Home and Environment Higher Flashcards

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Allumer

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To switch on/to light

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2
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Appuyer

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To press

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3
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L’arrondissement (m)

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District of a large city (Paris, Lyon, Marseillles)

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4
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Le baptême

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Christening

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5
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Le bricolage

A

DIY

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6
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Bruyant

A

Noisy

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7
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Le/la concierge

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Caretaker

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8
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La couverture

A

Blanket

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9
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Donner sur

A

To look out onto

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10
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Dur

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Hard

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11
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L’échelle (f)

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Ladder

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12
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Entouré

A

Surrounded

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13
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Les espaces verts (m)

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Park/green spaces

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14
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L’étagère (f)

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Shelf/shelving unit

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15
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Éteindre

A

To turn off

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16
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Le fauteuil

A

Armchair

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17
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La feuille

A

Leaf

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18
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La fontaine

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Fountain

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19
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La forêt

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Forest

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20
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Le grenier

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Attic

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21
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La haie

A

Hedge

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22
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L’herbe (f)

A

Grass

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23
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L’horloge (f)

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Clock

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24
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L’inondation (f)

A

Flood

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Le jardin zoologique
Zoo
26
Le jour de l'an
New Year's Day
27
Jumelé
Twinned
28
Les lits superposes (m)
Bunk beds
29
La moquette
Carpet
30
Le palais
Palace
31
Pittoresque
Picturesque
32
Le robinet
Tap
33
La Saint-Sylvestre
New Year's Eve
34
Sans intérêt
Uninteresting
35
Spacieux
Spacious
36
La terre
Earth/ground
37
Le tiroir
Drawer
38
La Toussaint
All Saint's Day
39
Le volet
Shutter
40
Augmenter
To increase
41
Le charbon
Coal
42
La consummation (modérée)
(Moderate) consumption
43
Construire
To build
44
La couche d'ozone
Ozone layer
45
Croire
To believe
46
Le déboisement
Deforestation
47
Les detritus (m)
Rubbish
48
Détruire
To destroy
49
Disparaître
To disappear
50
L'effet de serre (m)
Greenhouse effect
51
L'emballage (m)
Packaging
52
L'embouteillage (m)
Traffic jam
53
Endommager
To damage
54
Le gaz carbonique
Carbon dioxide
55
Le gaz d'échappement
Exhaust fumes
56
La guerre
War
57
Les heures d'affluence (f)
Rush hour
58
L'incendie (m)
Fire
59
La lumière
Light
60
Mondial
Worldwide
61
Les ordures (f)
Rubbish
62
La paix
Peace
63
Produire
To produce
64
Ramasser
To collect
65
Le réchauffement de la terre
Global warming
66
Renouvelable
Renewable
67
Surpeuplé
Overpopulated
68
Le tremblement de terre
Earthquake
69
Le trou d'ozone
Hole in the ozone layer
70
La vague
Wave