French Arts and Crafts vocab Flashcards

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l’art (m)

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art

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le musée d’art

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art gallery/museum

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la galerie d’art

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art gallery

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artist(e)

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artist

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la peinture

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paint/painting

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peindre

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to paint

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le pinceau

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paintbrush

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la toile

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painting/picture

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le tableau

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painting/poster

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les peintes

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paintwork

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la palette

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palette

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coudre

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to sew

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recoudre

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to sew up

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la machine à coudre

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sewing machine

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l’égout (m)

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sewer

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la bobine

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bobbin

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le fil

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thread

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l’aiguille

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needle

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travaille d’aiguille

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needlework/embroidery

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la broderie

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embroidery

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broder

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to embroider (sew)

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enjoliver

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to embellish

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une aquarelle

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watercolor

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le foyer

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focal point

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horizantal

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horizantal

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verticale

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vertical

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la règle des tiers

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rule of thirds

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le ligne naturelle

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contour line

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organique

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organic

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répétition

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repetition

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l’espace (m)

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space

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équilibrer

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to balance

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l’équilibre (m)

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balance

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symétrique

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symmetrical

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asymétrique

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asymmetrical

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la forme

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shape/form

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la silhouette

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silhouette

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contour

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contour

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la texture

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texture

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l’unité (f)

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unity

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l’harmonie (f)

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harmony

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le contraste

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contrast

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l’accent

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emphasis

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l’hiérarchie (f)

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hierarchy

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la proportion

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proportion

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l’échelle (f)

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scale (proportion)

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fonctionnalité

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fonctionality

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la théorie des couleurs

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color theory

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désencombrement

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decluttering

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éclairage (m)

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lighting

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l’esthétique (m)

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aesthetics

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la gradation

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gradation

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statique

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static

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dynamique

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dynamic

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en plein-air

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open air, outdor

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la saturation

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saturation

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la teinte

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hue

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les couleurs complémentaires

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complementary colors

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les couleurs analogues

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analogous colors

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les couleurs triadiques

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triadic colors

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soustractive

A

subtractive

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additif

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additive

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le motif

A

pattern (design)

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le patron

A

pattern (sewing)

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l’huile

A

oil (painting)

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le chevalet

A

easel

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le cadre

A

frame

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le thème

A

theme

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les ciseaux

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scissors

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un stylo

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pen

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un couteau

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knife

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l’argile (m)

A

clay

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la poterie/céramique

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pottary/ceramic

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le potier

A

potter

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le tour de potier

A

potter’s wheel

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la sculpture

A

sculpture

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le découpage

A

cutting/carving

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le ciseau

A

chisel

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ciseler

A

to chisel

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sculpter

A

to sculpt

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le sculpteur

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sculptor

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le soufflage de verre

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glass blowing

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la laine

A

wool

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oeuvre (f)

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a work (of art)

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le chef d’oeuvre

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a masterpiece

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l’allégorie

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allegory

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le paysage

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landscape

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un coup de pinceau

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brush strokes

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le portrait

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portrait

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la nature morte

A

still life

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au fond

A

background

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un touché

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brush stroke

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l’atélier

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workshop/studio

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contemporian

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contemporary

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les écoles de Beaux Arts

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art schools

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au premier plan

A

foreground

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à l’arrière plan

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background

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la morale

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moral

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l’atmosphere

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atmosphere

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le rôle

A

role

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la toile

A

canvas

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la lumière

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light

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une peinture murale

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mural

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tracer

A

to trace

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dessiner

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to draw/design

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créer

A

to create

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clair

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light (color)

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foncé

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dark (color)

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sombre

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somber

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exposer

A

to exhibit

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La Jaconde

A

The Mona Lisa

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une exposition

A

exhibit

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artisan

A

craftsman

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artisant

A

craft

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avec adresse

A

with great skill

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au beau milieu

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right in the middle

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laideur

A

ugliness

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attirer l’oeil

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draw your eye to, attract attention

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esquisse

A

sketch

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juxtaposer

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juxtapose

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maquette

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model (of a building or sculpture)

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ombre/ombreux

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shadow/shadowy

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pierre

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stone

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marbre

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marble

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l’obscurité

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darkness

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a merveille

A

wonderfully well

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le carnet de croquis

A

sketchbook

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le croquis

A

elongated fashion sketches lit: sketch

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le dé à coudre

A

thimble

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le découseur

A

seam ripper

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un crochet

A

crochet hook

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un aiguille à tricoter

A

knitting needle

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l’encre (f)

A

ink

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la gomme

A

eraser

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effacer

A

to erase

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la perle

A

bead

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plier

A

to fold

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le portefeuille/le portfolio

A

portfolio (sample of work)

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une épingle

A

a pin

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une pelote à épingles

A

pin cushion

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l’imprimerie

A

printmaking