La ville Flashcards

1
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civil engineering

A

les travaux publics

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2
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la rénovation (d’un quartier)

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redevelopment

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3
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to refurbish

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rénover

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4
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une banlieue

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a suburb

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5
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les environs, la périphérie

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the outskirts

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un terrain

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a plot of land

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7
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les espaces verts

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a greenbelt

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8
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un citadin

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a city-dweller

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9
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un quartier residentiel

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a residential area/district

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10
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pieton

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pedestrian

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11
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une zone

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a precinct

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12
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la mairie

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the town-hall, city-hall

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13
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l’étalement urbain

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urban sprawl

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14
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une ville tentaculaire

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a sprawling city

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15
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l’anonymat

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anonymity

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16
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une place

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a square

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17
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le trottoir

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the pavement, the sidewalk

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18
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un carrefour

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a crossroads

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19
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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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20
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une tour d’habitation

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a high-rise block

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21
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a council flat

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un appart HLM

22
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un appartement

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a flat, an apartment, a condominium

23
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délabré

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tumbledown

24
Q

l’immobilier

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property, real estate

25
le loyer
the rent
26
le/la proprio
the landlork, the landlady
27
an owner/ a tenant
un proprio / un locataire
28
expulser
to evict
29
a shanty town
un bidonville
30
un quartier pauvre
a rundown/ blighted/ impoverished district
31
un beau quartier
a posh area
32
a bottleneck
un bouchon (circulation)
33
un embouteillage/ les embouteillages
a traffic jam/ congestion
34
le covoiturage
carpool
35
le prix du billet
the fare
36
gentrification
gentrification
37
désuet
quaint
38
décontracté
laid-back
39
baisser les épaules
to shrug
40
montrer, faire voir
to beckon, to show
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l'amertume
bitterness
42
affligé
ridden by, plagued by
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worn
usé
44
une gravure
an etching
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renforcer, intensifier
to heighten
46
déborder
to overflow
47
les changement vont avec la hausse des salaire
.... along with....
48
un conception de
a take on smthg
49
rivaliser de/ se disputer
to vie for
50
beacon
phare(propre), symbole(figuré)