CHAP IX Housing, Architecture Flashcards

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Une maison

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A house

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Une habitation

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a dwelling

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Le chez-soi

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Home

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un lotissement

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A housing estate

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Un pavillon (de plain-pied)

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a bungalow

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Un hôtel particulier

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A town house

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Un manoir

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A manor

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Une demeure

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A mansion

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Un domaine

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An estate

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Un palais

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A palace

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Une cour

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A courtyard

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Une véranda

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A conservatory

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une clôture

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a fence

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Une grille, un portillon

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a gate

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un appartement

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a flat / an apartment

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16
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un taudis

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a slum

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17
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un gratte ciel

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a skycraper

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18
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un ascenseur

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a lift

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19
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un étage

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a floor

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20
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l’escalier

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the stairs/straicase

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21
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le rez-de-chaussée

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The ground floor/First floor

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22
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Le palier

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the landing

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23
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Une serrure

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a lock

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24
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un verrou

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a bolt

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25
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le toit

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the roof

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26
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le seuil

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the threshold/doorstep

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27
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la sonnette

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the doorbell

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le paillasson

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the doormat

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29
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une porte-fenêtre

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A French Window

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30
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un volet

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a shutter

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31
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Le salon

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The living-room/lounge

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32
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Le salon (maisons bourgeoises)

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The sitting-room

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33
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Un grenier

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an attic

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34
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Sous sol

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basement

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35
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couloir

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corridor

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36
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toilettes

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toilets/ restroom

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37
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un atelier

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workshop

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38
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le jardin

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the backyard/garden

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39
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une serre

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a greenhouse

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40
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un tapis

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rug

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41
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rideaux

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curtains

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42
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literie

A

bedding

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43
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lit une personne

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single bed

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44
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lit deux personnes

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Twin beds

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45
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lit d’enfant

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a cot

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46
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matelas

A

matress

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47
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draps

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sheets

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48
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oreiller / taie d’oreiller

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Pillow/pillow-case

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49
Q

couette

A

a duvet/a quilt

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50
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robinet

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a tap/faucet

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51
Q

tiroir

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drawer

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52
Q

commode

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chest of drawers

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53
Q

parquet

A

floorboards

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54
Q

couverture

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blanket

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55
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ameublement

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furnishings

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56
Q

un store

A

a blind

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57
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papier peint

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wallpaper

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58
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un meube

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piece of furniture

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59
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moquette

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fitted carpet

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60
Q

plancher

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wooden floor

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61
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buffet

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sideboard

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62
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placards

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cupboards

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63
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canapé/divan

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a settee/sofa/couch

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64
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fauteuil

65
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un bureau

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Q

un lustre

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chandelier

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confort

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entretien

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équipements

70
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installation électrique

A

the wiring

71
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un radiateur

72
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une antenne

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une gouttière

74
Q

la cheminée

A

the chimney

75
Q

être habité / être libre

A

To be inhabited/occupied / to be uninhabited, vacant

76
Q

être exigu / être spacieux

A

to be cramped / roomy, spacious

77
Q

meublé

78
Q

Bien rangé

A

neat and tidy

79
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D’une propreté éclatante / crasseux

A

Sparkling clean / filthy

80
Q

Douillé

A

Snug / Cosy

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à l’abandon

82
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Délabré

A

dilapidated

83
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Misérable/sordide

84
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Minable

85
Q

Bruyant

86
Q

Bien entretenu

87
Q

surpeuplé

A

overcrowded

88
Q

cave

89
Q

un appentis

90
Q

chambre à coucher

A

the bedroom

91
Q

salle de bain

A

the bathroom

92
Q

chambre d’amis

A

spare room / guest room

93
Q

cuisine

94
Q

Salle à manger

A

dining-room

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bureau

96
Q

l’allée du garage

A

the driveway

97
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un artisan

A

a craftsman

98
Q

un maçon

A

a bricklayer

99
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un charpentier

A

a carpenter

100
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tuiles

101
Q

la chaux

102
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mortier

103
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plâtre

104
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pierre

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Q

bois

106
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brique

107
Q

ciment

108
Q

béton

109
Q

propriétaire

110
Q

locateur

111
Q

le loyer

112
Q

colocataire

A

roomate/flatmate

113
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habitant / riverain

A

a resident

114
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prêt / emprunt

115
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prêt immobilier / hypothécaire

116
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bail

117
Q

être proprio

118
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habiter

119
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louer

120
Q

loger

A

to accommodate

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emménager

A

to move in

122
Q

déménager

A

to move out

123
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s’installer

124
Q

meubler

A

to furnish

125
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donner sur

A

to overlook

126
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s’affaisser

A

to subside

127
Q

démolir

A

to demolish, to knock down, to pull down

128
Q

retaper

129
Q

se délabrer

A

to fall into decay

130
Q

maisons attenantes toutes identiques

A

terraced houses

131
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un architecte

A

an architect

132
Q

la charpente

A

the framework

133
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les fondations

A

the foundations

134
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une ville fortifiée

A

a walled city

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une corniche

136
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un pilier

137
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une tour

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un parvis (lieu de culte) / une avant-cour ( de château)

A

a forecourt

139
Q

châteaux

140
Q

une tour d’angle

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Q

un pont-levis

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a drawbridge

142
Q

les remparts

A

the battlements

143
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un vestige

144
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les édifices religieux

A

religious building

145
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cloche / clocher

A

bell /bell-tower

146
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tour du clocher

147
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flèche

148
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un vitrail

A

a stained-glass window

149
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l’autel

150
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ancien/antique

151
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classique (néo classique)

A

classical (neo-classical)

152
Q

roman

153
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gothique (néo)

A

gothic (neo)

154
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baroque

155
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renaissance

A

renaissance

156
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Elisabéthain

A

Elizabethan

157
Q

Du 18ème

158
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Romantique

159
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Victorien