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Society chap 65 Flashcards

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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 cityscape

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un architecte / l’architecture

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an architect / architecture

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aménager / un promoteur immobilier / une zone aménagée

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to develop / a developer / a development

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le marché immobilier

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the property market

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construire / reconstruire / un chantier

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to build / to rebuild / a building site

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ériger

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to erect

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un ingénieur civil / le génie civil

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civil engineer / civil engineering

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un agent immobilier

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a real estate agent / a realtor (US)

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rénover / la rénovation

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to renovate / renovation

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rénover / retaper

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to refurbish / to revamp

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réhabiliter / la réhabilitation

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to rehabilitate / rehabilitation

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embourgeoiser / embourgeoisé / la rénovation de luxe

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to gentrify / gentrified / gentrification

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améliorer / une amélioration

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to improve / improvement

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démolir / la démolition

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to demolish / pull down // demolition

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abattre

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to knock down

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raser / démolir des taudis

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to level (out ) / to raze slums

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la démolition des taudis

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slum clearance

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classer / classé

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to list / listed

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moderniser

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to upgrade

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restaurer

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to restore

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ravaler

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to give a facelift to

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une ville / les citadins

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a town / townspeople

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la ligne des toits

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skyline

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une grande ville / un citadin / la vie en ville

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a city / a city-dwelller / city life

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habiter / un(e) habitant(e) / (in)habité

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to inhabit / an inhabitant / (un)inhabited

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un résident/ résidentiel

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a resident / residential

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les vieux quartiers défavorisés

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the inner city

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la grande banlieue / la banlieue / (sub)urbain / un banlieusard

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the suburbs / suburbia / (sub)urban / a subarbanite

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s’étendre

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to sprawl

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désert / abandonné

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deserted

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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un quartier

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a district

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le quartier / le voisinage

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the neighbourhood

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le centre-ville

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the city centre / (US) downtown

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le quartier des affaires

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the financial district

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un qaurtier commercant

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a shopping precint

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precint

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un quartier chaud

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a red light area

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dangereux

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unsafe / dangerous

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un ghetto

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a ghetto

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populeux

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populous

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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

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un bidonville

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a shantytown

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sordide / les conditions sordides

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squalid / squalor

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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des HLM

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council flats / houses

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des logements sociaux

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council housing / the projects (US)

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une cité / un lotissement

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a housing estate

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un grand ensemble

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a housing development

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une tour

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a tower / a high-rise

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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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un immeuble

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a block of flats / an apartment building (US)

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un vieil immeuble délabré

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a tenement

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un appartement

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a flat / an apartment (US)

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un appartement en copropriété

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a condominium

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un studio

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a studio flat

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un colocataire

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a flatmate / a roommate (US)

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une chambre meublée

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a bedsit

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un réverbère / lampadaire / l’éclairage public

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a lamppost / streetlight / streetlighting

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un banc public

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a public bench

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un abribus

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a bus-shelter

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une boîte aux lettres

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a pillar box / mail box (US)

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une cabine téléphonique

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a phone box / booth

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une bouche d’incendie

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a fire hydrant

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un panneau publicitaire

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a hoarding / a billboard

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une poubelle publique

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a litter bin

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une poubelle

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a dustbin / garbage can (US)

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un éboueur

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a dustman / refuse collector

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry / garbage truck (US)

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la décharge

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the tip / rubbish dump

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un château d’eau

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a water tower

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un égout / les égouts

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a sewer / sewerage

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un permis de construire

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planning permission

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construire un bâtiment

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to put up a building

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un terrain vague

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waste land / sandlot (US)

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une zone d’aménagement concerté

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an urban development zone

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insalubre

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unfit for human habitation

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un batiment classé

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a listed building

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un bourg

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a market town

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une ville côtière

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a coastal town

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une ville fortifiée

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a fortified town

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une ville médiévale

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a mediaeval town

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une ville minière

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a mining town

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une ville industrielle

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an industrial town

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une ville- / cité-dortoir

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a dormitory / satellite town

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une cité historique

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a historic 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

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la périphérie d’une ville

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the outskirts of a town / city

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une ville champignon

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a mushroom town

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une ville tentaculaire

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a sprawling city

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l’expansion urbaine

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the urban sprawl

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la banlieue tentaculaire

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the suburban sprawl

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une ville gigantesque

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a gigantic city

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le centre-ville de philadelphie

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downtown philadelphia

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le quartier des affaires

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CBD (US) = Central Buisness District

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une résidence sécurisée

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a gated community

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l’approvisionnement

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the water / electricity supply

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le mobilier urbain

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street furniture

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les toilettes publiques

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public conveniences

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