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Spé ENG Chp 19- City Life > General Vocab > Flashcards

General Vocab Flashcards

1
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a town

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une ville

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a city

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une grande ville

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an urban center

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un centre urbain

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a ghost town

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une ville morte

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a megalopolis

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une mégalopole

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urbanization

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l’urbanisation

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a city dweller

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un citadin

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townspeople

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les citadins

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an inhabitant

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un habitant

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a resident

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un habitant (immeuble)

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rates

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les impôts locaux

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a town planner

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un urbaniste

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a street

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une rue

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a street map

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un plan de la ville

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a one-way street

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une rue à sens unique

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the main street (the high street)

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la rue principale

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an urban clearway

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une voie rapide

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an avenue

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une avenue

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an arcade

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une galerie marchande

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a cul-de-sac

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une impasse

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a side road

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une petite rue

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a back street

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une ruelle

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a crossroad

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un carrefour

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an intersection

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un croisement

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traffic lights

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les feux de circulation

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a ramp

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un ralentisseur

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a roundabout

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un sens giratoire

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a square

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une place

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a circus

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une place (circulaire)

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a lamppost

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un réverbère

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a mail box, a pillar box (UK)

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une boîte à lettres (publique)

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a bus stop

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un arrêt de bus

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a road sign

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un panneau indicateur

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a signpost

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un poteau indicateur

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the sidewalk, the pavement (UK)

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le trottoir

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a curve, a bend

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un virage

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a phone box

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une cabine téléphonique

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38
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a pedestrian

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un piéton

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39
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a pedestrian crossing

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un passage pour piétons

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40
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a traffic island

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un refuge (piétons)

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a street accident

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un accident de la circulation

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42
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congestion

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les encombrements

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43
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a din

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un vacarme

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44
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a siren

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une sirène

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a passerby

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un passant

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a crowd

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une foule

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the kerb

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la bordure du trottoir

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the gutter

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le caniveau

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a cyclist

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un cycliste

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a cycle lane

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une piste cyclable

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a block, a neighborhood, a district

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un quartier

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51
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the town center

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le centre ville

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52
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the surroundings

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le cadre, l’environnement

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53
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the town center

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le centre ville

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54
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uptown (U.S.)

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les quartiers chics

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the inner city

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les vieux quartiers déshérités

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55
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a slum

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un taudis

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a vagrant

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un vagabond

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a tramp, a bum

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un clochard

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a beggar

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un mendiant

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59
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a ghetto

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un ghetto

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60
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rebuilding

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la reconstruction

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61
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the suburbs

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la banlieue

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an industrial park

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un parc industrielle

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the outskirts

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la périphérie

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63
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a green belt

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une ceinture verte

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an orbital road

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un périphérique

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65
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a ring road

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une rocade

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a kiosk

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un kiosque

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a café

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un café

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a teashop

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un salon de thé

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a pub

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un pub

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70
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the local

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le pub du quartier

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a restaurant

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un restaurant

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a cabaret

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un cabaret

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73
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a nightclub

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une boîte de nuit

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a clubber

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un noctambule

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75
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nightlife

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la vie nocturne

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a hotel

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un hotel

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a guest house

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une pension de famille

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a bed-and-breakfast (B&B)

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une chambre d’hôtes

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facilities

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équipements, installations

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monuments

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les monuments

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sights

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les curiosités

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the tourist office

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l’office du tourisme

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a conference center

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un centre des congrès

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a community association

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une association de quartier

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a bus

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un autobus

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public conveniences, a public lavatory

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des toilettes publiques

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a conductor

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un contrôleur

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a shuttle

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une navette

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a coach

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un autocar, un car de tourisme

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a coach station

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une gare routière

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a taxi, a cab (U.S.)

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un taxi

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the fare

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le prix (de la course)

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the underground, the tube (Brit), the subway (U.S.)

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le métro

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commuting

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la migration pendulaire

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a railway station

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une gare

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an airport

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un aéroport

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a gas station, a petrol station

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une station essence

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a post office

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un bureau de poste

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a police station

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un commissariat

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a fire station

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une caserne de pompiers

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a barracks

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une caserne

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a public building

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un édifice public

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the town hall, the city hall (U.S.)

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la mairie

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the Registry Office

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l’État civil

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a library

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une bibliothèque

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a librarian

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une bibliothécaire

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a university

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une université

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an art gallery

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une galerie d’art

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a museum

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un musée

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an exhibition

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une exposition

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a concert hall

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une salle de concert

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an opera house

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un opéra

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a movie theater, a cinema (U.K.)

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une salle de cinéma

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a park

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un parc, un jardin public

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open/green spaces

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les espaces verts

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a playground

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un terrain de jeu

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a swimming pool

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une piscine

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a skating rink

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une patinoire

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a sports ground

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un terrain de sport

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a health club

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un club de remise en forme

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a market

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un marché

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the market place

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la place du marché

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a funfair

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une fête foraine

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a church

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une église

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a cathedral

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un cathédral

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a cemeteray

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un cimetière

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a grave

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une tombe

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a funeral parlor

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un funérarium

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urban

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urbain

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suburban

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de banlieu

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ugly

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laid

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bleak, grim, dismal

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sinistre, lugubre

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grimy

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encrassé, noirci

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smelly

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malodorant

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shabby

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à l’abandon

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gutted

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vandalisé, dévasté

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populous

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populeux

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noisy

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bruyant

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congested

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embouteillé

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relentless

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incessant, sans répit

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defeaning

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assourdissant

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unmanagable

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ingérable

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suffocating

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suffocant, étouffant

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unbreathable

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irrespirable

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unsafe

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dangereux

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badly lit, ill-lit

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mal éclairé

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slippery

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glissant

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safe

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sûr, sans danger

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quiet

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calme

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twinned with

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jumelé avec

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bustling

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grouillant d’activité

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busy, lively

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animé

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teeming

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grouillant de monde

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open

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ouvert

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closed

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fermé

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crowded

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bondé (transports en commun)

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overcrowded, overpopulated

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surpeuplé

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empty

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vide

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pleasant

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agréable

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attractive

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attrayant, attirant

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idle

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ragged

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en haillons

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to plan, to lay out

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planifier

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to run

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gérer

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to pedestrianize

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rendre piéton

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to erect

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ériger

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to complete

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terminer (une construction)

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to renovate

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rénover

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to sprawl

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s’étendre, s’étaler

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to collect

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ramasser (les ordures)

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to commute

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faire la navette journalière

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to get on

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monter (transports en commun)

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to get off

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descendre (transport en commun)

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to rush

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se pécipiter

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to hurry, to hasten

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se dépêcher

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to crowd

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se bousculer, se précipiter

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to congregate

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se rassembler

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to queue (up)

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faire la queue

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to cross

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traverser

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to run over

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écraser

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to knock down

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renverser

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to hit

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frapper

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to collide with

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entrer en collision avec

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to honk

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klaxonner

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to stroll

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flâner

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to walk about (around)

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se promener

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to go past

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passer devant

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to flock, to gather

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se rassembler

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to hang about, to loiter

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rôder, traîner

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to threaten

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menacer

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to mug

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agresser (pour de l’argent)

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to assault

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agresser (voies de fait)

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to vandalize

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saccager

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to r*pe

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to tag

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“tagger”

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to smash up

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tout casser, tout démolir

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to beg

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mendier

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to sleep out

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dormir à la belle étoile

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to follow

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suivre

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to scare

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effrayer

Spé ENG Chp 19- City Life (1 decks)

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