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un bol
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bowl
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une boucherie
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butcher’s shop
(you can buy legs of lamb, steaks, chicken breasts, veal cutlets, and other, generally unprepared, types of meat) |
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brebis
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ewe
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une cantine
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cafeteria
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une carafe d’eau
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pitcher of water
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une carotte
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carrot
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une carte
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menu
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Casse-croûte (m)
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snack
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Chèvre
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goat
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Cacahuètes
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peanuts
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un champignon
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mushroom
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une charcuterie
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delicatessen
(you can buy pâté, sliced ham, sausages, rillettes, pig's ears and other prepared meats.) |
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commander
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to order
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Un(e) commerçant(e)
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shopkeeper
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compris
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included
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la confiture
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jam
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cuit
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cooked
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un couteau
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knife
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côtelette (f)
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chop
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colons
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colonists
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la crème
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cream
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une cuillère (à soupe/ à café)
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spoon (teaspoon/ soup spoon)
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cuisiner
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to cook
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Un déjeuner
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lunch
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Depuis [+ time]
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since
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devenir
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to become
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devoir
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to have
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Dégustations
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tastings
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durer
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last
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de plus en plus
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more and more
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un diner
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dinner
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doigts
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fingers
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Dégustées
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savored
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dont
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of which
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Une entrée
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appetizer, starter
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un escargot
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escargot
snail |
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Être au régime
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to be on a diet
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Étoiles
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stars
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escalope (F)
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thin slice of meat or fish
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Faire les courses (f)
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to go (grocery) shopping
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fondu
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melted
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frais
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fresh
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faire un gueuleton
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to have a large meal
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faire ripaille
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to feast
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faux-filet (m)
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sirloin steak
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farci(e)
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stuffed
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frit(e)
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fried
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fromenton (m)
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cheese
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une forchette
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fork
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une fraise
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strawberry
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un fruit
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fruit
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les fruits de mer (m)
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seafood
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garni(e)
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garnished
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Goûter
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afternoon snack
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un Goûter
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to taste
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haricots verts (m)
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green beans
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un hors-d’oeuvre
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appetizer
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l’huile (d’olive) (f.)
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(olive) oil
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Il y a [+ time]
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ago
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Un kilo(gramme
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kilo(gram)
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Une laitue
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lettuce
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un legume
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vegetable
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Maintenir
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to maintain
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La mayonnaise
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mayo
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un menu
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menu
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la moutarde
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mustard
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mélange
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mix
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moins de
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less than
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miel
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honey
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milliards
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billions
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une nappe
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tablecloth
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la nourriture
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food, sustenance
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un oeuf
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egg
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un oignon
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onion
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Une orange
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orange
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un pâté (de compagne)
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meat spread (specifically liver)
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palais
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palate
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des pâtes (f)
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pasta
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une patisserie
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pastry shop, bakery
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Une pêche
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peach
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Pendant [+ time]
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for
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Un petit-déjeuner
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breakfast
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Des petits pois (m)
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peas
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un plat (principal)
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(main) dish
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Une poire
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pear
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Poiscaille (f)
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fish
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Pain grille
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toast
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Une poissonnerie
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fish shop
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le poivre
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pepper
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un poivron (vert, rouge)
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(green, red) pepper
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Une pomme
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apple
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Une pomme de terre
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potato
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le porc
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pork
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pimentées
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spicy
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le poulet
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chicken
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Pouvoir
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to be able to
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Rentenir
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to keep, to retain
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Rôti(e)
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roasted
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Un repas
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meal
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Revenir
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to come back
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Recettes
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income
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Le riz
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rice
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Une salade
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salad
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une saucisse
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sausage
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se faire une bouffe
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to have a dinner party with friends
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le sel
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salt
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sales
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salty
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une serviette
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napkin
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un steak
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steak
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Santé!
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to your health or cheers
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un supermarché
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supermarket
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tartines
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slices of bread
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une tarte
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pie, tart
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Tenir
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to hold
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le thon
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tuna
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Une tomate
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tomato
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une tranche
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slice
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Venir
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to come
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La viande
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meat
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Vouloir
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to want
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Vache
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cow
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Un yaourt
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yogurt
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Morceau de pâte frit
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fried piece of dough
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Chicorée
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chicory
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écrevisses
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crawfish
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huîtres
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oysters
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produits
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products
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commerces de quartier
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neighborhood stores
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crémerie
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cheese shop
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boîtes de conserve
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canned goods
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Volailles
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Poultry
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surgelés
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frozen
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en plein air
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outdoors
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The french are very proud of what
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their cheeses
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approx how many types of cheese do the French produce
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500
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classes of cheese
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cooked or uncooked
fermented or fresh milk |
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how do they celebrate National Cheese day?
