La vie de tous les jours Flashcards

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la vie en ville

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town life

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généralités

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generalities

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la grande ville

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city

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l’habitant (m)

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inhabitant

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s’installer

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(to) settle

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le quartier

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district within town

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le voisinage

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neighbourhood

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les transports collectifs/ en comun

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public transport

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le citadin

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town dweller

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en milieu urbain

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in an urban setting

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la cadre de vie idéal/ défectueux

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ideal environment/ far from ideal environment

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l’agglomération (f)

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built-up area

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le quartier des affaires

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business district

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le quartier commerçant

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shopping district

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la zone piétonnière/ piétonne

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pedestrian area

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les bas quartiers

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slums

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l’espace vert

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area of greenery

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la zone industrielle

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industrial estate

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l’urbanisation (f)

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urban development

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le réaménagement

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redevelopment

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la transformation en quartier bourgeois

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gentrification (of a district)

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une ville champignon/ en plein épanouissement/ en récession

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boom town/ flourishing town/ town in decline

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les inconvénients

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disadvantages

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l’anonymat des grandes villes

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anonymity of cities

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**l'engorgement *(m)***
congestion
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**l'agitation *(f)***
hectic activity
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**les gens affairés**
busy people
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**irrespirable**
unbreathable
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**le vacarme constant**
constant din
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**le manque d'air frais/ d'espaces verts**
lack of fresh air/ areas of greenery
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**le rythme de vie frénétique**
hectic pace of life
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**la solitude**
loneliness
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**l'absence d'aide mutuelle**
absence of mutual help
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**le stationnement difficile**
difficulty of parking
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**le surpeuplement**
overcrowding
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**on ne se sent pas en sécurité**
one does not feel safe
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**la vie en banlieue**
suburban life
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**la ville dortoir**
the dormitory town
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**l'étalement urbain**
urban sprawl
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**la zone périurbaine**
suburban area
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**le quartier pavillionnaire**
residential district with detached houses
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**faire la navette**
(to) commute
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**la perte de temps**
waste of time
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**les frais *(m)* de déplacement**
travelling expenses
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**l'heure *(f)* de pointe**
rush hour
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**métro-boulot-dodo**
underground - work - sleep (daily routine)
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**les transports peu fiables/ bondés**
unrealiable transport/ overcrowded transport
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**le réseau surchargé**
overloaded network
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**le calvaire quotidien**
daily ordeal
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**la cité**
the housing estate
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**le grand ensemble**
housing complex
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**mal conçu**
ill-conceived
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**les tours délabrées**
dilapidated tower blocks
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**le quartier défavorisé**
depressed area
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**les quartiers déshérités**
neglected areas
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**les jeunes désoeuvrés**
young people with nothing to do
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**la criminalité sévit**
crime is rife
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**la vie à la campagne**
country life
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**l'agriculture**
agriculture
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**agricole**
agricultural
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**cultiver qqch.**
(to) grow something
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**le paysan**
peasant, small-holder
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**le terrain**
plot of land
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**le campagnard**
country dweller
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**le domaine**
country estate
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**l'exploitation *(f)* agricole**
farm
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**la parcelle de terre**
small plot/ strip of land
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**l'agriculteur/ le cultivateur**
farmer
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**le rendement**
yield
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**l'éleveur *(m)***
livestock breeder
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**l'élevage *(m)***
livestock breeding
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**le bétail**
livestock
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**le troupeau**
flock
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**la volaille**
poultry
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**la culture**
crop growing
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**la moisson**
harvesting of crops
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**la récolte**
the harvested crop
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**le vigneron**
wine-grower
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**le vignoble**
vineyard
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**la vendange**
grape harvest
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**le fin fond de la campagne**
the depths of the country
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**la France profonde**
the (rural) heart of France
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**les exploitants agricoles**
farming community
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**le maraîcher**
market gardner
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**le métayer**
tenant farmer
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**les bienfaits**
benefits
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**tranquille**
peaceful
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**la tranquillité/ le calme**
peace and quiet
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**sain**
healthy
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**le retour à la nature**
return to nature
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**respirer l'air frais**
(to) breathe fresh air
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**non pollué(e)**
unpolluted
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**le rythme de vie reposant**
