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65 Cards in this Set
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le centre-ville
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Center of town (midtown?)
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la banlieue
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suburbs
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le quartier
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neighborhood, district
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une maison individuelle
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an individual house
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un appartement
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an apartment
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une tour
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a high rise
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un immeuble
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a building, an apartment building
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un HLM
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low income housing project
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tout près
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nearby
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c'est à (distance or time)
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it's (distance or time) away
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des boutiques
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some boutiques
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des commmerces
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some small businesses
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un grand centre commercial
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a large mall
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une station-service
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gas station
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un centre sportif
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a sport center (i.e. YMCA)
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un centre de loisirs
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a recreation center
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une maison de jeunes
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Youth Center
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une bibliothèque
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a library
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un musée
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a museum
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un parc
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park
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un jardin public
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a public garden
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une mairie
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a city hall
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une poste
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a post office
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un poste de police
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a police station
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une gendarmerie
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a police station v2
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une caserne de pompiers
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a fire station
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avoir affair à
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to have to deal with
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code de la route
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traffic regulations
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comprend
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includes
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étroit
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narrow
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recherché
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sought after
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à la fois
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at the same time
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parterres de fleurs
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flower beds
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bancs
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benches
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se distraire
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to have fun
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s'étendre
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extend
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entouré
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surrounded
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ennuyeuse
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bored
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ouvrière
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working class
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grands ensembles
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housing projects
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layer modéré
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low rent
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moyenne
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average
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planifié
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planned
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plans d'eau
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artificial lake
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aménagé
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developed
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une maison jumelée
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a townhouse (connected house)
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un grand ensemble
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a compound? (set of buildings?)
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un gratte-ciel
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a skyscraper
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un studio
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a studio
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un pavillon
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a house
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un pied-à-terre
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a detached house
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un meublé
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a furnished apartment
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une barque
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a boat
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couler
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to drown
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la soucoupe volante
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a flying saucer (UFO)
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le martien
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a Martian
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atterrir
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to land
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la panne (de voiture)
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car trouble, car failure
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tomber en panne
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breaking down
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le publiophone
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phone booth 1
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la cabine téléphonique
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phone booth 2
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la télécarte
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card for phone booth
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composer (un numéro)
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to dial (a number)
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décrocher (le combine)
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answering the phone
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le numéro vert
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identity number
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