Chapitre -LA MAISON Flashcards

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1
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Une maison à soi

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A house of one’s own

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Un appartement

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A flat / an apartment

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3
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Posséder qqc

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To own smth

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Le possedeur

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The owner

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5
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vivre dans une maison

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To live in a house

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Louer (au propriétaire)

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To rent from s.o

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Appartenir à qqn

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To belong to s.o

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8
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Le/la propriétaire

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The landlord/ the landlady

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Un HLM

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A council flat

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Louer ( au locataire)

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To rent to s.o / to let to s.o

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Le bail

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The lease

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12
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Le loyer

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The rent

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13
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Le locataire

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The tenant

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14
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Le jour du terme

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Quarter-day

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15
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Expulser qqn

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To turn out s.o

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16
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Donner congé

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To give notice

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17
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Un appartement meublé

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A furnished appartments/ rooms

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18
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Un locataire

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A lodger/ a roomer

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19
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Un pensionnaire

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A paying-guest

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20
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Rester, demeurer

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To stay

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21
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Déménager

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To move out

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22
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Un déménagement

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A removal

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23
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Faire construire une maison

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To have a house built

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24
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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent, a realtor

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25
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Une maison à vendre

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A house for sale

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26
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Un architecte

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An architect

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27
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Un emplacement

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A site

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28
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Tracer un plan

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To draw the plan, to design

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29
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Un promoteur

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A (property) developer

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30
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L’entrepreneur

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The constator

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31
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Un chantier

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A yard

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32
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Une pioche

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A pick

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33
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Une pelle

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A shovel

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34
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Creuser les fondations

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To dig the foundations

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35
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Un marteau-piqueur

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A pneumatic-drill

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36
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Une pelleteuse

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A excovator

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37
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Le ciment

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Cement

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38
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Les murs

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The walls

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39
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Un maçon

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A builder, stone mason, bricklayer

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40
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La pierre

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Stone

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41
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Les mineraux

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Minerals

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42
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La brique

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Brick

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43
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Le mortier

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Mortar

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44
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Un échafaudage

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Scaffolding

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45
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Une tour

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A tower block

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46
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Un gratte-ciel

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Skyscraper, a high rise

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47
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Le béton

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Concrete

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48
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Le béton armé

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Reinforced concrete

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49
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Une armature d’acier

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A steel frame

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50
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Le verre feuilleté

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Laminated glass

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51
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Le panneau

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A panel

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52
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Une grue

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A crane

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53
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Une bétonnière

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A concrete mixer

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54
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Le bois

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Wood

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55
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Le bois de construction

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Timber, lumber

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56
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Un charpentier

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A carpenter

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57
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La charpente

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A framework

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58
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Le toit

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The roof

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59
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Une poutre

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A beam

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60
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Un chevron

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A rafter

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61
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Une toile

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A tile

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62
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Une ardoise

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A slate

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63
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Un couvreur

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A tiler , a slater

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64
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Un menuisier

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A joiner

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65
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Le plancher

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The floor

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66
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Un encadrement / un cadre

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A frame

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67
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Scier une planche

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To saw a plank, aboard

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68
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Un rabot

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A plane

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69
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Les copeaux

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Shavings

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70
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Un marteau

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A hammer

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71
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Enfoncer un clou

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To drive in a nail

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72
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Une vis

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A screw

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73
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Un tournevis

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A screwdriver

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74
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Forer/percer un trou

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To bore a hole

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75
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Une perceuse

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A drill

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76
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Être raccordé à un réseau

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To be on the mains

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77
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Fourniture/ approvisionnement

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Supply

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78
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Un plombier

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A plumber

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79
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Un tuyau

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A pipe

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80
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Un serrurier

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A locksmith

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81
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Une serrure

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A lock

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82
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Ajuster

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To fit

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83
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Une lime

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A file

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84
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Un étau

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A vice

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85
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Plâtrer

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Plaster

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86
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Peindre

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To paint

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87
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Blanchir à la chaux

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To whitewash

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88
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Un peintre

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A painter

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89
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La peinture

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Paint

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90
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Un seau

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A bucket / a pail

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91
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Un pinceau

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A brush

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92
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Une échelle

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A ladder

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93
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Tapisser

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To paper

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94
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Un vitrier

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A glazier

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95
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Une vitre, un carreau

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A window-pane

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96
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Un électricien

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An electrician

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97
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L’installation électrique

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The electrical wiring

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98
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Une prise

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A socket

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99
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Repeindre / retapisser

