Chapitre Neuf - La Maison Flashcards by Erin Lottes | Brainscape

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Aimer la bonne cuisine

A

To enjoy good food

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Aimable comme une porte de prison

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Gloomy, unpleasant

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Aller à la maison

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To go home

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Allumer la lumière

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To turn on the light

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Amateur de bonne cuisine

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Gourmet

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Annuaire de téléphone

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Telephone book

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Arriver dans un fauteuil

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To win without trying

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Baignoire

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Bathtub

(Theatre) ground floor box

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Batterie de cuisine

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Pots, pans, and utensils

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C’est un vrai cordon-bleu

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They are a very good cook

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Canapé

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Couch

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Casserole

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Saucepan, pan

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Chanter comme une casserole

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To sing loudly and out of tune

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Composer un numéro de téléphone

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To dial a number

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Crier (quelque chose) sur tous les toits

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To shout out

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Cuisinière

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Stove

Female cook

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Décrocher l’appareil

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To pick up the phone

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Donner un coup de fil

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To give a call

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Donner un coup de téléphone

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To give a call

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Drap

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Sheet

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Épousseter les meubles

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To dust the furniture

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Eteindre la lumière

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To turn off the light

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Être cloué au lit

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To be bedridden

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Être dans de beaux draps

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To be in a fix

To be in pretty sheets

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Évier

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Kitchen sink

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Faire la lessive

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To wash the laundry

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Faire le lit

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To make the bef

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Faire le ménage

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To clean house

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Faire le mur

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To slip away

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Fermer sa porte a quelqu’un

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To refuse to see someone

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Flanquer (ficher) quelqu’un à la porte

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To fire someone, kick someone out

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Fonder un foyer

A

To start a family by getting married

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Four

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Oven

(Theatre) failed play

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Foyer

A

home (the family, too)

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Frigo

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Fridge

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Garder la chambre

A

To stay in one’s room because one is sick

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Jeter son argent par le fenêtre

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To spend foolishly

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Lavabo

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Bathroom sink

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Machine à laver

A

Washing machine

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Maigre comme un manche à balai

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Skinny as a broomstick

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Matelas

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Mattress

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Mettre quelqu’un à la porte

A

To fire

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Nettoyer de fond en comble

A

To clean from top to bottom

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Oreiller

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Pillow

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Ouvrir sa porte à quelqu’un

A

To welcome someone

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Passer l’aspirateur

A

To use the vacuum cleaner

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Peignoir de bain

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Bathrobe

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Penderie

A

Clothes closet

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Pendre la crémaillère

A

House-warming party

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Poêle

A

Frying pan

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Poivrier

A

Pepper shaker

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Prendre (gagner) la porte

A

To leave

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Prendre un bain

A

To take a bath

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Quitter la table

A

To leave the table

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Raccrocher l’appareil

A

To hang up

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Ranger ses affaires

A

To straighten things up

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Recette de cuisine

A

Recipe

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Répondeur (téléphonique-automatique)

A

Answering machine

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Rester à la maison

A

To stay at home

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S’en mettre plein la lampe

A

To eat heartily (vulgar)

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Salière

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Salt shaker

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Se mettre à table

A

Sit down to eat

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Se remettre dans le bain (après quelque chose)

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To return to something after being interrupted

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Table de chevet

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Night stand

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Table de nuit

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Night stand

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Taie d’oreiller

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Pillowcase

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Tonalité

A

Tone (on a telephone or answering machine)

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W.C.

A

The toilet (pronounced vaysay)