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Man's Basic Concerns - Buying and Renting Flashcards

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un prêt, un emprunt

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a loan

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un prêt immoblier

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a mortgage

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un meublé

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furnished apartments

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le propriétaire (qui loue)

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the landlord / the landlady

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un locataire

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a tenant

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un locataire de meublé

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a lodger

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le loyer

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the rent

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une caution

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a deposit / a guarantee

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une garantie

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a security

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un déménagement

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a removal

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un immeuble

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a block of flats / an apartment building (US)

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une tour

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a tower block

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un interphone

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an entry phone

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un ascenseur

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a lift / an elevator (US)

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un studio

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a bedsit(ter)

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un château

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a mansion / a manor-house

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un taudis

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a hovel

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un mur porteur

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a load-bearing wall

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une cloison

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a partition wall

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le rebord de la fenêtre

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a windowsill

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une porte-fenêtre

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a French window

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une baie vitrée

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a picture window

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une cage d’escalier

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a stairwell

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une lucarne / un Velux

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a skylight / a Velux

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un plafond

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a ceiling

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un plancher

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a floor

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un étage

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a floor (UK) / a storey (US)

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un palier

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a landing

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la porte d’entrée

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the front door

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une serrure

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a lock

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le trou de la serrure

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the keyhole

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la clé de la porte d’entrée

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the latchkey

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un verrou

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a bolt

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une sonnette

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a doorbell

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une poignée

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a doorhandle

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une alarm

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a burglar alarm

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ouvrir / fermer la porte

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to open ≠ shut the door

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être entrouvert

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to be ajar {e’dja:}

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claquer la porte

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to slam the door

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un grenier

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an attic / a garret / a loft

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une entrée

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a hall / a lobby

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une cuisine américaine

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a kitechenette

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un couloir

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a corridor / a passage

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les toilettes

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the toilet / lavatory / the loo (UK)

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tirer la chasse d’eau

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to flush the toilet

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un sous-sol

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a basement

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une cave

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a cellar

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une clôture

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a fence

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la crise du logement

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the housing shortage

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des allocations logement

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a housing benefit

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une agence immobilière

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an estate agency

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à louer / à vendre

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to let / for sale

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contracter un emprunt

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to take out a loan

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emménager / déménager

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to move into / out of a place

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un colocataire

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a joint- / co-tenant

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faire l’état des lieux

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to draw up the inventory of fixtures

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renouveler un bail

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to renew a lease

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sous-louer un lieu

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to sublet a place

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habiter chez qqn

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to stay with sby

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un trois-pièces

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a three-room flat

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une maison de campagne

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a week-end house

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vivre au numéro 75

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to live at number 75

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au deuxième étage

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on the second floor

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en haut de l’escalier

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at the top of the stairs

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en bas de l’escalier

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at the bottom of the stairs

66
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un trousseau de clés

A

a bunch of keys

67
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faire entrer qqn

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to let / show sby in

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