Vocabulary of October 23, 2023

Question 1

How do we pronounce “distributor”?

Answer 1

dis-tree-BYOU-ter

Question 2

What is “persil” in English?

Exemple: Je mets toujours du persil sur mon poisson.

Answer 2

Parsley
(pronounced PAR-slee)

Example: I always put parsley on my fish.

Question 3

What is “choux de Bruxelles” in English?

Answer 3

Brussels sprouts

Question 4

How do we say “juste comme ça” in English?
Exemple: J’aime faire un gâteau juste comme ça, et non pour une occasion spéciale.

Answer 4

Just like that!

Exemple: I like to make a cake** just like that**, and not for a special occasion.

Question 5

How do we pronounce “joint” in English?

Exemple: On doit mettre du silicone entre les deux joints.

Answer 5

Example: We have to put silicone between the joints.

Question 6

What is “brisé” in English?

Exemple: Je n’ai pas de rénovations en fin de semaine parce que mon compresseur à air était brisé.

Answer 6

Broken

(not “broke”, which means “cassé” when used as an adjective, as in “not having any money”)

Example: I didn’t do any renovations this weekend because my air compressor was broken.

Question 7

What is “en premier” in English?

Exemple: En premier, je dois te dire que je dois terminer 5 minutes avant la fin du cours aujourd’hui.

Answer 7

First
First of all
At first
Firstly

Example: First of all, I have to tell you that I have to finish 5 minutes before the end of the class today.

Question 8

What is “couteau” in English?

Answer 8

Knife

Question 9

What is “fondre’ in English?

Exemple: On met le produit et on attend 2 heures que le silicone fonde.

Answer 9

melt

Example: We put the product and wait 2 hours for the silicon to melt.

Question 10

What is “éviter” in English?

Exemple: On doit prendre toutes les précautions pour éviter les accidents.

Answer 10

Avoid

Example: We have tp take all precautions to avoid accidents.

Question 11

What is the difference between the pronunciation of “live” and “leave”

NOTE: Sorry Stéphane! But you still make that mistake…🥴

Answer 11

Live = pronounced LIV

Leave = pronounced LEEV

Question 12

What is “teindre” or “teinture” in English for wood?

Answer 12

Stain

Question 13

What is “ça demande” in English?

Exemple: Ça demande du temps et de la patience.

Answer 13

It requires.

It takes.

Example:
It requires time and patience.
It takes time and patience.