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33 Cards in this Set
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the city centre/downtown
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le centre ville
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inner cities
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un quartier deshérité du centre-ville
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a city-dweller (gb)
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un citadin (gb)
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a metropolis
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une métropole
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an urban area
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une zone urbaine
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to become urbanised
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s'urbaniser
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a built-up area
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une agglomération urbaine
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a housing estate/a housing development
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un lotissement/une cité
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a council house/a council flat
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un HLM
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a tower block/a high rise
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un grand ensemble
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a block of flats
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un pâté de maisons
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a pavement (gb)/a sidewalk (us)
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un trottoir
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a skyscraper
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un gratte ciel
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a dormitory town (gb)/a bedroom community (us)
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une cité-dortoir
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rural depopulation
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l'exode rural
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an industrial area (gb)/an industrial park (us)
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une zone industrielle
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a residential area
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un quartier d'habitation
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a town planner
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un urbaniste
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town planning/city planning
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l'urbanisme
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a cityscape
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un paysage urbain
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the layout of a town
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la disposition/conception d'une ville
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an urban renewal programme
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un programme de rénovation urbaine
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to renovate/to rehabilitate
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rénover/réhabiliter
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the renovation/the rehabilitation
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la rénovation/la réhabilitation
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to pull down a building
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démolir un bâtiment
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urban sprawl
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l'expansion urbaine tentaculaire
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a hot spot
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un quartier chaud
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a suburb
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une banlieue/un faubourg
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a neighbourhood
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un quartier
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a shopping centre/a shopping preccint (gb)
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un centre commercial (gb)
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a (shopping) mall (us)
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un centre commercial
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the commuter belt
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la grande banlieue
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green spaces
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les espaces verts
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