3: Town life Flashcards

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1
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un appartement

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a flat

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un studio

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a bedsitter

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un meublé

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a furnished flat/room

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une maison à deux étages

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a two-storey house

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un appartement au 4ième étage

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a fourth-floor flat ( a first, a second, a third)

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un immeuble

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a block of flats

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dans le centre

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in the town centre, downtown ( USA)

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en banlieue

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in the suburbs

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le voisinage, le quartier

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the neighbourhood

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les voisins

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the neighbours

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un agent immobilier

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an estate agent

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un terrain

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a plot of land

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un chantier

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a building site

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un emprunt

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a mortgage

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un taux de 9%

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a 9 per cent interest rate

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17
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le propriétaire

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the owner

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18
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la copropriété

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co-ownership

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un locataire

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a tenant/a lodger

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le bail

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the lease

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21
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une villa, ne maison individuelle

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a detached house

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disponible, vide

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vacant

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en vente

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for sale

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éloigné

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remote

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très grand, immense

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huge

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concevoir, ffaire le plan

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to design

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emménager/déménager

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to move in/out

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habiter

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to live in/to inhabit

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appartenir à

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to belong to ( Taylor swift)

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louer (un appart) à quelqu’un

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to rent (a flat) from somebody

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expulser un locataire

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to turn out a tenant

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à vendre

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for sale

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à louer

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to let

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inhabité

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empty (vide), uninhabited.

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L’urbanisme

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Town planning

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36
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Les faubourgs

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The outskirts

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37
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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate

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38
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Une zone piétonnière

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A pedestrian precinct

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39
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La banlieue

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The suburbs

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40
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Un immeuble

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A block of flats

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41
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Un immeuble de bureaux

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An office block

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42
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Un HLM

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A council flat

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43
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Un gratte-ciel

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A skyscraper

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44
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Une maison de trois étages

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A three-storeyed house

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45
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Les quartiers défavorisés

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The inner city

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46
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Un taudis

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A slum

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47
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Les citadins

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Townspeople

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48
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Un habitant

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An inhabitant

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49
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Un banlieusard

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A commuter

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50
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Le trottoir

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The pavement

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51
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Un lampadaire

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A street lamp

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52
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Des toilettes publiques

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Public conveniences

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53
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Une publicité

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A poster

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54
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Une devanture

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A shop front

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55
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Une vitrine

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A shop window

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56
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Un syndicat d’initiative

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A tourist information office/center

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57
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Une boîte aux lettres

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A letter box

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58
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Une station-service

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A petrol/service filling station

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59
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Animé

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Busy, lively

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60
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Calme, tranquille

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Quiet

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61
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Surpeuplé

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Overcrowded, cramped

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62
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Sordide

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Squalid

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63
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Démolir une maison

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To pull down a house

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64
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Expulser

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To evict

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65
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Reloger

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To rehouse

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66
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Faire le trajet

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To commute (to and from work)

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67
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Un plan

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A street map

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68
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Une petite rue

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A side street

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69
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Une place

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A square

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70
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Un carrefour

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A crossroads

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71
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Un panneau

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A street sign

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72
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La chaussée

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The roadway

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73
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Le trottoir

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The pavement

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74
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Une impasse

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A dead end/ a no-through road

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75
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Une zone de stationnement interdit

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A no-parking area

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76
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Une contravention

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A ticket

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77
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La fourrière

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The pound

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78
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Les transports

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Transport

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79
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Une gare

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A railway station

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80
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Un arrêt de bus

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A bus stop

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81
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Le prix du trajet

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The fare

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82
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Le métro

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The tube/ underground (gb)

The subway (am)

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83
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L’heure de pointe

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The rush hour

84
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Le permis de conduire

A

The driving licence

85
Q

La plaque d’immatriculation

A

The number plate

86
Q

Le code de la route

A

The highway code

87
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Chargé, encombré

A

Busy

88
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Signalé, indiqué

A

Signposted

89
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Blessé

A

Injured

90
Q

Demander son chemin

A

To ask one’s way

91
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Être pris dans un embouteillage

A

To be stuck in a jam

92
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Monter/descendre dans le bus

A

To get on | off the bus

93
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Faire de l’auto-stop

A

To hitchhike

94
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Une amende pour excès de vitesse

A

A fine for speeding

95
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Faire un demi-tour

A

To make a U-turn

96
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Renverser qq

A

To knock sb down

97
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Préjugés

A

Prejudice

98
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Sectarisme

A

Bigotry

99
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Un camion

A

A lorry

100
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La corosserie

A

The bodywork

101
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Une roue (de secours)

A

A spare wheel

102
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Les pneus

A

The tyres

103
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Le moteur

A

The engine

104
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Les gaz d’échappements

A

Exhaust fumes

105
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L’essence

A

Petrol

106
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Le compteur de vitesse

A

The speedometer

107
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La pédale d’accélérateur

