18 - The Country, the village Flashcards

(100 cards)

1
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la campagne (en général)

A

the country

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les gens de la campagne

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country people, country folk(s)

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3
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un bourg

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a market town

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4
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un village

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a village

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5
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un hameau

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a hamlet

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6
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la campagne ( en particulier, le cadre de vie)

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the countryside

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7
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pittoresque

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picturesque

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8
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charmant

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lovely

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9
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abandonné

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deserted

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10
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une résidence secondaire

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a second home, a house in the country

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11
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travailleur

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industrious

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12
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un villageois

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a villager

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13
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paisible

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quiet

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un lopin de terre

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a plot

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15
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le chaume

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thatch

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16
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une chaumière

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a thatched cottage

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17
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s’allonger

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to stretch

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18
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retiré, à l’écart

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secluded

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19
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se grouper

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to cluster

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20
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dispersé, 2

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scattered, straggling

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21
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le recteur, le pasteur

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the parson

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22
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le presbytère, la cure, 2

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the vicarage, the rectory

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23
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le manoir, le château, 2

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the manor house, the country seat

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24
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le châtelain

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the squire

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gouverner
to rule
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le propriétaire
the landlord
27
un locataire
a tenant
28
louer
to let
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un domaine
an estate
30
conseil de comté (UK), conseil départemental (équivalent)
the county council
31
le bureau de poste
the post office
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le receveur
the postmaster
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la receveuse
the postmistress
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l'instituteur l'institutrice
the schoolmaster the schoolmistress
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l'auberge
the inn
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l'aubergiste
the innkeeper
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une enseigne
a sign(-board)
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la salle des fêtes
the village hall
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la pelouse, le pré
the green
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le terrain communal
the common
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le garde-champêtre
the village constable
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le cimetière
the churchyard
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le sacristain, le fossoyeur
the sexton
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une tombe
a grave
45
un caveau
a vault
46
routes et sentiers
roads and (foot) paths
47
une route
a road
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un chemin (creux)
a lane
49
serpenter
to wind
50
une haie
a hedge(row)
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une barrière
a fence
52
un tournant, un coude, 2
a bend, a twist
53
un chemin carretier, 2
a cart-track, a path
54
poussiéreux
dusty
55
boueux
muddy
56
une ornière
a rut
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une flaque d'eau
a puddle
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patauger, éclabousser
to splash
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élargir
to widen
60
irrégulier
uneven
61
lisse, uni, 2
smooth, even
62
le cantonnier
the roadmender
63
un nid de poule
a pothole
64
entretenir les routes
to maintain the roads
65
un fossé
a ditch
66
un talus
a bank
67
un raccourci
a short cut
68
un sentier
a foothpath
69
métiers villageois
village trades
70
le forgeron
the blacksmith
71
un marteau
a hammer
72
une enclume
an anvil
73
la forge
the forge
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la forge, l'atelier
the smithy
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ferrer
to shoe
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un fer à cheval
a horseshoe
77
le sabot
the hoof
78
un charron
a wheelwright
79
une charette
a cart
80
un brancard
a shaft
81
une roue
a wheel
82
le moyeu
the nave, the hub
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un rayon
a spoke
84
la jante
the rim
85
l'essieu
the axle
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le sellier
the saddler
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une selle
a saffle
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le harnais
harness
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une rêne
a rein
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une bride
a bridle
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piquer des éperons
to dig in one's spurs
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atteler
to harness
93
les traits
the traces
94
un chemineau, 2
a tramp, a hobo (US)
95
un vagabond
a vagrant
96
un bohémien
a gipsy
97
une roulotte
a caravan
98
un rétameur Personne qui rétame des ustensiles.
a tinker
99
un vannier Personne qui travaille, tresse l'osier, le rotin, pour en faire des objets de vannerie.
a basketmaker
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un marchand ambulant, 4
a salesman a door-to-door a pedlar, a pedler (Am)