Man's Basic Concerns - Buying and Renting Flashcards

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un prêt, un emprunt

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a loan

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un prêt immoblier

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a mortgage

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un meublé

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furnished apartments

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le propriétaire (qui loue)

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the landlord / the landlady

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un locataire

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a tenant

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un locataire de meublé

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a lodger

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le loyer

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the rent

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une caution

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a deposit / a guarantee

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9
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une garantie

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a security

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10
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un déménagement

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a removal

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un immeuble

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a block of flats / an apartment building (US)

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12
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une tour

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a tower block

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13
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un interphone

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an entry phone

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un ascenseur

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a lift / an elevator (US)

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un studio

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a bedsit(ter)

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un château

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a mansion / a manor-house

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un taudis

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a hovel

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18
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un mur porteur

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a load-bearing wall

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19
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une cloison

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a partition wall

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20
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le rebord de la fenêtre

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a windowsill

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21
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une porte-fenêtre

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a French window

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22
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une baie vitrée

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a picture window

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23
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une cage d’escalier

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a stairwell

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une lucarne / un Velux

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a skylight / a Velux

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un plafond
a ceiling
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un plancher
a floor
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un étage
a floor (UK) / a storey (US)
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un palier
a landing
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la porte d'entrée
the front door
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une serrure
a lock
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le trou de la serrure
the keyhole
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la clé de la porte d'entrée
the latchkey
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un verrou
a bolt
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une sonnette
a doorbell
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une poignée
a doorhandle
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une alarm
a burglar alarm
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ouvrir / fermer la porte
to open ≠ shut the door
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être entrouvert
to be ajar {e'dja:}
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claquer la porte
to slam the door
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un grenier
an attic / a garret / a loft
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une entrée
a hall / a lobby
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une cuisine américaine
a kitechenette
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un couloir
a corridor / a passage
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les toilettes
the toilet / lavatory / the loo (UK)
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tirer la chasse d'eau
to flush the toilet
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un sous-sol
a basement
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une cave
a cellar
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une clôture
a fence
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la crise du logement
the housing shortage
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des allocations logement
a housing benefit
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une agence immobilière
an estate agency
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à louer / à vendre
to let / for sale
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contracter un emprunt
to take out a loan
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emménager / déménager
to move into / out of a place
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un colocataire
a joint- / co-tenant
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faire l'état des lieux
to draw up the inventory of fixtures
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renouveler un bail
to renew a lease
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sous-louer un lieu
to sublet a place
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habiter chez qqn
to stay with sby
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un trois-pièces
a three-room flat
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une maison de campagne
a week-end house
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vivre au numéro 75
to live at number 75
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au deuxième étage
on the second floor
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en haut de l'escalier
at the top of the stairs
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en bas de l'escalier
at the bottom of the stairs
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un trousseau de clés
a bunch of keys
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faire entrer qqn
to let / show sby in