A

The accelerator pedal

108
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La boîte de vitesses

A

The gearbox

109
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Changer de vitesse

A

To change gear

110
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Les freins

A

The brakes

111
Q

Une voiture qui consomme

A

A thirsty car

112
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Une panne

A

A breakdown

113
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Une moto

A

A (motor) bike

114
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Le porte baggages

A

The luggage carrier

115
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Un VTT

A

An ATB, a mountain bike

116
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Fiable, sûr

A

Reliable

117
Q

Être assis à l’avant, à l’arrière

A

To sit in the front, to sit in the back

118
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Changer de vitesse

A

To change gear

119
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Dépasser, doubler

A

To overtake

120
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Ralentir

A

To slow down

121
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Le chemin de fer

A

The railway

122
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La gare

A

The railway station

123
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Un quai

A

A platform

124
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Le guichet

A

The ticket office

125
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Le départ, l’arrivée

A

The departure; the arrival

126
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Un wagon

A

A carriage

127
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Un avion à réaction

A

A jet plane

128
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L’équipage

A

The crew

129
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La piste

A

The runway

130
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Un atterrissage forcé

A

An emergency/forced landing

131
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Un bateau mais un navire

A

A boat but a ship

132
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Une embarcation

A

A craft

133
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Une traversée

A

A crossing

134
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La coque

A

The hull

135
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Une traversée mouvementée ou calme en mer

A

A rough crossing, a smooth crossing

136
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Un marin

A

A sailor

137
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Un naifrage

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A shipwreck

138
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Un port

A

A harbour

139
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Un phare

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A lighthouse

140
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Un quai d’embarquement bateau

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A wharf , many wharves

141
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Un entrepôt de dock

A

A warehouse

142
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Un armateur

A

A shipowner

143
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Être attendu à

A

To be due at

144
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Une correspondance

A

A connection

145
Q

Décoller

A

To take off

146
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Atterrir

A

To land, to touch down

147
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Monter à bord

A

To go on board

148
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Tanguer; rouler

A

To pitch; to roll

149
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S’échouer

A

To run aground

150
Q

Couler

A

To sink

151
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Attachez vos ceintures!

A

Fasten your seat belts

152
Q

le toit

A

the roof

153
Q

la cheminée

A

the chimney

154
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les portes-fenêtres

A

French windows

155
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le double vitrage

A

double glazing

156
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la boîte aux lettres

A

the letterbox

157
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l’entrée

A

the entrance

158
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la porte d’entrée

A

the front door

159
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le fioul

A

fuel

160
Q

le grenier

A

the attic

161
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le plafond, le plafond de verre

A

the ceiling ( the glass ceiling)

162
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une machine à laver le linge

A

a washing-machine

163
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un lave-vaisselle

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a dish-washer

164
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un four à micro-ondes

A

a microwave oven

165
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un robinet

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a tap ( a hot/cold water tap)

166
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minuscule

A

tiny

167
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douillet

A

cosy

168
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bien conçu

A

well-designed

169
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luxueux

A

luxurious

170
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miteux

A

shabby

171
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délabré

A

dilapidated

172
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au rez-de-chaussée/au premier

A

on the ground; on the first floor

173
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à l’étage, en bas

A

upstairs, downstairs

174
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donner sur

A

to look onto

175
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pénétrer par effraction

A

to break (broke broken ) into a house

176
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la salle à manger

A

the dining room

177
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les meubles

A

the furniture

178
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un meuble

A

a piece of furniture

179
Q

le salon

A

the living room

180
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un fauteuil

A

an armchair

181
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un coussin

A

a cushion

182
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un canapé

A

a sofa

183
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un tableau

A

a picture

184
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la cheminée

A

the fireplace

185
Q

le chauffage au gaz/électrique

A

gas/electric heating

186
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un tapis

A

a carpet

187
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une moquette

A

a fitted carpet

188
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un rideau

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a curtain

189
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la chambre

A

the bedroom

190
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une chambre d’ami

A

a spare room

191
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la salle de bain

A

the bathroom

192
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un lavabo

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a wash basin

193
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les travaux ménagers

A

the housework

194
Q

la poussière

A

dust

195
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un balai

A

a broom

196
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un aspirateur

A

a hoover

197
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peindre

A

to paint

198
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meubler

A

to furnish

199
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mettre la tabble

A

to lay laid laid the table

200
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faire la vaisselle

A

to do (did done) the dishes

201
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sécher

A

to dry

202
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enlever la poussière

A

to dust

203
Q

balayer

A

to sweep swept swept

204
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accroché

A

hanging on the wall

205
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en désordre

A

in a mess, untidy

206
Q

ranger

A

to tidy