relaxing pace of life
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**apporter l'apaisement *(m)***
(to) have a soothing effect
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**l'autosuffisance *(f)***
self-sufficiency
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**le sens de la communauté**
community spirit
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**l'esprit de cohésion**
solidarity
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**le sentiment d'appartenance**
sense of belonging
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**l'isolement *(m)***
isolation
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**le manque de prestations**
lack of facilities
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**une gamme peu éntendue d'activités**
limited variety of things to do
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**le manque de distractions/ commerces/ transports en comun/ structures médicales**
lack of entertainment/ shops/ public transport/ medical facilities
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**le déclin économique**
economic decline
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**la faiblesse des revenus agricoles**
low level of income from farming
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**l'exode rural**
population shift from country to town
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**le dépeuplement**
decrease in population
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**le flux d'émigration**
outflow of people
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**un faible apport d'immigrants**
small numbers moving in
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**le déséquilibre entre actifs et retraités**
imbalance between those still working and those retired
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**le logement**
accommodation
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**l'appartement *(m)***
apartment
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**l'immeuble *(m)***
apartment block
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**la villa**
detached house
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**le propriétaire**
owner
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**le locataire**
tenant
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**le pavillon**
detached house (often suburban)
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**la résidence secondaire**
second home
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**un HLM (habitation *(f)* à loyer modéré)**
council flat
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**le studio**
studio flat
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**la chambre meublée**
bedsitter
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**se trouver à l’étroit**
(to) lack space
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**les loyers élevés**
high rents
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**l'immeuble *(m)* vétuste/ de grand standing**
run-down building/ luxury apartment block
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**le logement social**
local authority housing
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**le parc immobilier**
housing stock/ number of properties nationwide
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**le parc locatif**
stock of housing available to be let
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**le parc locatif social**
stock of local authority housing
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**la pénurie de logements locatifs**
shortage of rented property
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**le rétrécissement de l'offre**
decline in the amount of housing available
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**les besoins matériels**
material needs
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**l'article *(m)***
item
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**les marchandises *(f)***
goods
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**s'offrir qqch.**
(to) treat oneself to something
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**les biens (m) de consommation**
consumer goods
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**une gamme de produits**
a range of products
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**le prix abordable**
affordable price
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**le (bon) rapport qualité-prix**
(good) value for money
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**une bonne affaire**
a bargain
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**la carte de fidélité**
loyalty card
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**l'achat sur Internet**
online shopping
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**le téléachat**
shopping from TV programme
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**acheter par correspondance**
(to) shop by mail order
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**dépensier(-ière)**
extravagant
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**l'achat non réfléchi**
impulsive purchase
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**dilapider de l'argent**
(to) fritter money away
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**haut de gamme**
top of the range
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**la vie spirituelle**
spiritual life
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**la croyance**
belief
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**le croyant**
believer
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**les fidèles**
the faithful
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**pratiquer une religion**
(to) practise a religion
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**le pratiquant**
church-goer
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**avoir la foi**
(to) have faith
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**croire en un être supérieur**
(to) believe in a higher being
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**mettre sa confiance en Dieu**
(to) put one's trust in God
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**le prophète**
prophet
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**prier**
(to) pray
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**la prière**
prayer
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**l’âme *(f)***
soul
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**la foi chrétienne**
Christian faith
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**le catholicisme**
Roman Catholicism
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**le protestantisme**
Protestantism
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**l'église orthodoxe**
Orthodox Church
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**le juif/ la juive**
Jew
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**musulman**
Muslim
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**hindou**
Hindu
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**bouddhiste**
Buddhist
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**le puritain**
puritan
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**un agnostique**
agnostic
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**un athée**
atheist
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**le principe**
principle
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**le code moral**
moral code of behaviour
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**le Bien et le Mal**
good and evil
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**le péché**
sin
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**sacré**
sacred
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**s'approcher de Dieu**
(to) get closer to God
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**la paix intérieure**
inner peace
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**la vie éternelle**
eternal life
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**l’au-delà**
the hereafter
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**le cheminement spirituel**
travelling a spiritual path
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**accepter une religion dans son intégralité**
(to) accept every aspect of a religion
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**adhérer à une religion en refusant certains aspects**
(to) belong to a religion while rejecting certain aspects of it
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**la pratique**
practice
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**la ferveur**
religious fervour
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**l'intégrisme *(m)***
fundamentalism
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**se confesser**
(to) go to confession
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**l'offrande *(f)***
offering/ donation
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**l'ecclésiastique**
member of the clergy
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**le prédicateur**
preacher
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**la prêtre**
priest
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**le rabbin**
rabbi
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**l'imam**
imam
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**le culte**
worship
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**l'office *(m)***
service
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**la messe**
mass
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**la fête religieuse**
religious festival
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**demander Dieu d’exaucer un vœu**
(to) ask God to grant a wish