La ville et les transports Flashcards

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1
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un citadin

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a city dweller

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la mairie, la municipalité

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the city hall

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3
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le maire

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mayor

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conseil municipal

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the city council

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5
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un fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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centre-ville (vivre en centre-ville)

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downtown (to live downtown)

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quartier / quartier sensible

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a neighborhood / a hot neighborhood

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8
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quartier du centre villes aux USA où se trouvent les guettos

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the inner city

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9
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un paté d maisons

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a block

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une tour d’habitation

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a block of flats / a high-rise block

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les quartiers pauvres, bidonvilles

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slums

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12
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l’aménagement des quartiers pauvres

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slum clearance

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13
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bidonvilles du tiers monde

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shantytowns

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14
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un quartier délabré

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a dilapidated neighborhood

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15
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des HLM / vivre dans un HLM

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low-income housing / council housing / to live in a council house

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16
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le logement

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housing

17
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un centre commercial

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a mall / a shopping mall

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la banlieue (où vivent les classes moyennes)

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a suburb

19
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déménager en banlieue

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to move out to the suburbs

20
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le concept de banlieue

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suburbia

21
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les banlieues tentaculaires

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suburban sprawl

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services ou équipements publics

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utilities

23
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faire le trajet régulier entre domicile et lieu de travail

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to commute

24
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trains de banlieue

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commuter trains

25
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la grande banlieue

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the commuter belt / exurbs

26
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une ceinture verte

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a green belt

27
Q

urbanisme

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urban planning

28
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covoiturage

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car pooling/ car sharing

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routes à péages

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toll roads (to pay a toll)

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un périphérique / rocade

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a ringroad

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une autoroute

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a motorway (UK) / highway / expressway / freeway (USA)

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une bretelle d’autoroute / un échangeur

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a ramp / interchange

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parkings

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car parks / parking lots

34
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une place de parking

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a parking spot

35
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le métro

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the subway (USA) / the underground (London)

36
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démolir

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to pull down / demolish a building

37
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l’effervescence de la vie urbaine

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the hustle of city life