City life expressions Flashcards

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une circulation incessante, la grande banlieue

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relentless traffic, the commuter belt

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une cité dortoir, une rue passante

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a commuter town, a busy street

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une rue embouteillée, l’agitation

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a congested street, the hustle and bustle

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une rue déserte, une rue étroite

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a deserted street, a narrow street

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une rue à sens unique, une rue calme

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a one-way street, a quiet street

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une petite rue

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a back street / a side street

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un balayeur / un cantonnier

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a street cleaner / sweeper

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une piste cyclable, un couloir de bus

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a bike / bicycle lane, a bus lane

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une impasse, une ville déshumanisée

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a blind alley, a dehumanized city

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des bâtiments décrépits, des maisons délabrées

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rundown buildings, dilapidated houses

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des logements insalubres, une vie anonyme

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insalubrious homes, an anonymous life

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une maison à l’abandon

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an abandoned house / a derelict house

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un secteur peu sûr

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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, une vie simple

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housing shortage, a plain life

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un campagnard, la salle des fêtes

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a country dweller, a village hall

17
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le terrain communal

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the village green

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un trou / un bled paumé

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a one-horse town / a dump / the boondocks / the boonies