Chapitre Neuf - La Maison Flashcards by Erin Lottes

Aimer la bonne cuisine

To enjoy good food

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Aimable comme une porte de prison

Gloomy, unpleasant

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Aller à la maison

To go home

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Allumer la lumière

To turn on the light

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Amateur de bonne cuisine

Gourmet

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Annuaire de téléphone

Telephone book

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Arriver dans un fauteuil

To win without trying

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Baignoire

Bathtub

(Theatre) ground floor box

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Batterie de cuisine

Pots, pans, and utensils

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C’est un vrai cordon-bleu

They are a very good cook

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Canapé

Couch

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Casserole

Saucepan, pan

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Chanter comme une casserole

To sing loudly and out of tune

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Composer un numéro de téléphone

To dial a number

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Crier (quelque chose) sur tous les toits

To shout out

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Cuisinière

Stove

Female cook

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Décrocher l’appareil

To pick up the phone

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Donner un coup de fil

To give a call

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Donner un coup de téléphone

To give a call

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Drap

Sheet

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Épousseter les meubles

To dust the furniture

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Eteindre la lumière

To turn off the light

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Être cloué au lit

To be bedridden

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Être dans de beaux draps

To be in a fix

To be in pretty sheets

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Évier

Kitchen sink

Faire la lessive

To wash the laundry

Faire le lit

To make the bef

Faire le ménage

To clean house

Faire le mur

To slip away

Fermer sa porte a quelqu'un

To refuse to see someone

Flanquer (ficher) quelqu'un à la porte

To fire someone, kick someone out

Fonder un foyer

To start a family by getting married

Four

Oven | (Theatre) failed play

Foyer

home (the family, too)

Frigo

Fridge

Garder la chambre

To stay in one's room because one is sick

Jeter son argent par le fenêtre

To spend foolishly

Lavabo

Bathroom sink

Machine à laver

Washing machine

Maigre comme un manche à balai

Skinny as a broomstick

Matelas

Mattress

Mettre quelqu'un à la porte

To fire

Nettoyer de fond en comble

To clean from top to bottom

Oreiller

Pillow

Ouvrir sa porte à quelqu'un

To welcome someone

Passer l'aspirateur

To use the vacuum cleaner

Peignoir de bain

Bathrobe

Penderie

Clothes closet

Pendre la crémaillère

House-warming party

Poêle

Frying pan

Poivrier

Pepper shaker

Prendre (gagner) la porte

To leave

Prendre un bain

To take a bath

Quitter la table

To leave the table

Raccrocher l'appareil

To hang up

Ranger ses affaires

To straighten things up

Recette de cuisine

Recipe

Répondeur (téléphonique-automatique)

Answering machine

Rester à la maison

To stay at home

S'en mettre plein la lampe

To eat heartily (vulgar)

Salière

Salt shaker

Se mettre à table

Sit down to eat

Se remettre dans le bain (après quelque chose)

To return to something after being interrupted

Table de chevet

Night stand

Table de nuit

Night stand

Taie d'oreiller

Pillowcase

Tonalité

Tone (on a telephone or answering machine)

W.C.

The toilet (pronounced vaysay)