Society chap 66 Flashcards

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une artère

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a thoroughfare

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un périphérique / une rocade

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a ring road / an orbital road

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une ruelle

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a lane / an alley

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un carrefour

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a crossroads

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une voie sans issue

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a no-through road

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un rond-point

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a roundabout

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une place

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a square

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une place circulaire

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a circus

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un panneau indicateur

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a road sign

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la place du marché

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the marketplace

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precint

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un quai ( près d’un fleuve )

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an embankment

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le trottoir

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the pavement / sidewalk (US)

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le bord du trottoir

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the kerb

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le caniveau

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the gutter

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un passage protégé

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a pedestrian crossing

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des pavés

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cobblestones

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un passage souterrain

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an underpass / a subway

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des feux de signalisation

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traffic lights

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une bouche d’égout

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a manhole

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un réverbère

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a lamppost

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un parc / jardin public

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a public park / garden

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un jardin botanique

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a botanical garden

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une aire de jeu

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a playground

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un bac à sable

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a sandpit

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faire du toboggan / un toboggan

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to slide /a slide

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se balancer / une balancoire

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to swing / a swing

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les espacess verts

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green areas

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une fontaine

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a fountain

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la mairie

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the town-/city-hall

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la municipalité/ le conseil municipal

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the town-/city-council

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un conseiller municipal

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a town councillor

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un secrétaire de mairie

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a town clerk

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34
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une(e) maire(sse)

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a mayor / mayoress

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les impôts locaux

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local taxes

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36
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un bureau de poste

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a post office

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la préfecture de police

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the police headquarters

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38
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un commissariat de police

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a police station

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39
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une caserne de pompiers

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a fire station

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40
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les pompiers

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the fire brigade / the fie department (US)

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un pompier

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a fireman

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42
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une piscine municipale

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a public swimming-pool

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43
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une piscine couverte

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an indoor swimming-pool

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44
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un stade

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a stadium

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45
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un stade de foot

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a football field

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46
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un gymnase

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a gymnasium / a sports hall

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47
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une maison de jeunes

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a youth club

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48
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une maison de retraite

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an old people’s home

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une bibliothèque municipale

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a public library

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un musée

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a museum

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un cinéma

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a cinema / movie theater

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une station service

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a petrol station

53
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animé

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busy

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grouillant

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bustling

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débordant de vie

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vibrant

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fou / endiablé

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hectic

57
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se précipiter

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to rush

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se dépêcher

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to hurry / to hasten

59
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faire la queue

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to queue

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bruyant / assourdissant

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noisy / deafening

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stressé

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stressed

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épuisé

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exhausted / worn-out

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isolé / l’isolement

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isolated

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sale / crasseux

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grimy

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pollué

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polluted

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

67
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un passant

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a passer-by

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aun clochard

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a tramp / a bum

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rôder / trainer

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to hang about / to loiter

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affluer

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to flock into / pour into

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s’installer

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to settle

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emménager

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to move in

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déménager

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to move out

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posséder une maison

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to own a house

75
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un banlieusard

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a commuter

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aller au travail en train

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to commute to work

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la taxe embouteillage

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the congestion charge

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charmant

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charming

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idyllique

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idyllic

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triste

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dull

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ennuyeux

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boring

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arriéré

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backward

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un hameau

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a hamlet

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un village / un villageois

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a village / a villager

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la place du marché

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the marketplace

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le pub

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the pub / the local

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l’église

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the church

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le cimetière

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the graveyard

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une maison de campagne

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a cottage

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une résidence secondaire

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a second home

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un manoir

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a manor / hall / country house

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une circulation incessante

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relentless traffic

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la grande banlieue

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the commuter belt

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une cité dortoir

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a commuter town

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une rue passante

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a busy street

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une ure embouteillée

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a congested street

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l’agitation

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the hustle and bustle

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une rue déserte

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a deserted street

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une rue étroite

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a narrow street

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une rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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une rue calme

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a quiet street

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une petite rue

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a back street /a side street

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un balayeur / un cantonnier

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a street cleaner / sweeper

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une piste cyclable

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a bike / bicylce lane

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un couloir de bus

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a bus lane

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une impasse

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a blind alley

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une ville déshumanisée

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a dehumanized city

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des bâtiments décrépits

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rundown buildings

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des maisons délabrées

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dilapidated houses

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des logements insalubres

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insalubrious homes

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une vie anonyme

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an anonymous life

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une maison à l’abandon

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an abandoned house / a derelict house

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un secteur peu sûr

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an insecure area

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un quartier où sévit la criminalité

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a crime-ridden neighbourhood

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la pénurie de logements

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housing shortage

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une vie simple

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a plain life

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un campagnard

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a country dweller

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la salle des fêtes

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a village hall

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le terrain communal

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the village green

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un trou / un bled paumé

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a one-horse town / a dump / the boondocks / the boonies