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To redecorate

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100
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Un marchand de meubles

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A furniture dealer

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101
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Des meubles

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Furnitures

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102
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S’installer

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To settle

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103
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Emmenager

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To move in

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104
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Une pendaison de crémaillère

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A house warming party

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105
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Une clôture

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A fence

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106
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Clos

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Fenced in

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107
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Le jardin de devant

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The front garden

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108
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Le jardin de derrière

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The back garden

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109
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Le jardin

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The garden

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110
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Un garage

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A garage

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111
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La cave

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The cellar

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112
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Le sous sol

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The basement

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113
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Une cour en contrebas

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An area

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114
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Une grille

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A railling

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115
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Un grenier

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A loft

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Une mansarde

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An attic / garret

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Une cheminée

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A chimey-pot

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Une antenne

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An aerial

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Une pièce, chambre

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A room

120
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Petit

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Small

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Minuscule

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Tiny

122
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Le plafond

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The celling

123
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Bas

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Low

124
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Être à l’étroit

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To be cramped

125
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Vaste

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Large

126
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Vaste/spacieux

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Roomy , commodious

127
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Haut

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High

128
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Une fenetre

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A window

129
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Une fenetre en saillie

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A bow window

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Une cloison

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A partition

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Donner sur

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To look, to open on to

132
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Clair

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Light

133
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Mal éclairé

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Dimly lit

134
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Sombre, obscur

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Dark

135
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Sombre, lugubre

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Gloomy

136
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Le rebord de la fenetre

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The window-sill

137
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Un volet, un contrevent

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A shutter

138
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Un store

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A blind, shade

139
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Une porte

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A door

140
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Entrebâillé

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Ajar

141
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Un courant d’air

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A draught, draft

142
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Claquer

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To slam

143
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Une fenetre à guillotine

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A sash-window

144
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Glisser , coulisser

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To slide

145
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Commode (adj)

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Convenient

146
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Une porte fenetre

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A french window

147
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Le pb du logement

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The housing problem

148
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Faire une visite à quelqu’un

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To pay a call to / to call on s.o

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Passer voir qqn

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To look s.o on

150
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La porte / grille

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The gate

151
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La porte d’entrée

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The front-door

152
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Le seuil

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The doorstep

153
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Le pas de la porte

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The thresold

154
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Sonner

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To ring the bell

155
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Frapper

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To knock

156
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Le heurtoir

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The knocker

157
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Fermer la maison à clé

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To lock the house up

158
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Une clé

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A key

159
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Le trou de la serrure

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The keyhole

160
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Ouvrir qqc

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To unlock smth

161
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Une poignée de porte

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A door handle

162
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Un bouton de porte

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A doorknob

163
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Une alarme anti-vol

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A burglar alarm

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Verrouiller

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To bolt

165
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Le vestibule, l’entrée

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The hall

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Un couloir

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A passage

167
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Un ascenseur

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A lift, an elevator

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L’escalier

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The staircase, the stairs, stairway

169
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Introduire, faire entrer

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To show s.o into

170
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Le petit salon

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The parlour

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Le “living-room”

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The sitting-room, the lounge

172
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Le salon de cérémonie

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The drawing-room

173
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Un manoir

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A mansion

174
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Accueillir qqn

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To greet s.o

175
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Serrer la main de qqn

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So shake hands with s.o

176
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Une poignée de main

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A handshake

177
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Confortable, à l’aise

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Comfortable

178
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Un fauteuil

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An armchair

179
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Un canapé

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A couch/ settee

180
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Un sofa

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A sofa

181
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Un coussin

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A cushion

182
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Un canapé-lit

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A convertible sofa/ day bed

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Chaud et douillé

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Snug / cosy

184
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Un tapis

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A carpet/ rug

185
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De la moquette

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A fitted carpet /wall-to wall carpeting

186
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Des tentures

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Hangings

187
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Un rideau

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A curtain

188
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Simple, uni

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Plain, simple

189
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Décoré

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Ornate

190
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La salle à manger

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The dining-room

191
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La salle à manger ( ameublement )

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The dining-room suite

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Une table

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A table

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Une chaise

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A chair

194
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Un buffet

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A sideboard

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Un placard

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A cupboard

196
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Un tiroir

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A drawer

197
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Une étagère

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A shelf ( shelves plr)

198
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Mettre la table

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To lay/set the table

199
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La cuisine (pièce)

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The kitchen

200
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La cuisine (activité)

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Cooking

201
Q

Les repas

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Meals

202
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Une cuisinière (appareil)

