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French 105 - Chapter 2: Vocab
"En Ville" Vocab
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
02/05/2012
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Un arrêt d'autobus
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bus stop
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une banlieue
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suburb; outskirts
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une canserne de pompiers
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fire station
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le centre-ville
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city/town center; downtown
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un cinéma
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movie theater
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un commissariat de police
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police station
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un édifice
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building
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un gratte-ciel
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skyscraper
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un hôtel de ville
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city/town hall
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un jardin public
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public garden
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un logement / une habitation
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housing
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un musée
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museum
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le palais de justice
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courthouse
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une place
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square; plaza
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le préfecture de police
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police headquarters
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un quartier
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neighborhood
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une station de métro
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subway station
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la circulation
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traffic
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les clous
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crosswalk
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un croisement
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intersection
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un embouteillage
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traffic jam
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un feu (tricolore)
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traffic light
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un panneau
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road sign
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un panneau d'affichage
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billboard
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un pont
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bridge
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un rond-point
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rotary; roundabout
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une rue
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street
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les transports en commun
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public transportation
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un trottoir
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sidewalk
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une voie
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lane;road;track
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descendre
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to go down, to get off
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donner les indications
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to give directions
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être perdu(e)
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to be lost
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monter (dans une voiture,dans un train)
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to get (in a car, on a train)
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se trouver
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to be located
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un agent de police
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police officer
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un(e) citadin(e)
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city/town dweller
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un(e) citoyen(ne)
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citizen
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un(e) colocataire
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roommate; co-tenant
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un(e) conducteur/conductrice
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driver
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un(e) étranger/étrangère
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foreigner/stranger
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le maire
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mayor
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un(e) passager/passagère
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passenger
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un(e) piéton(ne)
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pedestrian
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les travaux
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construction
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l'urbanisme
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city/town planning
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la vie nocturne
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nightlife
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améliorer
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to improve
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s'amuser
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to have fun
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construire
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to build
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empêcher (de)
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to stop; to keep from (doing something)
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s'ennuyer
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to get bored
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s'entretenir (avec)
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to talk; to converse
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passer (devant)
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to go past
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peupler
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to populate
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rouler (en voiture)
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to drive
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vivre
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to live
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(peu/très) peuplé(e)
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(sparsely/densely) populated
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animé(e)
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lively
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bruyant(e)
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noisy
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inattendu(e)
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unexpected
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plein(e)
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full
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privé(e)
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private
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quotidien(ne)
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daily
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sûr(e)/en sécurité
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safe
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vide
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empty
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