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la mairie, la municipalité

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the city hall

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le maire

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the mayor

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conseil municipal

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the city council

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fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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centre ville

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downtown

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un quartier

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a neighbourhood

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un quartier sensible

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a hot neighbourhood

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quartiers du centre ville (aux USA) où se trouvent les ghettos

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the inner city

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un pâté de maisons

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a block

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un collectif, un ensemble

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a block of flats

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12
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une tour d’habitation

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a high-rise block

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13
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les quartiers pauvres

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slums

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14
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aménagement des quartiers pauvres

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slum clearance

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bidonvilles (tiers monde)

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shantytowns

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un quartier délabré

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a dilapidated neighbourhood

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des HLM/vivre dans un HLM

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low-income housing/council housing/live in a council house

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18
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le logement

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housing

19
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centre commercial/galerie marchande

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a mall/a shopping mall

20
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banlieue (là où vivent les classes moyennes)

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a suburb (suburban life/to move out to the suburbs/to live in the suburbs)

21
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la banlieue (comme concept)

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suburbia

22
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les banlieues tantaculaires

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suburban sprawwl

23
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maisons de banlieue ‘prétentieuses’ (USA)

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McMansions

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services ou équipements publics

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utilities

25
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les équipements sportifs

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sports facilities

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transports publics

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transit/public transportation

27
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faire le trajet entre domicile et le lieu de travail d’une manière régulière en voiture ou en utilisant les transports en commun

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to commute/a commuter/commuter traffic/commuting

28
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trains de banlieue

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commuter trains

29
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grande banlieue

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the commuter belt/exurbs

30
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ceinture verte

A

a green belt

31
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urbanisme

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urban planning

32
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le fait de partager une voiture pour se déplacer

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car pooling/car sharing

33
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péage

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road building

34
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routes à péage

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toll roads

35
Q

faire payer le péage aux conducteurs pour qu’ils entrent dans la ville

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to make drivers pay a toll to enter a city

36
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rocade/périphérique

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a ringroad

37
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autoroute

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motorway(UK)/highway-expressway-freeway(USA)

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autoroute à péage

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turnpike/toll highway/toll expressway (USA°

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bretelle (sortie,entrée)/échangeur

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ramp/interchange

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parkings (le concept, général)

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parking facilities

41
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une place de parking

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a parking spot

42
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métro

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the subway (USA) the underground (London)

43
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démolir

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to pull down/demolish a building

44
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effervescence, agitation de la vie urbaine

A

the hustle (and bustle) of city life

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