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La Vie Sur Terre
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
10/23/2008
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Term
les actualités
 Definition
news (radio, television news)
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un âne
 Definition
donkey
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un appareil-photo
 Definition
camera
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le bambara
 Definition
Bambara, a language spoken in Mali
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une béquille
 Definition
crutch
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un/e client/e
 Definition
client
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un/e coiffeur/euse
 Definition
hairdresser
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un colon
 Definition
colonist
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l'exil (m)
 Definition
exile
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un fauteuil roulant
 Definition
wheelchair
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handicapé/e
 Definition
handicapped
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une hutte (ou maison) de terre
 Definition
hut or house made of mud
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un invité radio
 Definition
guest on a radio show
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un journaliste radio
 Definition
radio journalist
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un métier
 Definition
job, trade, craft
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un motard
 Definition
biker
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un opérateur de Poste
 Definition
postal employee who receives and makes phone calls for customers who don't have a phone; customers pay
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patient/e
 Definition
patient
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le pays natal
 Definition
one's native land
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un photographe
 Definition
photographer
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un poste de radio
 Definition
radio
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le receveur de Poste
 Definition
Post Master, postal employee who takes in money from customers (a kind of accountant)
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la sonnerie
 Definition
telephone ring, as in "La sonnerie m'a réveillé"
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un tailleur
 Definition
tailor
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la tonalité
 Definition
dial tone
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un troupeau de vaches, de moutons, de chèvres, de buffles
 Definition
flock of cows, sheep, goats, water bufflo
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un/e villageois/e
 Definition
villager
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l'an deux mille
 Definition
the year 2000
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la brouser
 Definition
bush
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la météo
 Definition
weather report
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un millénaire
 Definition
millenium
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un oiseau/des oiseaux
 Definition
bird/birds
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pile
 Definition
exactly, on the dot; à minuit pile = exactly at midnight
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la récolte
 Definition
harvest
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le réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre/du nouvel an
 Definition
New Year's Eve party, celebration, dinner
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le riz
 Definition
rice
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le Sahel
 Definition
the Sahel, Arabic for "shore"; southern boundary of the Sahara desert, which was likened to a sea; seperates the desert from the savannah; Mali is one of the countries in this region
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la Saint-Sylvestre
 Definition
New Year's Eve
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un siècle
 Definition
century
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un supermarché
 Definition
supermarket
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la veille de
 Definition
eve of, night before
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avoir quelqu'un au téléphone
 Definition
to talk to someone on the phone
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cultiver le riz
 Definition
to grow rice
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demander de l'aide
 Definition
to ask for help
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se déplacer à vélo, à pied, à moto
 Definition
to get around on a bike, on foot, on motorbike
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dicter
 Definition
to dictate
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entendre mal
 Definition
to have trouble hearing; je vous entends mal = I can't hear you well
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se faire couper les cheveux
 Definition
to get one's hair cut
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se faire prendre en photo/se faire photographier
 Definition
to have a photo taken of oneself
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fêter
 Definition
to celebrate
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flâner
 Definition
to stroll
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passer du temps avec quelqu'un
 Definition
to hang out with someone
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passer du temps avec quelqu'un
 Definition
to hang out with someone
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patienter
 Definition
to wait
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raccrocher
 Definition
to hang up
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rappeler
 Definition
to call back (in this context)
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répondre au téléphone
 Definition
to answer the phone
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saluer
 Definition
to greet
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sonner
 Definition
to ring; le téléphone sonne
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Je compose le numéro.
 Definition
I'm dialing the number.
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Je vous parle depuis Sokolo.
 Definition
I'm calling from Sokolo.
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L'horloge égrène le compte à rebours de l'an deux mille.
 Definition
The clock is counting down to year 2000.
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Parlez plus fort!
 Definition
Speak louder!
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Ne quittez pas.
 Definition
Don't hang up.
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