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chap 1 Flashcards

1
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a house of one’s own

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une maison à soi

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a flat, an apartment

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un appartement

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to own sth

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posséder qqch

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the owner

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le possesseur

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to live in a house

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habiter une maison

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to rent from s.o.

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louer (au propriétaire)

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7
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to belong to s.o.

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appartenir à qqn

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8
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the landlord, landlady

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le (la) propriétaire

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9
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a council flat

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un H.L.M (aprox)

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10
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to rent to s.o., to let to s.o.

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louer (au locataire)

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11
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the lease

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le bail

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12
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rent

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le loyer

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13
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the tenant

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le locataire

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14
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quarter-day

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le jour du terme

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15
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to turn out s.o.

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expulser qqn

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16
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to give notice

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donner congé

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17
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furnished apartments, rooms

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appartement meublé

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18
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a lodger, a roomer

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un locataire

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19
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a paying-guest

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un pensionnaire

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20
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to stay

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rester, demeurer

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21
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a removal

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un déménagement

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22
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to have a house built

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faire bâtir une maison

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23
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an estate agent, a realtor

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un agent immobilier

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24
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a house for sale

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une maison à vendre

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25
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an architect

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un architecte

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26
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a site

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un emplacement

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27
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to draw the plan, to design

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tracer le plan

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28
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a (property) developer

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un promoteur

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29
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the contractor

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l’entrepreneur

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30
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a yard

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un chantier

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31
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a pick

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une pioche

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32
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a shovel

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une pelle

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33
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to dig the foundations

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creuser les fondations

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34
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a pneumatic drill

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un marteau piqueur

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35
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an excavator

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une pelleteuse

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36
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cement

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le ciment

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37
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the walls

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les murs

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38
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a builder, a stone-mason, a bricklayer

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un maçon

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39
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stone

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la pierre

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40
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minerals

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> 98/13

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41
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brick

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la brique

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42
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mortar

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le mortier

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43
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scaffolding

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un échaufaudage

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44
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a tower block

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une tour

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45
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a skyscraper, a high rise

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un gratte-ciel

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46
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concrete

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le béton

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47
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reinforced concrete

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un béton armé

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48
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a steel frame

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une armature d’acier

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49
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laminated glass

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le verre feuilleté

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50
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a panel

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un panneau

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51
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a crane

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une grue

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52
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a concrete mixer

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une bétonnière

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53
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le bois

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wood

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54
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le bois de construction

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timber, lumber

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55
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un charpentier

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a carpenter

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56
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la charpente

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the framework

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57
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le toit

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the roof

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58
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une poutre

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a beam

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59
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un chevron

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a rafter

60
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une tuile

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a tile

61
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une ardoise

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a slate

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un couvreur

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a tiler, a slater

63
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un menuisier

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a joiner

64
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le plancher

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the floor

65
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un encadrement, un cadre

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a frame

66
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scier une planche

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to saw a plank, a board

67
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un rabot

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a plane

68
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les copeaux

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shavings

69
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un marteau

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a hammer

70
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enfoncer un clou

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to drive in a nail

71
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une vis

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a screw

72
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un tourne-vis

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a screwdriver

73
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forcer, percer un trou

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to bore a hole

74
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une perceuse

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a drill

75
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être raccordé au réseau

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to be on the mains

76
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fourniture, approvisionnement

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supply

77
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un plombier

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a plumber

78
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un tuyeau

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a pipe

79
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un serrurier

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a locksmith

80
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une serrure

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a lock

81
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ajuster

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to fit

82
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une lime

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a file

83
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un éteau

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a vice

84
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plâtrer

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to plaster

85
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peindre

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to paint

86
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blanchir à la chaux

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to whitewash

87
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une peintre

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a painter

88
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la peinture

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paint

89
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un seau

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a pail, a bucket

90
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un pinceau

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a brush

91
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une échelle

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a ladder

92
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tapisser

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to paper

93
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un vitrier

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a glazier

94
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une vitre, un carreau

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a window-pane

95
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un électricien

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an electrician

96
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l’installation électrique

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the electrical wiring

97
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une prise femelle

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a socket

98
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repeindre, retapisser

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to redecorate

99
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un marchand de meubles

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a furniture dealer

100
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des meubles

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furniture

101
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s’installer

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to settle

102
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emménager

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to move in

103
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une pendaison de crémaillère

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a house-warming party

104
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une clôture

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a fence

105
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clos

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fenced in

106
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le jardin de devant

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the front garden

107
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le jardin de derrière

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the back garden

108
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un garage

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a garage

109
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la cave

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the cellar

110
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le sous-sol

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the basement

111
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un cour de contrebas

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an area

112
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une grille

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a railing

113
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un grenier

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a loft

114
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une mansarde

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an attic, a garret

115
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une cheminée

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a chimney-pot

116
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une antenne

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an aerial

117
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une pièce, une chambre

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a room

118
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une cloison

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a partition

119
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petit

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small

120
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minuscule

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tiny

121
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le plafond

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the ceiling

122
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bas

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low

123
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être à l’étroit

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to be cramped

124
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vaste

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large

125
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vaste, spacieux

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roomy, commodious

126
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haut

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high

127
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une fenêtre

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a window

128
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une fenêtre en saillie

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a bow_window

129
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donner sur

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to look, to open on to

130
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clair

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light

131
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mal éclairé

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dimly light

132
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sombre, obscur

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dark

133
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sombre, lugubre

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gloomy

134
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le rebord de la fenêtre

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the window-sill

135
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un volet, un contrevent

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a shutter

136
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un store

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a blind, a shade

137
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une porte

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a door

138
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entrebâillé

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ajar

139
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un courant d’air

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draft

140
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claquer

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to slam

141
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une fenêtre à guillotine

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a sash-window

142
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glisser, coulisser

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to slide

143
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commode

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convénient

144
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une porte-fenêtre

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a french-window

145
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the housing problem

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ENGLISH - L2 (8 decks)

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