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s1 chap 30 - housing Flashcards

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1
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le bâtiment

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building

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un promoteur immobilier

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a property developer, a real-estate developer

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un entrepreneur en BTP

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a contractor, a builder

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un architecte

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an architect

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un agent immobilier

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an estate agent, a realtor

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un chantier

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a building-site, a construction site

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un échafaudage

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scaffolding

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les fondations

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the foundations

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la charpente

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the framework, the timber frame

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les matériaux de construction

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building materials

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une brique

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a brick

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l’ardoise

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slate

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14
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une tuile

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a roofing tile

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le ciment

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cement

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le béton

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concrete

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le béton armé

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reinforced concrete

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18
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la pierre

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stone

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le marbre

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marble

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le plâtre

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plaster

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21
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le mortier

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mortar

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le bois de construction

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timber

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une planche

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a plank

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24
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dessiner

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to design

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construire

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to build

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ériger

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to erect

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27
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les logements

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dwellings

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28
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une maison

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a house

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un apparement

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a flat, an apartment

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un immeuble

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a block of flats, an apartment building

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une tour

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a tower, a high-rise

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32
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un gratter-ciel

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a skyscraper

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33
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le logement social

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council housing, public housing

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une hlm, un logement social

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a council flat/house, a public housing unit

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35
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une résidence secondaire

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a second home

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36
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une petite maison à la campagne

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a cottage

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37
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un pavillon

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a detached-house

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38
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une maison jumelée

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a semi-detached house

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une maison de plain-pied

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a bungalow

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un studio

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a bedsit(ter), a studio apartment

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une cabane, un chalet

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a cabin

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42
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un meublé

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furnished rooms

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43
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le propriétaire

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the owner

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44
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le propriétaire (bailleur)

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the landlord, landlady

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le locataire

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the tenant

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46
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le loyer

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the rent

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47
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une caution

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a deposit, a guarantee

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48
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un déménagement

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a removal

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49
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être propriétaire d’une maison

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to own a house

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vivre, habiter

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to live, to dwell

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51
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la maison

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the house

52
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le toit

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the roof

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un mur

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a wall

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une cloison

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a partition (wall)

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des lambris

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(wood) paneling

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le plafond

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the ceiling

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la plancher

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the floor

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la façade

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the façade, the front of the house

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une fenêtre

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a window

60
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une lucarne

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a skylight

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un volet

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a shutter

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un store

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a blind

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un balcon

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a balcony

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une terrasse

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a terrace

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une porte

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a door

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un paillasson

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a doormat

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une serrure

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a lock

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un loquet

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a latch

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un verrou

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a bolt

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un gond, une charnière

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a hinge

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une clé

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a key

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un trousseau de clés

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a bunch of keys

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un interphone

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an intercom, a buzzer

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une marche

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a step

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le perron

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the front steps, the stoop

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l’escalier

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the stairs

77
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la cage d’escalier

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the stairwell, the stairway

78
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une rampe

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a banister

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un étage

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a floor, a story

80
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un palier

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a landing

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un ascenseur

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a lift, an elevator

82
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une poutre

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a beam

83
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une cheminée

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a chimney

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ouvrir/fermer une porte

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to open/to shut, to close a door

85
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fermer à clé, ouvrir une porte

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to lock, to unlock a door

86
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verrouiller une porte

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to bolt a door

87
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à vendre, à louer

A

for sale, to let

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louer une maison à qqn (donner en location)

A

to let a house to sb

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louer une maison à qqn (être locataire)

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to rent a house from sb

90
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donner un congé à un locataire

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to give a notice to a tenant

91
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déménager, emménager

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to move out of a house, to move into a house

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il y a une crise du logement dans le pays

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there’s a housing shortage in the country

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le taux du crédit immobilier est élevé

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the mortgage rate is high

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une maison peut être confortable, douillette

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a house may be comfortable, cosy, functional, roomy = spacious, luxurious, shabby or dilapidated = ramshackle

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une maison pleine de courants d’air

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a droughty, drafty house

96
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la maison a besoin d’être ravalée

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the house needs a facelift

97
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un toit de chaume/de tuiles

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a thatched/tiled roof

98
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ils habitent à l’étage supérieur/inférieur

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they live upstairs/downstairs

99
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la porte était entrouverte

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the door was ajar

100
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les prix se sont envolés

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prices have gone through the roof

101
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elle a piqué une crise

A

she went through the roof, she hit the roof

102
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nos projets sont tombés à l’eau

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our plans have gone out (of) the window

103
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ils se sont mis en ménage

A

they set up house together

104
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commence donc par balayer devant ta porte

A

put your house in order first

105
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j’aimerais bien être une petite souris

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i wish i were a fly on the wall

106
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l’entrepris était au bord du gouffre

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the company was up against the wall

107
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les murs ont des oreilles

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walls have ears

108
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louer un appartement au mois, à la semaine

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to rent a flat by the month, by the week

109
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ils vivent au deuxième étage

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they live on the second floor

110
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une alarme anti-cambriolage

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a burglar alarm

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une paroi de verre

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a glass wall

112
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un camion de déménagement

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a removal van

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une entreprise de construction

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a building firm

114
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un porte-clés

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a keyring

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un trou de serrure

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a keyhole

116
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un seuil

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a doorstep

117
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un bouton de porte

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a doorknob

118
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une sonnette

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a doorbell

119
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une porte d’entrée

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a front door

120
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une porte de derrière

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a back door

121
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une rebord de fenêtre

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a windowsill

122
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une baie vitrée

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a picture window

123
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un carreau, une vitre

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a window-pane

124
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une fenêtre en saillie

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a bow window, a bay window

125
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une porte fenêtre

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a french window

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