Les Fetes Et Les Traditions Flashcards

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Range

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L’éventail

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Pioneering/ leading

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Phare

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Puppet

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La marionnette

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Héritage

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Le patrimoine

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Advantage / asset

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L’atout

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Every other year

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Tous les deux ans

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Atmosphère/ mood

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L’ambiance

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To stroll

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Flâner

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To aim to

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Avoir comme objectif/ pour but de

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To believe in

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Croire en /à

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To have a party

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Faire la fête

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Célébrations

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Les festivités

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To mean

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Signifier

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Meaning

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La signification

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Symbolic acts

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Les acts symboliques

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Monotony

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La monotonie

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Bank holiday

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Le jour férié

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Christmas Eve

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La veille de Noël / le réveillon de Noël

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Midnight mass

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La messe de minuit

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20
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New year

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Le Nouvel An

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21
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New Year’s Day

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Le jour de l’an

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Epiphany

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Le fête de rois

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23
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Epiphany cake

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La galette des rois

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Lucky charm in galette

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La fève

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Shrove Tuesday
Mardi Gras
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Candlemas
Le Chandeleur
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Easter
Pâques
28
1 may workers day
La fête de travail
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Assumption
L’Assomption
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All saints day
La Toussaint
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All Souls’ Day
La fête des morts / le jour des âmes
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Fest-noz (Breton festival of traditional music and dancing / folkish)
Le fest-noz
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Christening
Le baptême
34
Funeral
L’enterrement
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Funeral rites
Les rites funéraires
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Diwali
Diwali
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Eid
L’Aid
38
Ramadan
Le ramadan
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Bar mitzvah
La bar mitzvah
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Hannukkah
Hanoucca
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Bastille day
La fête nationale
42
April fools day
Le poisson d’avril
43
Célébrations / festivities
Les réjouissances
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Father Christmas
Le père Noël
45
Christmas tree
Le sapin de Noël
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Bauble
La boule de Noël
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Christmas log
La bûche de Noël
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To give sweets to good children
Distribuer des friandises aux enfants sages
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Sleigh
Le traîneau
50
Reindeer
Les rennes
51
Sleigh bell
Le grelot
52
Christmas dinner
Le repas de Noël
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Turkey
La dinde
54
Oysters
Les huîtres
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Advent calendar
Le calendrier de l’avent
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Nativity scene
La crèche
57
Ornamental figures in Christmas nativity scenes
Les santons
58
In Provence, end of the Christmas Eve dinner with 13 desserts
Les treize desserts
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A friendly atmosphere
Une ambiance conviviale
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Commercialism
La dérive commerciale
61
Mercenary attitude
Le mercantilisme
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Weakening of the spirit of solidarity
L’affaiblissement de l’esprit de solidarité
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Some traditions are getting lost
Certaines traditions se perdent
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March/procession
Le défilé
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Float
Le char
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Parade
La parade
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Street show
Le spectacle de rue
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Juggling
Le jonglage/ la jongle
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To dress up
Se déguiser
70
Fairground
La fête foraine
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Stall
L’étal
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To commemorate
Commémorer
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To celebrate Sb/sth
Mettre à l’honneur
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To faste
Jeûner
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Preparation
Les préparatifs
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People come from near and far
Les gens viennent de près comme loin
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Ostentatious
Ostentatoire
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Survival of local cultures
La survie des cultures locales
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Tradition
Le folklore
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Héritage
Le patrimoine
81
To protect
Sauvegarder
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From generation to generation
De génération en génération
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Story/ tale
Le conte
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Rooted
Ancré
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Engrained
Enraciné
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To bring together the family
Souder la famille
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To forge links
Tisser les liens
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Skill
Le savoir-faire
89
Authenticity
L’authenticité
90
Appropriate
Convenable
91
Stéréotypes
Les stéréotypes
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To promote the local area
Promouvoir la localité
93
À vehicle for passing on our heritage
Un vecteur du patrimoine
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Renowned
Réputé
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Reductive
Réducteur
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Handcrafted products
Les produits artisanaux
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Traditional crafts
L’artisanat traditionnel
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Garland
Le collier de fleurs
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To exist since the dawn of time
Exister depuis la nuit des temps
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Cultural habit
Un usage culturel
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Habits and customs
Les us et coutumes
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Good manners
Les bonnes manières
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To greet
Saluer
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Greetings
Les salutations
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Ritual
Le rite
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Kiss on the cheek
La bise
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To give a handshake
Donner une poignée de main / serrer la main
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Tip
Le pourboire
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To queue
Faire la queue
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Fresher initiation
Le bizutage
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Apéritif
L’apéro
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Appetiser
L’amuse-bouche
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Tablecloth
La nappe
114
Napkin
La serviette
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Guess
Le convive
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Cheese platte
Le plateau de fromages
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Stage
La scène
118
Vaudeville
Le vaudeville
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To be against / contrary to
Aller à l’encontre de
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Excessively
À outrance
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Fall back on nationalist identity
Le repli identitaire
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Force feeding
Le gavage
123
Eating horse
L’hippophagie
124
Injustice
L’iniquité
125
Goose
Une oie
126
Fillet
Le magret
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Préserve
Le confit
128
Locally sourced
De terroir
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To mass produce
Produire en série
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Thirst quenching
Désaltérant
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To kick off
Donner le coup d’envoi
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To keep coming/ come one after another
Se succéder
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Fallout/ repercussion
La retombée
134
Necklace
Le collier
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Belonging/ affiliation
L’appertenance
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Living environment
Le cadre de vie
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Regions part of France abroad (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion)
Les territoires ultramarins
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To be in the habit of saying sth
Avoir coutume de dire
139
According to custom
Comme le veut la coutume
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Usually
De coutume
141
More than usual
Plus que de coutume
142
Just this once don’t hurt
Une fois n’est pas coutume