Work & City Life Flashcards

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Une ville

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A town

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Une grande ville

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A city

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Une métropole

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A metropolis

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Un habitant

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An inhabitant

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Un citadin

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An urbanite, a city dweller

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Une banlieue

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A surbub

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Une rue animée

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A busy street

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Les quartiers défavorisés

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The inner city

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Une ville surpeuplée

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An overcrowded city

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Les passant

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Passers-by

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les abords d’une ville

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the outskirts of city

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une zone de non-droit

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a no-go area

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un quartier défavorisé

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a deprived area

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une zone industrielle

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an industrial estate

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un centre commercial

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a shopping centre

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une zone résidentielle

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a residential area

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un HLM

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a council

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un bidonville, un taudis

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a slum, a township

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19
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les égouts

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the sewers

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20
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qqch est improbable

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sth is unlikely

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la probabilité de

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the likelihood of

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qqch est inévitable

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sth is inevitable

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être inexperimenté

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to be inexperienced

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pas nécessaire

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unnecessary

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le travail

A

work, labour

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s’opposer à qqch

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to oppose sth

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résoudre un problème

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to solve a problem

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le temps de travail

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working time

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gagner sa vie

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to make a living

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arrêter, abandonner

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to quit

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

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la retraite

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retirement

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démissionner

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to design

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la lutte des classes

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class struggle

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un syndicat

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a trade union

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la richesse

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wealth

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riche, fortuné

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wealthy

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un collègue

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a colleague

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l’étalement urbain

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the sprawl

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surmonter une difficulté

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to overcome a difficulty

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presque jamais

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hardly ever

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Il faut bien reconnaître que

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admittedly

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final, ultime

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eventual

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à terme, finalement

A

eventually

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une filière, branche professionelle

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a sector

46
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un emploi du temps

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a schedule

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prendre un rendez-vous

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to schedule a meeting

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être débordé de travail

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to be snowed, under work

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donner sa démission

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to hand in one’s resignation

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un travail à temps partiel/plein

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a part time/ full-time job

51
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la semaine de 35 heures

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the 35-hour working week

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la population active

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the working population

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un retraité

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an old age pensioner OAP

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la pension

A

the pension

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un CDD

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a fixed-term contract

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un CDI

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a permanent contract