Man's Basic Concerns - the Household Flashcards

(55 cards)

1
Q

une plaque chauffante

A

a hotplate / a hob

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2
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une hotte aspirante

A

a hood

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3
Q

les draps et les couvertures

A

bedclothes

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4
Q

un dessus-de-lit

A

a bedcover

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5
Q

un drap

A

a sheet

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6
Q

une couverture

A

a blanket

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7
Q

une couette

une housse de couette

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a duvet

a duvet-cover

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8
Q

un oreiller

une housse d’oreiller

A

a pillow

a pillowcase

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9
Q

une nappe

A

a tablecloth

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10
Q

une serviette de table

A

a napkin

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11
Q

une serviette de toilette

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a towel

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12
Q

un torchon à vaisselle

A

a tea towel

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13
Q

le ménage

A

housework / housecleaning

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14
Q

une femme au foyer

A

a housewife

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15
Q

faire le ménage à fond

A

to clean out / up

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16
Q

une femme de ménage

A

a cleaner

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17
Q

la poussière

A

dust

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18
Q

un chiffon

A

a duster

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19
Q

une pelle à poussière

A

a dustpan

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20
Q

récurer

A

to scrub / to scour (‘skawe)

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21
Q

un balais

A

a broom

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22
Q

balayer

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to sweep

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23
Q

essuyer qch

A

to wipe (aï) sth (clean)

24
Q

éponger

25
une serpillère
a mop / a floorcloth
26
passer l'aspirateur
to vacuum / to hoover
27
un aspirateur
a vacuum cleaner / a hoover
28
la lessive
the washing
29
repasser la planche à repasser un fer à repasser
to iron the ironing board a steam iron
30
la vaisselle (tâche)
the washing up
31
du liquide vaisselle
a washing up liquid
32
faire des saletés
to make a mess
33
salir
to dirty
34
la crasse / crasseux
grime / filth ; grimy {aï}, filthy
35
la graisse / graisseux
grease / greasy
36
la boue / boueux
mud / muddy
37
souiller
to soil
38
collant
sticky
39
une salissure
a mark
40
des traces de doigts
fingermarks
41
une tache
a stain / a spot
42
les ordures ménagères
kitchen waste / household refuse
43
les détritus
litter / rubbish / trash (US)
44
une poubelle
a rubbish bin / a trash
45
jeter qch
to dispose of sth
46
impeccable / immaculé
spotless / immaculate
47
une cuisinière à gaz
a gas cooker
48
faire la vaisselle
to do the washing up / to wash up / to do the dishes
49
remplir / charger le lave-vaisselle
to load / to stack the dishwasher
50
suspendre le linge
to hang out the laundry
51
faire le ménage
to do the housework
52
faire sa chambre
to do one's room
53
un sac poubelle
a garbage bag
54
impeccable
spick and span / spotlessly clean
55
UP : particule adverbiale ajoutée pour traduire la notion de totalité
to clean : nettoyer | to clean up : nettoyer à fond