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s1 chap 29 - the city Flashcards

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1
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les zones urbaines

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urban areas

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une ville

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a town

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une grande ville

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a city

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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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une capitale

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a capital (city)

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une bourgade

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a market town

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une ville champignon

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a boomtown

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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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un citadin

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a town dweller, a city dweller

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le paysage urbain

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the townscape, the cityscape

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un riverain

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a local resident

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un habitan

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an inhabitant, a resident

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la banlieue

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the suburbs

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un banlieusard (travaillant en ville)

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a commuter

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un quartier, un arrondissement

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a district

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un quartier

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a neighbor(u)rhood

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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping area

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un centre commercial

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a shopping centre/mall

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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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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un square, un jardin public

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a public garden, a park

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un terrain communal

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a green

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un espace vert

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a green space, a green area

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un kiosque à musique

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a bandstand

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une fontaine

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a fountain

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une aire de jeux

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a playground

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un terrain vague

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a waste ground, a sandlot

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de banlieue, banlieusard

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suburban

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populeux

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populous

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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

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habiter

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to inhabit

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34
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les équipements collectifs

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public amenities

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35
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un égout, les égouts

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a sewer, a sewerage

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le réseau d’autobus

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the bus network

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un autobus

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a bus

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un conducteur de bus

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a bus driver

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un arrêt d’autobus

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a bus stop

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un abri d’autobus

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a bus shelter

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un autobus à impériale

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a double-decker

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la mairie, l’hôtel de ville

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the town hall, the city hall

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une caserne de pompiers

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a fire station

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un pompier

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a fireman, a firefighter

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un camion de pompiers

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a fire engine/truck

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des équipements sportifs

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sports facilities

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une piscine municipale

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a public swimming-pool

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un stade

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a stadium

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un gymnase

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a gymnasium, a gym

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une maison des jeunes/de quartier

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a youth club

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une bibliothèque

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a library

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un centre hospitalier

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a hospital complex

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des toilettes publiques

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a public lavatory, a comfort station

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ramasser les ordures

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to collect/pick up the garbage

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la rue

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the street

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le mobilier urbain

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street furniture

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l’éclairage public

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street lightning

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un banc public

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a public bench

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un taxi

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a taxi, a cab

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le prix de la course

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the fare

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le compteur

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the metre

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un couloir d’autobus

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a bus lane

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une piste cyclabe

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a bicycle lane

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un piéton

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a pedestrian

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un passage pour piétons

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a pedestrian crossing, a zebra crossing

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des feux tricolores

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traffic lights

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le stationnement

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parking

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une place de stationnement

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a parking space

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un parcmètre

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a parking metre

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un horodateur

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a pay-and-display machine

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un parking

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a car park

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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 rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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une impasse, une voie sans issue, un cul de sac

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a blind alley, a dead end, a cul-de-sac

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une place

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a square

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une esplanade

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a plaza

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la place du marché

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the marketplace

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une rue en arc de cercle

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a crescent

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un quai

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an embankment

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le bord du trottoir

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the herb, the curb

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un caniveau

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a gutter

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une bouche d’égout

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a manhole

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traverse

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to cross

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se garer

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to park

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se garer en double file

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to double-park

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héler un taxi

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to hail, to flag a taxi/cab

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il passe deux heures par jour dans les transports pour aller au travail

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he spends two hours commuting everyday

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ils vivent à la périphérie de la ville

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they live on the outskirts of the city

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c’est la ville où j’ai grandi

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it’s my home town

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miami a une population de 400 000 habitants

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mimai has a population of 400,000

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l’agglomération compte 5,5 millions d’habitants

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the metropolitan area hosts 5,5 million people

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nous habitons dans une petite rue tranquille

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we live on a quiet side street/back street

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les grévistes sont descendus dans la rue hier

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the strikers took to the streets yesterday

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la rénovation est commencée

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rehabilitation is under way

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la feu peut être vert, orange ou rouge

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the traffic lights may be green, amber or red

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où est l’école? -à cinq rues d’ici

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where is the school? -it’s five blocks down the street

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jane habite les beaux quartiers

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jane lives uptown

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le métro de londres

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the tube

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faire la fête en ville

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to paint the town red

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toute la ville en parle

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it’s the talk of the town

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c’est dans mes cordes!

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that’s right up my street

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ils ont étudié toutes les possibilités

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they explored every possible avenue

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le centre ville

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the town centre, downtown

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la rue principale

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the high street, the main street

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une cité dortoir

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a dormitory town, a commuter town

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un lampadaire

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a lamppost, a street lamp

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un trottoir

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a pavent, a sidewalk

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un passage souterrain

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a subway, an underpass

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le métro

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the underground, the subway

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un tramway

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a tramway, a streetcar, a trolley

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les pompiers

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the fire department

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une bouche à incendie

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a fire hydrant, a fireplug

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le ramassage des ordures

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the waste/refuse collection, the garbage collection

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un éboueur

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a dustman, a garbage collector

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une décharge

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a rubbish dump, a garbage dump

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un bac à sable

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a sandpit, a sandbox

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