1. The House Flashcards

La Maison

1
Q

le (la) propriétaire

A

the landlord, landlady

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2
Q

le bail

A

the lease

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3
Q

le locataire

A

the tenant

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4
Q

le loyer

A

rent

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5
Q

le jour du terme

A

quarter-day

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6
Q

expulser quelqu’un

A

to turn out someone

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7
Q

donner congé

A

to give notice

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8
Q

appartement meublé

A

furnished apartments

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9
Q

un locataire

A

a lodger

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10
Q

un pensionnaire

A

a paying-guest

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11
Q

un déménagement

A

a removal

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12
Q

faire bâtir une maison

A

to have a house built

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13
Q

un agent immobilier

A

an estate agent

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14
Q

un promoteur

A

a (property) developer

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15
Q

l’entrepreneur

A

the contractor

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16
Q

un chantier

A

a yard

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17
Q

une pioche

A

a pick

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18
Q

creuser les fondations

A

to dig the foundations

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19
Q

un marteau piqueur

A

a pneumatic drill

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20
Q

une pelleteuse

A

an excavator

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21
Q

le ciment

A

cement

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22
Q

un maçon

A

a builder, a stone-mason

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23
Q

un échafaudage

A

scaffolding

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24
Q

une armure d’acier

A

a steel frame

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25
Q

le verre feuilleté

A

laminated glass

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26
Q

un panneau

A

a panel

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27
Q

une grue

A

a crane

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28
Q

le bois de construction

A

timber

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29
Q

un charpentier

A

a carpenter

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30
Q

la charpente

A

the framework

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31
Q

une poutre

A

a beam

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32
Q

un chevron

A

a rafter

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33
Q

une tuile

A

a tile

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34
Q

une ardoise

A

a slate

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35
Q

un couvreur

A

a tiler, a slater

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36
Q

un menuisier

A

a joiner

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37
Q

un encadrement, un cadre

A

a frame

38
Q

scier une planche

A

to saw a plank

39
Q

un rabot

A

a plane

40
Q

les copeaux

A

shavings

41
Q

enfoncer un clou

A

to drive in a nail

42
Q

une vis

A

a screw

43
Q

un tourne-vis

A

a screwdriver

44
Q

forer, percer un trou

A

to bore a hole

45
Q

une perceuse

A

a drill

46
Q

être raccordé au réseau

A

to be on the mains

47
Q

un plombier

A

a plumber

48
Q

un tuyau

A

a pipe

49
Q

un serrurier

A

a locksmith

50
Q

une serrure

A

a lock

51
Q

une lime

A

a file

52
Q

une lime

A

a file

53
Q

un étau

A

a vice

54
Q

plâtrer

A

to plaster

55
Q

blanchir à la chaux

A

to whitewash

56
Q

un sceau

A

a pail, a bucket

57
Q

tapisser

A

to paper

58
Q

un vitrier

A

a glazier

59
Q

une vitre, un carreau

A

a window-pane

60
Q

l’installation électrique

A

the electrical wiring

61
Q

une prise femelle

A

a socket

62
Q

s’installer

A

to settle

63
Q

une pendaison de crémaillère

A

a house-warming party

64
Q

une clôture

A

a fence

65
Q

clos

A

fenced in

66
Q

la cave

A

the cellar

67
Q

le sous-sol

A

the basement

68
Q

une cour en contrebas

A

an area

69
Q

une grille

A

a railing

70
Q

un grenier

A

a loft

71
Q

une mansarde

A

an attic, a garret

72
Q

une cheminée

A

a chimney-pot

73
Q

une antenne

A

an aerial

74
Q

une cloison

A

a partition

75
Q

le plafond

A

the ceiling

76
Q

être à l’étroit

A

to be cramped

77
Q

vaste, spacieux

A

roomy, commodious

78
Q

une fenêtre en saillie

A

a bow-window

79
Q

mal éclairé

A

dimly lit

80
Q

sombre, obscur

A

dark

81
Q

sombre, lugubre

A

gloomy

82
Q

le rebord de la fenêtre

A

the window-sill

83
Q

un volet, un contrevent

A

a shutter

84
Q

un store

A

a blind

85
Q

entrebâillé

A

ajar

86
Q

un courant d’air

A

a draught

87
Q

claquer

A

to slam

88
Q

une fenêtre guillotine

A

a sash-window

89
Q

glisser, coulisse

A

to slide {slaid}

90
Q

commode

A

convenient

91
Q

une porte-fenêtre

A

a french window