The city Flashcards

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1
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une ville

A

a town

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2
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une grande ville

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a city

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3
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une mégalopole

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a megalopolis

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une capitale

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a capital

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une métropole

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a metropolis

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6
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une bourgade

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a market town

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7
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une ville champignon

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a boomtown

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8
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l’urbanisme

A

town planning

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9
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un citadin

A

a town dweller / a city dweller

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10
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le paysage urbain

A

the townscape = the cityscape

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11
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un riverain

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a local resident

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12
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un habitant

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an inhabitant = a resident

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13
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la banlieue

A

the suburbs

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un banlieusard (travaillant en ville)

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a commuter

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15
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un quartier ou un arrondissement

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a district

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16
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un quartier

A

a neighbo(u)rhood

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17
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un quartier commerçant

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a shopping area

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18
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un centre commercial

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a shopping centre / mall

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19
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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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20
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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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21
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une cité, un lotissement

A

a housing estate

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22
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un square / jardin public

A

a public garden / park

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23
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un terrain communal

A

a green

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24
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un espace vert

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a green area = a green space

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25
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un kiosque à musique

A

a bandstand

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26
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une fontaine

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a fountain

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27
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une aire de jeux

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a playground

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28
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un terrain vague

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waste ground = a sandlot

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29
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de banlieue / banlieusard

A

suburban

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30
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populeux

A

populus

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31
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surpeuplé

A

overcrowded

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32
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habiter

A

to inhabit

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33
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un égout, les égouts

A

a sewer, sewerage

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34
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le réseau d’autobus

A

the bus network

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35
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un autobus

A

a bus

36
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un conducteur de bus

A

a bus driver

37
Q

un arrêt d’autobus

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a bus stop

38
Q

un abri d’autobus

A

a bus shelter

39
Q

un autobus à impériale

A

a double-decker

40
Q

la mairie, l’hôtel de ville

A

the town hall GB = the city hall US

41
Q

une caserne de pompiers

A

a fire station

42
Q

un pompier

A

a fireman = firefighter

43
Q

un camion de pompiers

A

a fire engine / truck

44
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des équipements sportifs

A

sports facilities

45
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une piscine minicipale

A

a public swimming-pool

46
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un stade

A

a stadium

47
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un gymnase

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a gymnasium = a gym

48
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une maison des jeunes / de quartier

A

a youths club

49
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une bibliothèque

A

a library

50
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un centre hospitalier

A

a hospital complex

51
Q

des toilettes publiques

A

a publics lavatory = a comfort station US

52
Q

ramasser les ordures

A

to collect / to pick up the garbage

53
Q

le mobilier urbain

A

street furniture

54
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l’éclairage public

A

street lighting

55
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un banc public

A

a public bench

56
Q

un taxi

A

a taxi / a cab

57
Q

le prix de la course

A

the fare

58
Q

le compteur

A

the metre

59
Q

un couloir d’autobus

A

a bus lane

60
Q

une piste cyclabe

A

a bicycle lane

61
Q

un piéton

A

a pedestrian

62
Q

un passage pour piétons

A

a pedestrian crossing = a zebra crossing GB

63
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des feux tricolores

A

traffic lights

64
Q

le stationnement

A

parking

65
Q

une place de stationnement

A

a parking space

66
Q

un parcmètre

A

a parking metre

67
Q

un horodateur

A

a pay-and-display machine

68
Q

un parking

A

a car park

69
Q

une artère

A

a thoroughfare

70
Q

une avenue

A

an avenue

71
Q

un boulevard

A

a boulevard

72
Q

une ruelle

A

a lane / an alley

73
Q

une rue à sens unique

A

a one-way street

74
Q

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

A

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

75
Q

une place

A

a square

76
Q

une esplanade

A

a plaza

77
Q

la place du marché

A

the marketplace

78
Q

une rue en arc de cercle

A

a crescent

79
Q

un quai

A

an embankment

80
Q

le bord du trottoir

A

the kerb GB = the curb US

81
Q

un caniveau

A

a gutter

82
Q

une bouche d’égout

A

a manhoie

83
Q

traverser

A

to cross

84
Q

se garer

A

to park

85
Q

se garer en double file

A

to doule-park

86
Q

héler un taxi

A

to hail = to flag a taxi / a cab