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Fre-102 Unit 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| les alentours (m) | surroundings |
| l'amitié (f) | friendship |
| la banlieue | suburbs |
| la banque | bank |
| le bouchon | cork, traffic jam |
| le bruit | noise |
| la campagne | countryside |
| la capitale | capital |
| le centre commercial | shopping mall |
| le centre-ville | downtown |
| la circulation | traffic |
| le climat | weather, climate |
| le commissariat | police station |
| la crèche | daycare |
| la Croix-Rouge | red cross |
| la déliquance | crime, delinquency |
| la distraction | leisure entertainment |
| la drogue | drugs |
| l'ecole (f) | school |
| l'eglise (f) | church |
| l'embouteillage (m) | traffic jam |
| l'emploi (m) | employment, job |
| l'enquête (f) | survey |
| l'ensoleillement (m) | sunshine |
| l'enterprise (f) | company |
| l'espace vert (m) | park |
| l'espérance de vie (f) | life expectancy |
| l'exclusion sociale (f) | soclial exclusion |
| le fleuve | river |
| la forét | forest |
| la gare | train station |
| la grande surface | supermarket |
| la gratte-ciel | skyscraper |
| l'habitant, l'habitante | inhabitant |
| l'hôpital | hospital |
| les horaires d'ouverture (m) | hours of operation, store hours |
| l'immobilier | real estate |
| le jardin | garden |
| les jeunes | young people |
| les Jeux Olympiques (m) | Olympi Games |
| le lac | lake |
| la lagune | lagoon |
| le lieu | place |
| la linge de bus | bus line |
| la location | rental |
| le logement | lodging |
| loyer | rent |
| la lycée | high school |
| le maire | mayor |
| la maison de retraite | retirement homed |
| le manque | lack |
| le niveau | level |
| l'océan (m) | ocean |
| la piste cyclabe | bicycle path |
| la pollution | pollution |
| le pont | bridge |
| le quartier | neighborhood |
| le rond-point | roundabout |
| la sécurité | safety |
| le service d'urgence | emergency room |
| le siècle | century |
| le siège | headquarters (in government, official context) |
| la taille | size |
| le taux de chômage | unemployment rate |
| le terrain | field |
| le toxicomane | drug addict |
| le trafic | traffic |
| les transports publics | public transportation |
| le trottoir | sidewalk |
| l'union européenne | European Union |
| l'usine | factory |
| la vie | life |
| la vie ncturne | night life |
| la ville | city |
| accueillant(e) | welcoming |
| agréable | pleasant |
| anonyme | anonymous |
| autre | OTHER |
| bondé(e) | overcrowded, packed |
| chaud(e) | hot |
| dangereux, dangereuse | dangerous |
| dur(e) | hard |
| écolo | envionmentally friendly |
| élvé(e) | high |
| ennuyeux, ennuyeuse | boring |
| entretenu(e) | kept |
| faux, fausse | false |
| fluide | flowing |
| froid(e) | cold |
| grave | serious |
| interdit(e) | forbidden |
| long,longure | long |
| mondial(e) | worldwide |
| moyen, moyene | average |
| neuf, neuve | new |
| nombreux, nombreuse | numerous |
| oublié(e) | forgotten |
| pollué(e) | polluted |
| practique | practical |
| public,publique | public |
| sale | dirty |
| seul(e) | alone |
| situé(e) | located |
| utile | useful |
| vrai(e) | true |
| améliorer | to improve |
| atttirer | to attract |
| avoir raison | to be right |
| avoir tort | to be rong |
| construire | to build |
| durer | to last |
| enseigner | to teach |
| fonctionner | to function |
| manquer de | to lack |
| pleuvoir | to rain |
| publier | to publish |
| se déplacer | to get around |
| se loger | to find aplace to live |
| s'impliquer | to get involved |
| se trouver | to be located |
| trouver | to find |
| venir de + infnitive | to have just done something |
| à mon avis | in my opinion |
| en ce qui concerne | regarding |
| en effet | actually |
| en particulier | particularly |
| en tout cas | in any case |
| être d'accord avec | to agree with |
| être en train de + infinitive | to be doing something |
| facilement | easily |
| longtemps | for a long time |
| partout | everywhere |
| sous terre | underground |
| spécialement | especially |
| suffisamment | enough |
| le même, la même, les même | the same, agree with the noun they refer to |
| Être en train de + infinitive | describes a continuous action, ETRE must be conjugated Suis Es Est êtes Sommes Sont |
| Venir De + infinitive | refers to something that recently happened veins veins veint venons venez viennent |
| Oü | Allows you to give extra infomation about a place in the same sentence Bruxelles est une ville oú il pleut beaucoup. |
| Expressing opinion (in my opinion) | A mon avis, pour moi, je pense que/qu' |
| Answering other people's opinions | je (ne) suis (pas) d'accord avec ce que dit Marc toi/lui/elle/vous/eux/elles |
| To sum or highlight what was said | ça: c'est une bonne idée, ce n'est pa vrai, c'est bien |
| comparing quantities | Plus, moins, autant USES DE Paris a plus d'habitants de Greensboro |
| comparing qualities | Plus ___ que, aussi ___ que, moins ___que Lav ville de paris est plus grande que Greensboro |
| Mieux | Adverb, modifiys the verb used |
| Milleur(e)(s) | Modifys a noun, changes based on noun |
| Chantier | to repair |
| Peindre | to paint |