Summmary of main trades and professions Flashcards

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un commerçant

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a shopkeeper

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un traiteur

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a caterer

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un épicier

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a grocer

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un laitier

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a milkman

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un poissonnier

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a fishmonger

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un confiseur

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a confectioner

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un quincailler

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a hardware dealer

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un coiffeur

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a hairdresser

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un couturier

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a dressmaker

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10
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un chiffonier

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a rag and bone man

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un buraliste

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a tobacconist

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12
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un bouquiniste

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a secondhand bookseller

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13
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un éditeur

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a publisher

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un vendeur de journaux

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a news-vendor

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un artisan

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a craftsman

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un apprenti

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an apprentice

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17
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un plomblier

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a pumber

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18
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un maçon

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a mason / a bricklayer

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un couvreur

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a slater / a tiler

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20
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un vitrier

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a glazier

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21
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un tisserand

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a weaver

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22
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un ébéniste

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a cabinet maker

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un architecte

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an architect

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24
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un représentant

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a (sales) rep

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25
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un ingénieur

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an engineer

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26
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un enseignant

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a teacher

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27
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un employé

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a clerk

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un facteur

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a postman / (US) mailman

29
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un pharmacien

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a chemist / pharmacist

30
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un chirurgien

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a surgeon

31
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une sage-femme

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a midwife

32
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un boulanger

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a baker

33
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un boucher

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a butcher

34
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un marchand de fruit et légumes

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a greengrocer

35
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un volailler

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a poulterer

36
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un marchand de vin

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a wine merchant

37
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un brasseur

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a brewer

38
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un chapelier

A

a hatter

39
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un tailleur

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a tailor

40
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un teinturier

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a cleaner

41
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un fleuriste

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a florist

42
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un libraire

A

a bookmaker

43
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un bibliothécaire

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a librarian

44
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un fabricant de chaussure

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a shoemaker

45
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un cordonnier

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a shoe repairer

46
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un menuisier

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a joiner

47
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un serrurier

A

a locksmith

48
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un électricien

A

an electrician

49
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un charpentier

A

a carpenter

50
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un bijoutier

A

a jeweller

51
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un orfèvre

A

a goldsmith

52
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un forgeron

A

a blacksmith

53
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un entrepreneur

A

a contractor

54
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un vendeur de voitures

A

a car salesman

55
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un avocat

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a lawyer

56
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un notaire

A

a sollicitor

57
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un travailleur social

A

a social worker

58
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un journaliste

A

a journalist

59
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un docteur

A

a doctor

60
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un dentiste

A

a dentist

61
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une infirmière

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a nurse

62
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les professions libérales

A

the professions

63
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allez chez le boulanger / le boucher

A

to go to the baker’s / the butcher’s

64
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un brocanteur

A

a secondhand goods dealer

65
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un marchand des quatre saisons

A

a costermonger

66
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il sait un peu tout faire

A

he is a jack-of-all-trades

67
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il est complètement idiot

A

he is as mad as a hatter

68
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C’est en forgeant que l’on devient forgeron

A

Pratique makes perfect

69
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Il y a laissé des plumes quand il a divorcé

A

He was taken to the cleaner’s when he divorced his wife