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Groupe 14 : La Vie En Société Flashcards

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Un village

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A village

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Un villageois

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A villager

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La campagne

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The country

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Un campagnard

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A country dweller

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Les gens de la campagne

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Country people

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Une ville

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A town

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Le centre ville

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The town centre

Downtown US

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Une grande ville

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A city

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Un citadin

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A city dweller

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Un citoyen

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A citizen

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Un riverain/ un habitant

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A resident

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Habiter (formel)

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To inhabit

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La banlieue

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Suburbia

= the suburbs

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Un habitant de banlieue

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Suburban

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Urbain

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Urban

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( équivalent un arrondissement Londres et NYC)

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A borough

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Un quartier (administratif)

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A district

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown

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Une ville ancienne

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An ancient city

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Une ville très peuplée

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A densely populated city

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Une ville prospère

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A flourishing city

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Une capitale

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A capital city

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Une métropole

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A major city

= a metropolis city

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La vie citadine

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City life

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La périphérie d’une ville

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The outskirts of a town / city

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Ma ville natale

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My hometown

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On ne parle que d’elle

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She is the talk of the town

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Ils habitent à quatre rues d’ici

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They live four
Streets away UK
Blocks away US

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Un urbaniste

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A town-planner

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Le paysage urbain

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The townscape

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Rénover (un quartier)

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To rehabilitate
= to renovate
= to redevelop

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Rénover un immeuble

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To restore a building

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Un permis de construire

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Planning permission UK

A building permit US

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Un ghetto

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A ghetto

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Des taudis

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Slums

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La démolition des taudis

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Slum clearance

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Surpeuplé

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Overcrowded

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Sordide

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Squalid

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Crasseux

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Filthy

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La crasse

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Filth

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Dangereux

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Unsafe

= dangerous

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Un quartier chaud

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A red light area

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Un quartier commerçant

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A shopping precinct

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Un centre commercial

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A shopping mall

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Une zone piétonne/ une rue piétonnière

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A pedestrian precinct/ way

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Le quartier des affaires

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The financial district

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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate

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Une cité/ un lotissement

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A housing estate

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(Équivalent) des HLM

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Council flats/ houses

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Terrain à vendre/ à bâtir

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Site for sale/ building land for sale

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Insalubre

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Unfit for human habitation

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L’approvionnement en eau

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The water supply

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Un égout

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A sewer

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Les égouts

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Sewerage (+ Vsing)

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Paver

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To pave

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Le dallage

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The paving

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Une dalle/ un pavé

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A paving slab/ stone

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Le mobilier urbain

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Street furniture

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Un lampadaire

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A lamppost/ streetlight UK

A street lamp US

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L’éclairage public

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Street lightning

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Un abri-bus

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A bus-shelter

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Une cabine téléphonique

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A phone box

= a phone booth

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Une bouche d’incendie

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A fire hydrant UK

A fireplug US

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Une rambarde

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A railing

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Un panneau publicitaire

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A hoarding = a billboard

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Ramasser les ordures

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To collect the garbage

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Le ramassage d’ordures

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Garbage collection US

Refuse collection UK

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Un éboueur

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A dustman/ a scavenger / a refuse collector UK

A garbage collector US

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La décharge

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The tip = the rubbish dump UK

The garbage dump US

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Une benne à ordures

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A dustcart UK

A garbage truck US

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Une poubelle

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A dustbin UK

A garbage truck

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Une poubelle

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A dustbin UK

A garbage can US

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Une déchèterie

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A waste collection site/ centre

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Le tri sélectif

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Selective sorting of household waste

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Une déchetterie

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A waste collection site/ centre

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Une usine de traitement des déchets

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A sewage form/ plant

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Entre nous…

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Between you, me and the lamppost…

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L’enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions

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The way to hell is paved with good intentions

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Une rue

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A street

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La rue principale, la grande rue

