Children: their games and their upbringing Flashcards

(72 cards)

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une comptine

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a nursery rhyme

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une berceuse

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a lullaby

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3
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une tétine

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a dummy / a soother

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4
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un manège

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a merry-go-round

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5
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une marionnette

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a puppet

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6
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des billes

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marbles

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7
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un dessin/dessiner

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a drawing / to draw

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8
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gribouiller

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to scrawl

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9
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une toupie

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a spinning top

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10
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un cerf-volant

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a kite

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11
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la marelle

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hopscotch

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12
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se balancer

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to swing

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13
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l’éducation

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upbringing / parenting

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élever (un enfant)

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to raise a child / to bring up

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s’amuser

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to have fun

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16
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faire des bêtises

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to be up to mischief

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17
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mal se conduire

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to misbehave

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18
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pleurer

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to cry

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19
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bien élevé

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well-brought-up

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20
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qui se conduit bien

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well-behaved

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21
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impertinent

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cheeky / impertinent

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22
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(im)poli (envers)

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(im)polite (to)

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23
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difficile (un enfant)

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wayward

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24
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le châtiment corporel

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corporal punishment

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la sévérité
strictness / harshness
26
une gifle
a slap
27
répondre à quelqu'un (impoliment)
to talk back to sb
28
s'occuper de
to look after (a child)
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un ours en peluche
a teddybear
30
un conte de fée
a fairy tale
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un hochet
a rattle
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une histoire (le soir)
a bedtime story
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un jouet
a toy
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une poupée
a doll
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un soldat de plomb
a tin soldier
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jouer à cache-cache
to play hide-and-seek
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un cerceau
a hoop
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une corde à sauter
a skipping rope
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une balançoire
a seesaw
40
les jeux éducatifs
educational games
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l'autorité parentale
parental authority
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(dés)obéir à qn
to (dis)obey to
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(dés)obéissance
(dis)obedience
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(dés)obéissant
(dis)obedient
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faire des caprices
to throw tantrums
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mal élevé / bien élevé
ill-bred / well-bred
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vif, intelligent
bright
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remuant
restless
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grossier (envers)
rude to
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vilain, méchant
naughty
51
punir
to punish
52
l'indulgence
leniency
53
indulgent (envers)
lenient (with)
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(prendre) une fessée
(to get) a spanking
55
réprimander
to tell off / to scold
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consacrer du temps à
to devote time to
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les auto-tamponneuses
dodgems
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saute-mouton
leapfrog
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une éducation traditionnelle
a conventional upbringing
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une éducation stricte
a strict upbringing
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une enfance surprotégée
a sheltered childhood
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turbulent
boisterous
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indiscipliné
unruly
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caractériel
temperamental
65
En voilà une façon de se tenir!
Where are your manners?
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fixer des limites
to set limits
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montrer l'exemple à qn
to set an example to sb
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être un modele pour un enfant
to be a role model for a child
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être d'une indulgence coupable
to be overindulgent
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c'est un jeu d'enfant
it's a mere child's play
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Qui aime bien châtie bien
Spare the rod and spoil the child
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C'est un enfant gate, et pourtant il est sage comme une image
He is a spoilt child and yet he is as good as gold