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1
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une habitation

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a dwelling

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maison de plain pied

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a bungalow

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une maison à étage

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a two-storey house

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un immeuble

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a block of flats

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locataire

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tenant

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propriétaire

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landlord / landlady

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le bail

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the lease

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un premier apport

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a downpayment

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un prêt immobilier

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a mortgage

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le jour du terme

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quarter-day

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11
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louer (au proprio)

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to rent from sb

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louer (au locataire)

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to rent to sb
to let to sb

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sous-louer

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sublet

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14
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donner son préavis

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to give notice

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un pensionnaire

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a lodger, a paying guest

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faire construire une maison

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to have a house built

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17
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un chantier

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a construction site

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18
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pioche

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pick(axe)

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pelle

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spade, shovel

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20
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une dalle

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a slab

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21
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un marteau piqueur

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a pneumatic drill

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22
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pelleteuse

A

excavater

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faire les fondations

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to lay the foundation(s)

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24
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maçon

A

stonemason

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25
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échafaudage

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scaffolding

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béton

A

concrete

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27
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béton armée

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reinforced concrete

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28
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armature d’acier

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steel frame

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29
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une grue

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a crane

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30
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du (vrai) parquet

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a (hard)wood floor

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31
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une pince

A

(a pair of) pliers

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32
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ponceuse

A

sander

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33
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poser du carrelage

A

to lay the floor

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34
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scier une planche

A

to saw a plank

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35
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enfoncer un clou

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to drive in a nail

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36
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percer un trou

A

to drill a hole

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37
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les charges (elec, gaz…)

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the utilities

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38
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serrurier

A

locksmith

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39
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être raccroché au secteur (elec, gaz)

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to be on the mains

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40
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bouché

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clogged

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41
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escabeau

A

stepladder

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42
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échelle

A

ladder

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43
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tapisser

A

to paper

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44
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double vitrage

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double glazing

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45
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le compteur

A

the (gas, electricity) meter

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46
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prise mural

A

socket

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47
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crémaillère

A

a house warming party

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48
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une terrasse en bois

A

a deck

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49
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une terrasse couverte

A

a prosh

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50
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une cheminée (sur le toit)

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a chimney

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51
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une antenne

A

an aerial

52
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clos

A

fenced in

53
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véranda

A

a conservatory

54
Q

donner sur

A

to look on to, to open on to

55
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un bouton de porte (poignée ronde)

A

a doorknob

56
Q

une alarme anti-vol

A

a burglar alarm

57
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fermer la porte à clé

A

to lock the house up

58
Q

verrouiller la porte

A

to bolt the door

59
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le seuil (de porte)

A

threshold, (doorstep)

60
Q

passer, venir

A

to call around

61
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un escalier

A

a flight of stairs
ex: take the next flight of stairs

62
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la rampe (escalier)

A

the banister, the handrail

63
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faire entrer qqn dans

A

to show sb into

64
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un coussin

A

a cushion

65
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canapé lit

A

a sofa bed, a pull-out couch

66
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douillet

A

snug

67
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un buffet

A

a sideboard

68
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un placard

A

a cupboard

69
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la vaisselle

A

the crockery

70
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couverts

A

cutlery, silverware

71
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mettre la table

A

lay the table

72
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cuisinière

A

a stove, a cooker

73
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décongeler

A

to defrost, to thaw

74
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casserole

A

saucepan

75
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poêle

A

fryingpan

76
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une passoire

A

a colander

77
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ouvre boîte

A

tin opener

78
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mettre de l’eau à bouillir

A

to put the kettle on

79
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liquide vaisselle

A

washing-up liquid

80
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sac poubelle

A

a bin-liner

81
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faire la vaisselle

A

to do the washing up
to wash up

82
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la lessive (activité)

A

washing

83
Q

le linge the maison

A

the linen

84
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un étendoir

A

a drying rack

85
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pince a linge

A

a clothes peg

86
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salle de bain (d’une chambre)

A

an en suite

87
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un dressing

A

a walk-in-closet

88
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armoire

A

wardrobe

89
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commode

A

a chest of drawers

90
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une table de nuit

A

a bedside table

91
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un tabouret

A

a stool

92
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une petite armoire/vitrine

A

a cabinet

93
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encastré

A

built-in

94
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la tête du lit

A

the headboard

95
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les pieds du lit

A

the legs of the bed

96
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édredon

A

quilt

97
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oreiller

A

pillow

98
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traversin

A

bolster

99
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s’assoupir

A

to doze off
to snooze

100
Q

dormir à point fermé / profondément

A

to sleep tight = sleep comfortably
fast asleep = you are knocked out

101
Q

somnolant

A

drowsy

102
Q

il n’a pas fermé l’oeil de la nuit

A

he could not sleep a wink

103
Q

mettre le réveil

A

to set the alarm clock

104
Q

être matinal

A

to be an early riser

105
Q

faire la grasse matinée

A

to have a lie-in

106
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ouvrir grand la fenêtre

A

to swing open the window

107
Q

le réveil sonne

A

the alarm clock goes off

108
Q

gant de toilette

A

flannel

109
Q

un tapis de bain

A

a bath mat

110
Q

faire couler le bain

A

to run the bath

111
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berceuse

A

lullaby

112
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le foyer

A

the hearth

113
Q

allumer une allumette

A

to strike a match

114
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alimenter un feu

A

to feed a fire

115
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éteindre le feu

A

to put out the fire

116
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braises

A

embers

117
Q

le dessus de la cheminé

A

the mantelpiece

118
Q

ballon d’eau chaude

A

hot-water tank

119
Q

lustre

A

chandelier

120
Q

coupure de courant

A

power cut

121
Q

appareils ménagers

A

domestic appliances

122
Q

ça a disjoncté

A

a fuse has blown

123
Q

l’ampoule est grillée

A

the bulb has burnt

124
Q

balai

A

broom

125
Q

chiffon à poussière

A

duster

126
Q

balayer

A

to sweep

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