READING AND WRITING Flashcards

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catalogue

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le catalogue

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glass case

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la vitrine

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shelves

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les rayons (m)

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illiteracy

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l’analphabétisme

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illiterate person

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personne analphabète/illettrée

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Materials

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le matériel

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alphabet primer

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l’abécédaire

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blotter

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le buvard

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desk blotter

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le sous-main

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diary

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l’agenda (m)

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notebook

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le carnet

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pad

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le bloc

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sheet

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le feuillet

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summary

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le résumé/l’abrègé

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Parts of books, etc..

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Les parties d’un livre

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binding

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la reliure

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chapter

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le chapitre

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column

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la colonne

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contents

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la table des matie’res

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dust jacket

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la jacquette

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paragraph

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le paragraphe

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Punctuation

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La ponctuation

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bracket

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la parenthèse

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colon

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deux points

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comma
la virgule
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dash
le tiret
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exclamation mark
le point d’exclamation
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full-stop
le point
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hyphen
le trait d’union
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inverted commas
les guillemets (m)
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question mark
le point d’interrogation
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semi-colon
le point-virgule
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suspension points
les points de suspension (m)
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Reading
La lecture
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bookworm
le rat de bibliothèque
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decoding, deciphering; sight-reading
le déchiffrage
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hefty tome
le pavé
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slim volume
la plaquette
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to always have one’s nose in a book
passer son temps à bouquiner
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to cram
chiader / potasser
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to decipher
déchiffrer
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to devour
dévorer
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to leaf through
feuilleter
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to read aloud
lire tout haut
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to read to oneself
lire tout bas
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to skim
parcourir
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to swot
bachoter
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Types of book
Un type de livres
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bedside book
le livre de chevet
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best-seller
le livre à grand succés
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Book of Hours
le livre d’heures
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cookery book, cookbook
le livre de cuisine
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joint publication
l’ouvrage collectif
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missal, mass book
le livre de messe
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reading book, reader
le livre de lecture
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reference work
l’ouvrage de référence
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schoolbook, textbook
le livre scolaire
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teacher’s book
le livre du maittre
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visitors’ book
le livre d’or
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angular handwriting
l’écriture anguleuse (f )
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crossing-out
la rayure
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crossing-out, deletion
la biffure
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dense handwriting
l’écriture serrée (f )
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mumbo-jumbo, illegible scrawl; arcane text; book of magic
le grimoire
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nice handwriting
l’écriture fine (f )
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rough draft
le brouillon
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scrawl
des pattes de mouche
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spidery handwriting
une écriture en pattes de mouches
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to consult a book
compulser un livre
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to cross out
barrer
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to draft
rédiger
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to draw up, make out
libeller
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to erase
raturer
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to note
noter
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to peruse
dépouiller/parcourir
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to rub out, erase
gommer
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to score out
effacer
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to scribble, jot down
griffonner
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to scribble, scrawl, doodle
gribouiller
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to skip
sauter
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to spell
épeler
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to spell out
orthographier
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to write down
inscrire