CHAP IX Housing, Architecture Flashcards

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Une maison

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A house

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Une habitation

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a dwelling

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Le chez-soi

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Home

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un lotissement

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A housing estate

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Un pavillon (de plain-pied)

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a bungalow

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Un hôtel particulier

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A town house

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Un manoir

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A manor

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Une demeure

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A mansion

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Un domaine

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An estate

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Un palais

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A palace

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Une cour

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A courtyard

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Une véranda

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A conservatory

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une clôture

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a fence

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Une grille, un portillon

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a gate

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un appartement

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a flat / an apartment

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un taudis

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a slum

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un gratte ciel

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a skycraper

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un ascenseur

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a lift

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19
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un étage

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a floor

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l’escalier

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the stairs/straicase

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le rez-de-chaussée

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The ground floor/First floor

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Le palier

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the landing

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Une serrure

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a lock

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un verrou

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a bolt

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le toit
the roof
26
le seuil
the threshold/doorstep
27
la sonnette
the doorbell
28
le paillasson
the doormat
29
une porte-fenêtre
A French Window
30
un volet
a shutter
31
Le salon
The living-room/lounge
32
Le salon (maisons bourgeoises)
The sitting-room
33
Un grenier
an attic
34
Sous sol
basement
35
couloir
corridor
36
toilettes
toilets/ restroom
37
un atelier
workshop
38
le jardin
the backyard/garden
39
une serre
a greenhouse
40
un tapis
rug
41
rideaux
curtains
42
literie
bedding
43
lit une personne
single bed
44
lit deux personnes
Twin beds
45
lit d'enfant
a cot
46
matelas
matress
47
draps
sheets
48
oreiller / taie d'oreiller
Pillow/pillow-case
49
couette
a duvet/a quilt
50
robinet
a tap/faucet
51
tiroir
drawer
52
commode
chest of drawers
53
parquet
floorboards
54
couverture
blanket
55
ameublement
furnishings
56
un store
a blind
57
papier peint
wallpaper
58
un meube
piece of furniture
59
moquette
fitted carpet
60
plancher
wooden floor
61
buffet
sideboard
62
placards
cupboards
63
canapé/divan
a settee/sofa/couch
64
fauteuil
armchair
65
un bureau
a desk
66
un lustre
chandelier
67
confort
Comfort
68
entretien
upkeep
69
équipements
amenities
70
installation électrique
the wiring
71
un radiateur
a heater
72
une antenne
an aerial
73
une gouttière
a gutter
74
la cheminée
the chimney
75
être habité / être libre
To be inhabited/occupied / to be uninhabited, vacant
76
être exigu / être spacieux
to be cramped / roomy, spacious
77
meublé
Furnished
78
Bien rangé
neat and tidy
79
D'une propreté éclatante / crasseux
Sparkling clean / filthy
80
Douillé
Snug / Cosy
81
à l'abandon
Dereclict
82
Délabré
dilapidated
83
Misérable/sordide
Squalid
84
Minable
shabby
85
Bruyant
noisy
86
Bien entretenu
well-kept
87
surpeuplé
overcrowded
88
cave
cellar
89
un appentis
a shed
90
chambre à coucher
the bedroom
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salle de bain
the bathroom
92
chambre d'amis
spare room / guest room
93
cuisine
Kitchen
94
Salle à manger
dining-room
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bureau
the study
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l'allée du garage
the driveway
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un artisan
a craftsman
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un maçon
a bricklayer
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un charpentier
a carpenter
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tuiles
tiles
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la chaux
lime
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mortier
mortar
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plâtre
plaster
104
pierre
stone
105
bois
timber
106
brique
brick
107
ciment
cement
108
béton
concrete
109
propriétaire
owner
110
locateur
tenant
111
le loyer
the rent
112
colocataire
roomate/flatmate
113
habitant / riverain
a resident
114
prêt / emprunt
loan
115
prêt immobilier / hypothécaire
mortgage
116
bail
a lease
117
être proprio
to own
118
habiter
inhabit
119
louer
to rent
120
loger
to accommodate
121
emménager
to move in
122
déménager
to move out
123
s'installer
to settle
124
meubler
to furnish
125
donner sur
to overlook
126
s'affaisser
to subside
127
démolir
to demolish, to knock down, to pull down
128
retaper
to revamp
129
se délabrer
to fall into decay
130
maisons attenantes toutes identiques
terraced houses
131
un architecte
an architect
132
la charpente
the framework
133
les fondations
the foundations
134
une ville fortifiée
a walled city
135
une corniche
a cornice
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un pilier
a pillar
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une tour
a tower
138
un parvis (lieu de culte) / une avant-cour ( de château)
a forecourt
139
châteaux
castles
140
une tour d'angle
a turret
141
un pont-levis
a drawbridge
142
les remparts
the battlements
143
un vestige
a relic
144
les édifices religieux
religious building
145
cloche / clocher
bell /bell-tower
146
tour du clocher
a steeple
147
flèche
spire
148
un vitrail
a stained-glass window
149
l'autel
the altar
150
ancien/antique
ancient
151
classique (néo classique)
classical (neo-classical)
152
roman
norman
153
gothique (néo)
gothic (neo)
154
baroque
baroque
155
renaissance
renaissance
156
Elisabéthain
Elizabethan
157
Du 18ème
Georgian
158
Romantique
Romantic
159
Victorien
victorian