The city Flashcards

1
Q

une ville

A

a town

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2
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une grande ville

A

a city

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3
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une mégalopole

A

a megalopolis

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4
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une capitale

A

a capital

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5
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une métropole

A

a metropolis

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6
Q

une bourgade

A

a market town

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7
Q

une ville champignon

A

a boomtown

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8
Q

l’urbanisme

A

town planning

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9
Q

un citadin

A

a town dweller / a city dweller

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10
Q

le paysage urbain

A

the townscape = the cityscape

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11
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un riverain

A

a local resident

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12
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un habitant

A

an inhabitant = a resident

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13
Q

la banlieue

A

the suburbs

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14
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un banlieusard (travaillant en ville)

A

a commuter

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15
Q

un quartier ou un arrondissement

A

a district

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16
Q

un quartier

A

a neighbo(u)rhood

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17
Q

un quartier commerçant

A

a shopping area

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18
Q

un centre commercial

A

a shopping centre / mall

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19
Q

une zone piétonne

A

a pedestrian precinct

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20
Q

une zone industrielle

A

an industrial estate

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21
Q

une cité, un lotissement

A

a housing estate

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22
Q

un square / jardin public

A

a public garden / park

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23
Q

un terrain communal

A

a green

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24
Q

un espace vert

A

a green area = a green space

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25
Q

un kiosque à musique

A

a bandstand

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26
Q

une fontaine

A

a fountain

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27
Q

une aire de jeux

A

a playground

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28
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un terrain vague

A

waste ground = a sandlot

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29
Q

de banlieue / banlieusard

A

suburban

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30
Q

populeux

A

populus

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31
Q

surpeuplé

A

overcrowded

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32
Q

habiter

A

to inhabit

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33
Q

un égout, les égouts

A

a sewer, sewerage

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34
Q

le réseau d’autobus

A

the bus network

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35
Q

un autobus

A

a bus

36
Q

un conducteur de bus

A

a bus driver

37
Q

un arrêt d’autobus

A

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
Q

des équipements sportifs

A

sports facilities

45
Q

une piscine minicipale

A

a public swimming-pool

46
Q

un stade

A

a stadium

47
Q

un gymnase

A

a gymnasium = a gym

48
Q

une maison des jeunes / de quartier

A

a youths club

49
Q

une bibliothèque

A

a library

50
Q

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
Q

l’éclairage public

A

street lighting

55
Q

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
Q

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