The city Flashcards

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a town

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une ville

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2
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a city

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une grande ville

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3
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a megalopolis

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une mégalopole

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4
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a capital city

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une capitale

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5
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a market town

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une bourgade

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6
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a boomtown

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une ville champignon

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7
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town planning

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l’urbanisme

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8
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a town dweller / a city dweller

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un citadin

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9
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the townscape = the cityscape

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le paysage urbain

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10
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a local resident

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un riverain

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11
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an inhabitant = a resident

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un habitant

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12
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a neighbour

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un voisin

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13
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the suburbs

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la banlieue

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14
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a commuter

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un banlieusard (travaillant en ville)

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15
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a commuter

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un banlieuesard (travaillant en ville)

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16
Q

a district

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un quartier, un arrondissement

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17
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a neighbourhood

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un quartier

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18
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a shopping area

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un quartier commercant

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19
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a shopping centre / mall

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un centre commercial

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20
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a pedestrian precinct

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une zone piétonne

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21
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an industrial estate

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une zone industrielle

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22
Q

a housing estate

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une cité, un lotissement

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23
Q

a public garden / park

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un square / jardin public

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a green

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un terrain communal

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a green area = a green space
un espace vert
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a bandstand
un kiosque à musique
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a fountain
une fontaine
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a playground
une aire de jeux
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waste ground = a sandlot
un terrain vague
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suburban
de banlieue / banlieuesard
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populous
populeux
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overcrowded
surpeuplé
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to inhabit
habiter
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a sewer, sewerage
un égout, les égouts
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a sewer, sewerage
un égout, les égouts
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the bus network
le réseau d'autobus
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a bus
un autobus
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a bus driver
un conducteur de bus
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a bus stop
un arrêt d'autobus
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a bus shelter
un abri d'autobus
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the double-decker (bus)
un autobus à l'impériale
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the town hall GB = the city hall US
la mairie, l'hôtel de ville
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a fire station
une caserne de pompiers
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a fireman = a firefighter
un pompier
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a fire engine / truck
un camion de pompiers
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sports facilities
des équipements sportifs
47
a public swimming-pool
une piscine municipale
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a stadium
un stade
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a gymnasium = a gym
un gymnase
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a youth club
une maison des jeunes / de quartier
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a library
une biliothèque
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a hospital complex
un centre hospitalier
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a public lavatory = a comfort station US
des toilettes publiques
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to collect / to pick up the garbage
ramasser les ordures
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street furniture
le mobilier urbain
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street lighting
l'éclairage public
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a public bench
un banc public
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a taxi / a cab
un taxi
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the fare
le prix de la course
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the metre
le compteur
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a bus lane
a bicycle lane
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a bicycle lane
une piste cyclable
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a pedestrian
un piéton
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a pedestrian crossing = a zebra crossing GB
un passage pour piétons
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traffic lights
des feux tricolores
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parking
le stationnement
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a parking space
une place de stationnement
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a parking metre
un parcmètre
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a pay-and-display machine
un horodateur
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a car park
un parking
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a thoroughfare
une artère
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an avenue
une avenue
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a boulevard
un boulevard
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a lane / an alley
une ruelle
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a one-way street
une rue à sens unique
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a blind alley = a dead end = a cul-de-sac
une imapsse = une voie sans issue = un cul de sac
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a square
une place
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a plaza
une esplanade
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the marketplace
la place du marché
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a crescent
une rue en arc de cercle
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an embankment
un quai
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the kerb GB = the curb US
le bord du trottoir
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a gutter
un caniveau
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a manhole
une bouche d'égout
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to cross
traverser
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to park
se garer
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to double-park
se garer en double file
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to hail = to flag a taxi / a cab
héler un taxi
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the town centre GB = downtown US
le centre-ville
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the High Street GB = the Main Street US
la rue principale
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a lamppost GB = a street lamp US
un lampadaire
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a dormitory town GB = a commuter town US
une cité-dortoir
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a dormitory town GB = a commuter town US
une cité-dortoir
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a pavement GB = a sidewalk US
un trottoir
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a subway GB = an underpass US
un passage souterrain
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the underground GB = the subway US
le métro
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a tramway GB = a streetcar / a trolley US
un tramway
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the fire brigade GB = the fire department US
les pompiers
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a fire hydrant GB = a fireplug US
une bouche à incendie
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the waste / refuse collection GB = the garbage collection US
le ramassage d'ordures
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a dustman GB = a garbage collector US
un éboueur
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a rubbish dump GB = a garbage dump US
une décharge
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a sandpit GB = a sandbox US
un bac à sable