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En Bonne Forme Chapter 18
Revers de fortune
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
07/24/2008
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Fashion Designer
 Definition
Le couturier
Term
Seamstress
 Definition
La couturière
Term
School
 Definition
L'établissement (m.)
Term

Governess

 

Nanny 

 Definition
La gouvernante
Term
Fashion house
 Definition
La maison de couture
Term

Boarding school

 

Tuition in a boarding school 

 Definition
La pension
Term

Wild

 

Crazy 

 Definition
Extravagant(e)
Term
Teasing
 Definition
Moqueur (euse)
Term
To come in contact with
 Definition
Approcher
Term
To go into debt
 Definition
S'endetter
Term
To be financially dependent on
 Definition
être à la charge de
Term
To make easy
 Definition
Faciliter
Term
To eat (only specific food)
 Definition
Se bourrir de
Term
To cause problems
 Definition
Poser des problèmes
Term
To become sick
 Definition
Tomber malade
Term
Shortly after
 Definition
Au lendemain de
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Shortly before
 Definition
À la veille de
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In those days
 Definition
À l'epoque
Term
Silverware
 Definition
L'argenterie (f.)
Term
To have taste
 Definition
Avoir du goût
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To taste like

 

To have a taste for 

 Definition
Avoir le goût de
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To be madly in love with
 Definition
Avoir un amour fou pour
Term
To have a fantastic memory
 Definition
Avoir une mémoire de fer
Term
Knickknack
 Definition
Le bibelot
Term
Lamb chop
 Definition
La côtelette d'agneau
Term
Female cook
 Definition
La cuisinière
Term
Strange
 Definition
Drôle de
Term
To raise one's voice
 Definition
Élever la voix
Term

Undertaking

 

Business 

 Definition
L'entreprise (f.)
Term
To go to law school
 Definition
Faire du droit
Term
To go to medical school
 Definition
Faire médecine
Term
Maid
 Definition
La femme de chambre
Term
Strength
 Definition
La force
Term
To earn
 Definition
Gagner
Term
Boarder (in a school)
 Definition
Le/la interne
Term
To play a part
 Definition
Jouer un rôle
Term
To send to boarding school
 Definition
Mettre en pension
Term

Ownership

 

Estate 

 Definition
La propriété
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To bring oneself (to do something)
 Definition
Se résoudre à
Term
Stenographer-typist
 Definition
Le/la sténodactylo
Term
Worth
 Definition
La valeur
Term
So much for
 Definition
Voilà pour
Term
Real estate
 Definition
L'agence immobilière (f.)
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For rent
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À louer
Term
Deposit
 Definition
Les arrhes (f.)
Term
For sale
 Definition
À vendre
Term
Security deposit
 Definition
La caution
Term
Mortage
 Definition
La hypothèque
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tenant

  

 Definition
Le/la locataire
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Rental
 Definition
La location
Term
To rent
 Definition
Louer
Term
Rent
 Definition
Le loyer
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Landlord
 Definition
Le/la propriétaire
Term
To sublet
 Definition
Sous-louer
Term
Bargain
 Definition
L'affaire (f.)
Term
To afford
 Definition
Avoir les moyens de (+ inf.)
Term
Automated Teller Machine
 Definition
La billetterie
Term
Stock market
 Definition
La bourse
Term
Savings bank
 Definition
La caisse d'épargne
Term
Online trader
 Definition
Le cyber-boursier
Term
Extravagant
 Definition
Dépensier (ière)
Term
Secondhand
 Definition
D'occasion
Term
To save money
 Definition

Économiser

 

Épargner

Term
To hire
 Definition
Engager
Term
To be in business
 Definition
Faire des affaires
Term
To go bankrupt
 Definition
Faire faillite
Term
To invest
 Definition
Investir
Term
To haggle over
 Definition
Marchander
Term
Investment
 Definition
Le placement
Term
Financial setback
 Definition
Le revers de fortune
Term

Salary

 

Wages 

 Definition
Le salaire
Term
Interest rate
 Definition
Le taux d'intérêt
Term
Half board
 Definition
La demi-pension
Term
Boarder
 Definition
Le/la pensionnaire
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