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Housing estate

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Un lotissement

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Les combles/ le grenier

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Loft

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Which surrounds the town

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Qui entoure la ville

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Drawer

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Tiroir

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Central heating

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Chauffage central

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Building

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Bâtiment

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Neighbours

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Voisins

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A pretty building

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Un bel immeuble

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From the 19th century

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Du 19ème siècle

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A room

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Une pièce

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A step

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Une marche

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Les commerces

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The shops

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To do a loft conversion

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Aménager les combles

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Greenery 2

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Un espace vert

La verdure

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Double glazing

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Le double - vitrage

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A lift

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Un ascenseur

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To hang about in the street

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Traîner dans la rue

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Council flat/house

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Une HLM

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Detached house

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Une maison individuelle

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A semi detached house

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Une maison jumelle

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A terraced house 2

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Une maison en rangée

Une maison mitoyenne

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A stool

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Un tabouret

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A chest of drawers

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Une commode

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A bookcase/shelves

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Une étagère

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A mirror

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Un miroir

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A hair dryer

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Un sèche-cheveaux

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A clock

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Une horlage

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Cellar

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La cave

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Terrace

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La terrasse

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Entrance

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L’entrée

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A bedside table

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Une table de chevet/nuit

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Un placard

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A cupboard

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Duvet

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Une couette

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Pillow

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Un oreiller

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Dans les environs

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In the surroundings, in the area

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Just downstairs

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Juste en bas

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To be insulated

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Être isolé(e)

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To have bad insulation

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Avoir une mauvais isolation

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The neighbourhood

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Le voisinage

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Borough

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Arrondissement

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The congestion charge

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Le péage urbain

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At rush hour

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À l’heure de pointe

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A lot of houses have been built

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On a construit beaucoup de maisons

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The river overflows

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La rivière déborde

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We moved

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Nous avons déménagé

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Récent(e)

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New

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It’s because of the

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C’est à cause du/de la/des

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There are floods more and more often

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Il y a de plus en plus souvent des inondations

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A tropical island

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Une île tropicale

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Mountainous

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Montagneux/montagneuse

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Volcanic

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Volcanique

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An extinct volcano

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Un ancien volcan

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An active volcano

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Un volcan en activité

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The valley offers

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La vallée offre

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There is no shortage/lack of

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Il ne manque pas de

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The cost of living is high

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La vie est chère

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The tallest

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Le/la plus haut(e)

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Park and ride scheme

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Le parc relais

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Bus lane

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Le couloir réservé au bus

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We/they’re just opening…

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On est en train d’ouvrir

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At the foothill of

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Au pied du

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The valley

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La vallée

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Tracks with clear signage

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Les sentiers balisés

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A ski lift

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Un remontrée mécanique

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A cable car

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Un téléphérique

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The landscape

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Le paysage

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Une grande surface

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A big supermarket

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A waterfall

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Une chute d’eau

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Roman ruins

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Des ruines romaines

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Walls

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Les murs

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Everything is far away

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Tout est éloigné

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Homeless

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Sans-abri

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Accommodation

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Logement

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The fast pace of life

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le rythme de vie accéléré

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At the end of the street

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Au bout de la rue

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Town hall

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L’hôtel de ville

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Bookshop

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Librairie

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Town/city dweller

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Un citadin

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Traffic

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La circulation

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Exhaust fumes

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Lorry

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Le poids lourd

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Le périphérique

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Ring road

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Police station

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Le commissariat de police

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Tourist information office

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Le syndicat d’initiative

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Colline

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Hill

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Le terroir

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The local area

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Le trottoir

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Pavement