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The high street UK

(The) Main Street US

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Une artère

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A thoroughfare

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Une avenue

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An avenue

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Un boulevard

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A boulevard

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Une ruelle

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A lane/ an alley

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Une place

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A square

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La place du marché

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The marketplace

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Un quai (le long d’un fleuve)

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An embankment

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Le trottoir

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The pavement UK

The sidewalk US

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Le bord du trottoir

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The Kerb UK

The curb US

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Le caniveau

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The gutter

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Un passage pour piétons

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A pedestrian crossing

A zebra crossing UK

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Des pavés (ronds)

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Cobblestones

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Un pavé (plat)

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A paving stone

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Un passage souterrain

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An underpass

A subway UK

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Des feux de circulation

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Traffic lights

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Une bouche d’égout

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A manhole

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Une rue animée / déserte

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A busy / a deserted street

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Une rue embouteillé

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A congested street

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Une rue tranquille

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A quiet street

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Une rue à sens unique

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One-way street

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Une piste cyclable

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A bicycle lane

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Un couloir de bus

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A bus lane

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Une impasse= une voie sans issue

= un cul de sac

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A blind alley
= a dead end (alley/ street)
= a cul-de-sac

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Le feu peut être au vert/ à l’orange/ au rouge

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The (traffic) lights may be green/ amber / red

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Un espace vert

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A green

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Une jardin de plantes/ botanique

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Botanical gardens

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Une aire de jeux

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A playground

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Un bac à sable

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A sandpit UK

A sandbox US

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Un toboggan

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A slide

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Une balançoire

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A swing

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Une fontaine

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A fountain

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Un bassin

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A pond

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Un banc

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A bench

= a garden seat

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La mairie/ l’hôtel de ville

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The town-hall / the city-hall

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  1. La municipalité

2. Le conseil municipal

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The town/ city council

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Un conseiller municipal

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A town councillor UK

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Un secrétaire de mairie

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A town clerk

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Un maire

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A mayor

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Les élections municipales

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Local elections

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Un commissariat de police

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A police station

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Une caserne de pompiers

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A fire station

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Un stade

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A stadium

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Un gymnase

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A gymnasium

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Une maison de retraite

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A retirement home

= an old people’s home

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Une bibliothèque

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A library

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Le service des impots/ le fisc

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The Inland Revenue UK

The Internal Revenue Service

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Taxer

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To tax

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Un impôt

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A tax

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Imposable

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Taxable

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La fiscalité

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Taxation

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Le fisc

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The taxman

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Un contribuable

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A tax payer

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Le prélèvement à la source

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PAYE= pay-as-your-earn

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La TVA (taxe sur valeur ajoutée)

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VAT (value-added tax)

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Les imports locaux

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Rates

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Le plafonnement des impots locaux

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Rate-capping

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Un bilan

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A balance sheet

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Une société écran

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A shell/ front company/ corporation

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Une société fantôme

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A bogus company

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L’impôt sur le revenu

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The income tax

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L’administration fiscale

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The tax authorities

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Deductible des revenus

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Tax-deductible

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Redressement fiscal

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Tax adjustment

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L’évasion fiscale

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Tax avoidance
= tax dodging
= tax evasion

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La tranche d’imposition

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The tax bracket

146
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L’éxonération d’impôt

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Tax exemption

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven = shelter

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Les contrôle fiscaux

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Tax investigation

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La fiscalité

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The tax system

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Le seuil d’imposition

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The tax threshold

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Impot sur les société

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Corporation tax

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Impot par habitant

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Head tax

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Impot foncier

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Land= property tax

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Impôt sur la fortune (équivalent ISF)

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Wealth tax

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Être soumis à l’impôt

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To be subject to taxation/ liable to tax

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Remplir sa déclaration de revenu

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To fill out one’s tax return

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Ils ont escroqué le fisc de centaine millions de dollars

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They killed the IRS of hundreds of millions of dollars

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Sa société n’est qu’une couverture pour frauder le fisc

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His company is only a front for tax evasion

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Des mesures pour lutter contre la fraude fiscale

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Anti-tax-dogging measures

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