Les femmes du 6e étage 1 Flashcards by Daniel Dunkley | Brainscape

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a stockbroker

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un agent de change

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a socialite

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une mondaine

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a boarding school

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un pensionnat

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a maid

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une bonne

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a boss

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un(e) patron(ne)

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a building

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un immeuble

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a garret

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une mansarde

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backstairs

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un escalier de service

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the landing

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le palier

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a sink

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un lavabo

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a fridge

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un frigo

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a (building) caretaker

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une concierge

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a soft-boiled egg

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un œuf à la coque

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clogged-up toilets

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des toilettes bouchées

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social conventions

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les convenances

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a charity sale

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une vente de charité

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a high salary

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un salaire élevé

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a hair salon

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un salon de coiffure

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to hire s.o

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embaucher qq’n

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to demand

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exiger

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to inherit sth from s.o

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hériter qqch de qq’n

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to look down one’s nose at s.o.

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regarder qq’n de haut

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to be self-assured and strong-willed

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avoir le caractère bien trempé

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to save

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économiser

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to go to mass

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aller à la messe

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to become infatuated with s.o.

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s’enticher de qq’n

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to notice sth

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remarquer qqch

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to suspect sth

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soupçonner qqch

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to instil doubt (in s.o’s mind)

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insinuer le doute (dans la tête de qq’n)

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to know about sth

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être au courant de qqch

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to flee

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fuir (un régime, une dictature)

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to propose to s.o.

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demander qq’n en mariage

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to build (a house)

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construire (une maison)

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to go back to one’s home country

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retourner au pays

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conservative

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classique

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stiff-necked

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guindé(e)

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uptight

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coincé(e)

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affluent

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opulent(e)

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demanding

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exigeant(e)

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austere

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austère

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particular, fussy

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maniaque

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old-fashioned, traditional

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vieille France

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uneventful, dull

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monotone

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superficial, shallow

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superficiel(le)

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snooty, pretentious

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prétentieux(-euse)

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condescending

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condescendant(e)

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haughty

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hautain(e)

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Spanish

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espagnol(e)

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gregarious

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sociable

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spontaneous

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spontané(e)

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straight, honest

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franc(he)

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direct

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direct(e)

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proud

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fier(ère)

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mischievous

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esiègle / malicieux(-euse)

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voluble

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volible

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hard-working

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travailleur(-euse)

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rebellious

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révolté(e)

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very religious

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bigot(e)

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communist

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communiste