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72 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Rappel
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reminder
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le citadin
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town dweller
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le chief-lieu
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main town area
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le centre-ville
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town centre
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le quartier
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district within town
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l'arrondissement (masc)
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postal district within city
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la banlieu
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suburb
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le faubourg
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outskirts
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la sortie de la ville
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edge of town
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le voisinage
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neighbourhood
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le batiment
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building
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l'immeuble (mas)
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appartement/office block
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le grande magasin
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department store
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le centre commercial
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shoppin precinct
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la grande surface
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hypermarket
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la zone piétonne/piétonnière
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pedestrian precinct
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le trottoir
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pavement
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la place
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square
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l'hotel de ville (masc)
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town hall
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la mairie
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town hall (in a smaller town)
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le domicile
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home
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un HLM (habitation à loyer modéré)
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council flat
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le logement
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accomodation
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le loyer
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rent
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le locataire
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tennant
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le propriétaire
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owner
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la vie urbaine
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town life
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l'urbanisation (F)
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urban development
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l'aménagement (fem) du territoire
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town and urban planning
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le parc immmobilier
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housing stock/number of houses nationwide
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l'appartemenent temoin
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show flat
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le cadre/le milieu
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surroundings
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l'immeuble (fem) de grande standing
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luxury appartement block
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la pavillon
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detached house (often suburban)
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la villa
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detached house (usually rural)
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la résidence secondaire
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second property
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la ville dortoir
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dormitory town
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champignonner
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to mushroom
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le banlieusard
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suburban resident
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le paté de maisons
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block of buildings
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l'espace vert
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green area
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faire la navette
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to commute
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metro-boulot-dodo
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undergound-work-sleep the daily routine.
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la cité/le grande ensemble
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estate of blocks of flats
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la pénurie de logements locatifs
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shortage of rented property
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le quartier défavorisé
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neglected area
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un immeuble vétuste
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run down building
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le taudis
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hovel
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le bidonville
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shanty town
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le terrain vague
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waste ground
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la zone industrielle
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industrial estate
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l'entrepot (m)
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warehouse
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le chantier
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building site
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la vie rurale
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country life
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La france profonde
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the (rural) heart of france
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le campagnard
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country dweller
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l'agriculteur/le cultivateur
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farmer
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les exploitants agricoles
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farming community
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la culture
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crop growing
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labourer
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to plough
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la moisson
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the harvest
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la réecolte
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harvested crop
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le vigneron
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wine-grower
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le vignoble
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vinyard
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la vendage
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grape harvest
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l'éveleur (m)
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livestock breeder
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l'évelage (m)
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livestock breeding
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le bétail
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livestock
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l'exode rural
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move to the towns
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le dépeuplement
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decrease in population
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le manque de prestations
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lack of facilities
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laisser à l'abandon
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to leave to rack and ruin
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