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A cooker

203
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Ouvrir, fermer

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To turn on/off

204
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Augmenter, baisser

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To turn up/down

205
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Un four

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An oven

206
Q

Un four à micro ondes

A

A microwave oven

207
Q

Les ustensiles de cuisine

A

Cooking ustensils

208
Q

Une casserole

A

A saucepan

209
Q

Une poile à frire

A

A frying-pan

210
Q

Un autocuiseur, une cocotte minute

A

A pressure-cooker

211
Q

Un appareil

A

A device

212
Q

Un accessoire

A

A gadget

213
Q

Une machine à café

A

A coffee-machine

214
Q

Un ouvre-boîtes

A

A tin-opener

215
Q

Une bouilloire

A

A kettle

216
Q

Un réfrigérateur

A

A refrigerator/ fridge

217
Q

Un glaçon

A

An ice cube

218
Q

Un freezer

A

A freezer compartment

219
Q

Un congélateur

A

A deep-freeze

220
Q

Faire la vaisselle

A

To do the washing-up

221
Q

Un évier

A

A sink

222
Q

Un lave-vaisselle

A

A dishwasher

223
Q

Les ordures

A

Refuse/ rubbish / garbage

224
Q

La boîte à ordures

A

The dustbin , trashcan

225
Q

Un vide-ordures

A

A rubbish chute

226
Q

Un baquet à lessive

A

A wash-tub

227
Q

La buanderie

A

The wash-house

228
Q

Essorer

A

To wring

229
Q

Une machine à laver

A

A washing-machine

230
Q

Un sèche linge

A

A spin-drier

231
Q

Repasser

A

To iron, to press

232
Q

Un fer à repasser

A

An iron

233
Q

Le rez-de-chaussée

A

The ground-floor, the first floor

234
Q

En bas, au rez de chaussée

A

Downstairs

235
Q

En haut, à l’étage

A

Upstairs

236
Q

Remonter un étage

A

To go up one flight of stairs

237
Q

Les marches

A

The steps

238
Q

Le palier

A

The landing

239
Q

Une chambre

A

A bedroom

240
Q

Un débarras

A

A box-room

241
Q

Une chambre d’ami

A

A guest-room

242
Q

Le premier étage

A

The first floor/ the second floor

243
Q

Un lit

A

A bed, bedstead

244
Q

Une armoire

A

A wardrobe

245
Q

Une commode

A

A chest of drawers

246
Q

Une table de nuit

A

A bedside table

247
Q

Une coiffeuse

A

A dressing-table/ dresser

248
Q

Un tabouret

A

A stool

249
Q

Un placard, une penderie

A

A closet

250
Q

Encastré

A

Built-in

251
Q

Un matelas ou un sommier

A

A mattress

252
Q

Faire un lit

A

To make a bed

253
Q

Un drap

A

A sheet

254
Q

Une couverture

A

A blanket

255
Q

Un couvre-lit

A

A bedspread

256
Q

Un édredon

A

A quilt

257
Q

Un oreiller

A

A pillow

258
Q

Un traversin

A

A bolster

259
Q

Une taie d’oreiller

A

A pillow-case

260
Q

L’heure du coucher

A

Bedtime

261
Q

Avoir sommeil

A

To feel sleepy

262
Q

S’assoupir

A

Snooze, to doze off

263
Q

S’endormir

A

To go to sleep

264
Q

Ronfler

A

To snore

265
Q

Se coucher

A

To lie down

266
Q

Somnoler

A

To slumber

267
Q

Dormir

A

To sleep

268
Q

Profondément endormi

A

Fast asleep

269
Q

To dream

A

Rêver

270
Q

Un rêve

A

A dream

271
Q

Un cauchemar

A

A nightmare

272
Q

Somnolent

A

Drowsy

273
Q

Une sieste

A

A nap

274
Q

Il n’a pas pu fermer l’oeil de la nuit

A

He could not sleep a wink

275
Q

Un radio-réveil

A

A clock-radio

276
Q

Un réveil

A

An alarm-clock

277
Q

Se reveiller

A

To awake/ to wake up

278
Q

Se reveiller en sursaut

A

To wake up with a start

279
Q

Être matinal

A

To be an early riser

280
Q

Faire la grasse matinée

A

To have a lie in

281
Q

Bailler

A

To yawn

282
Q

Frotter qqc

A

To rub smth

283
Q

S’étirer

A

To stretch oneself

284
Q

Se lever

A

To get up

285
Q

Bien éveillé

A

Wide awake