La ville Flashcards

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1
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civil engineering

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les travaux publics

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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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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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un quartier residentiel

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a residential area/district

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pieton

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pedestrian

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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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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

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un appartement

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a flat, an apartment, a condominium

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délabré

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tumbledown

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l’immobilier

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property, real estate

25
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le loyer

A

the rent

26
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le/la proprio

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the landlork, the landlady

27
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an owner/ a tenant

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un proprio / un locataire

28
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expulser

A

to evict

29
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a shanty town

A

un bidonville

30
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un quartier pauvre

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a rundown/ blighted/ impoverished district

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un beau quartier

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a posh area

32
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a bottleneck

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un bouchon (circulation)

33
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un embouteillage/ les embouteillages

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a traffic jam/ congestion

34
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le covoiturage

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carpool

35
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le prix du billet

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the fare

36
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gentrification

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gentrification

37
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désuet

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quaint

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décontracté

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laid-back

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baisser les épaules

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to shrug

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montrer, faire voir

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to beckon, to show

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l’amertume

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bitterness

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affligé

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ridden by, plagued by

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worn

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usé

44
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une gravure

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an etching

45
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renforcer, intensifier

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to heighten

46
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déborder

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to overflow

47
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les changement vont avec la hausse des salaire

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…. along with….

48
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un conception de

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a take on smthg

49
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rivaliser de/ se disputer

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to vie for

50
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beacon

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phare(propre), symbole(figuré)