5 Flashcards by Kim Matheson | Brainscape

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instead of, in place of

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à la place

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in bulk

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en vrac

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jar, jars

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le bocal, les bocaux

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packaging

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emballage

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empty

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vide

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inside

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dedans

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cleaning products

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les produits d’entretien

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something silly

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un truc tout bête

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super good

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hyper bien

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the housework, chores

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le ménage

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dish soap

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le produit vaisselle

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it’s not easy

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ç’est pas évident

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zero waste lifestyle

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le mode de vie zéro déchets

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to save money

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faire des économies

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child’s play

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un véritable jeu d’enfant

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to support

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soutenir

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to greet, to welcome

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accueillir

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disposable

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jetables

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it became the norm

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ç’est devenu la norme

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an approach

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une démarche

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What else?

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Quoi d’autre ?

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On the West coast
On the East coast

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Sur la côte Ouest
Sur la côte est

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it’s a more conservative region

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c’est une région plus conservatrice

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we recycle

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on recycle

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I would like to reduce…

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j’aimerais réduire …

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I buy second-hand clothes

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j’achète des habits de seconde-main

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flea market

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brocante

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A thrift store = a second-hand clothing store

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Une friperie = un magasin d’habits d’occasion

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second-hand clothes (2 options)

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les fripes
les habits d’occas’

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a novel

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un roman

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a romance novel

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un roman à l’eau de rose

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a non-fiction book

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un livre de non fiction

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a self-help book

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un livre de développement personnel

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the writer

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l’écrivain(e)

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I’m a little annoyed/bothered

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je suis un peu embêté

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we can’t do otherwise

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on ne peut pas faire autrement

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to make ends meet

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joindre les deux bouts

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I’m flattered

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je suis flatté

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it skews (lit. ‘biases’) the results

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ça biaise les résultats

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I confess

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je vous avoue

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there are a lot of
(a synonym of “il y a beaucoup de”)

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y’a pas mal de

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the best book I’ve ever read

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le meilleur livre que j’aie jamais lu

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a book (slang)

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un bouquin

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to read (slang)

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bouquiner

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I have a quarter hectare

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j’ai un quart d’hectare

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my favorite book (2 options)

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mon livre fétiche = mon livre préféré

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I like my books to stay clean

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j’aime que mes livres restent nickel

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we want to teach French to our children

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nous voulons apprendre le français à nos enfants

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he sells works of art

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il vend les oeuvres d’art

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to teach someone (less formal than “enseigner”)

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apprendre à quelqu’un

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a greenhouse

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une serre

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edges

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les bords