Housekeeping Flashcards
Accrocher
To hang
Aérér
To air
Entretenir un foyer
Keeping a house, housekeeping.
Bricoler
To tinker
Clouer
To nail
Construire
To construct
Décorer
To decorate
Déménager
To move
Démolir
To demolish
Emménager
To move in
Entretenir
To maintain
Frotter
To scrub
Habiter
To live, to inhabit
Loger
To live in
Meubler
To furnish
Nettoyer
To clean
Peindre
To paint
Ranger
To put in order
Rénover
To renovate
Réparer
To repair
S’habituer à
To get used to
S’installer
To settle in
Avant d’emménager, nous allons rénover
Before moving in, we are going to renovate
J’adore peindre les pièces en couleurs vivres
I love painting rooms in bright colours
Le plombier va réparer le robinet
The plumber is going to repair the tap
Moi, je vais frotter le parquet
I am going to scrub the parquet floor
Toi, tu vas accrocher ce tableau ici
You are going to hang this painting here
S’installer prend du temps
Settling in takes time
Arroser
To water
Jardiner
Gardening
Bêcher
To dig
Bouturer
To cut and propagate
Creuser
To dig
Cueillir
To pick
Cultiver
To cultivate
Déboiser
To deforest
Défricher
To clear land
Désherber
To remove weeds
Entretenir
To take care of
Faire pousser
To (make) grow
Fleurir
To blossom
Planter
To plant
Pousser
To grow
Râtisser
To rake
Récolter
To harvest
Semer
To sow
Tailler
To trim
Tondre
To mow
En automne, il faut râtisser les feuilles mortes
In autumn you have to rake the dead leaves
Il est amusant de bouturer les plantes
It is fun to take cuttings and start new plants
Tu vas bientôt tailler ces buissons?
Are you going to trim those bushes soon?
Lit;
Are you soon to trim those bushes?
Ce fermier a déboisé un terrain
This farmer deforested a piece of land
Il va y faire pousser du blé
He is going to grow wheat there
Lit. He is there going to grow wheat
Il faudra continuer de désherber ce champ
We will have to continue clearing weeds from this field