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discussions lectures
demonstrations of recipes tastings |
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where are supermarkets and hypermarches located?
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in the suburbs
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what do hypermarches sell?
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food
clothes |
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What does the food in New Orleans combine influences?
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creole french settlers
Cajun influences of Acadian immigrants in Canada |
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what is la beignet
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donut
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what is la beignet made out of?
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piece of fried dough covered with sugar served at any time of day and night with a cafe au lait and the chicory
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what is gumbo
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soup
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what is gumbo made out of
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okra soup and seafood, often accompanied by rice
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what is le jambalaya
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rice spiced very prepared with ham, chicken, tomatoes and sometimes sausages and seafood
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what is le po-boy
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fish sandwich
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what is le po-boy made out of
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sandwich fish, crayfish, oyster or meat in a piece of baguette
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what type of verb does venir take in the past tense?
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auxilary verb - être
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Past tense of venir
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venu
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how long can a traditional meal last in France
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several hours with several courses
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traditional meals are accompanied by what
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champagne
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breakfast in france
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drink coffee with milk, tea or hot chocolate
eat bread or toast with butter and jam and croissants on the weekend |
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lunch in France
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traditionally the main meal
nowadays eat at work now |
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snack for school children in France
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bread and chocolate
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do the French eat together or separate at dinnertime?
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together at dinner
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ways to observe when dining with friends in North Africa
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- If someone invites you to drink a mint tea that is not polite to refuse
- we removed his shoes before entering a house - often eaten with the fingers |
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ways to observe when dining with friends in France
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- it is polite to bring a small gift for guests such as candy or flowers
- sometimes said <Cheers!> or <To your health!> before drinking and <Bon appetit> before eating. - eat with fork in the left hand and spoon in the right hand and always keep both hands on the table |
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very popular cuisine in France
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Maghreb - oriental
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why do they like Maghreb restaurants?
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he spicy sausage, small sausages spiced red are sold in butcher shops
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most famous dish in France
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couscous
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how many tons of couscous do the french eat a year
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75,000 tons
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refer to page 313
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box of irregular comparatives and superlatives
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list the indirect object pronouns
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me
te lui nous vous leur |
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for review of double object pronouns
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page 314 and 315
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La Bourgogne is also known as...
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the region in figures
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refer to page 313
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box of irregular comparatives and superlatives
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Colette
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writer
1879-1954 La Bourgogne |
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Claude Jade
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actress
1948- La Bourgogne |
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principal industries in La Franche-Comté
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agriculture
artistry automible watch and clock making tourism |
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principal villages in La Franche-Comté
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Belfort
Dole Pontarlier Vesoul Besançon |
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Louis Lumière
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inventor of motion picture camera
1864-1948 La Franche-Comté |
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Auguste Lumière
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inventor of motion picture camera
1862-1954 La Franche-Comté |
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Claire Motte
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principal dancer at the Paris Opera
1937- La Franche-Comté |
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What were snails used to make in the Middle Ages?
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cough syrup
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what recipe was popularized in the 19th century?
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Burgundian recipe (buerre, garlic, parsley)
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approx. how many tons of snails does France produce yearly
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500-800 tons
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what do snails aid humans with
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fight against bad cholesterol and cardio-vascular
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what can you practice on Mount Jura in the winter?
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skiing
surfing snowboarding windsurfing on snow |
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famous trail on Mount Jura
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Transjurassienne is the 2nd endurance race in the world
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where were large clocks first installed and when
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monasteries
16th century |
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when was the first school of watches created
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1862
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where is the cradle of watch making
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Besançon
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types of roofs in Burgandy
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multicolored roof glazed tiles
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what inspired the Burgandy roofs?
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Flemish architecture and central Europe they form geometric designs
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The most famous building is the built in 1443 to house the poor and victims of war 100 years is...
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Hotel-Dieu de Beaune
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Where was Louis Pasteur born
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Dole
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What did Louis Pasteur discover
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fermentations are due to the specific micro-organisms
vaccination against rabies |
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What did Louis Pasteur study
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relationship between the microbe and the onset of disease
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When was the Pasteur institute created?
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1888
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conjugate venir
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je viens
tu viens il/elle vient nous venons vous venez ils/elles viennent |
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what is Passé récent
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used with venir + de
describes something that has just happened |
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conjugate devoir
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je dois
tu dois il/elle doit nous devons vous devez ils/elles doivent |
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past participle of devoir
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dû
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conjugate vouloir
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je veux
tu veux il/elle veut nous voulons voux voulez ils/elles veulent |
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past participle of vouloir
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voulu
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conjugate pouvoir
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je peux
tu peux il/elle peut nous pouvons vous pouvez ils/elles peuvent |
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past participle of pouvoir
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pu
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how do you form a comparison in French?
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place words like
-plus -moins -aussi before adj and adv then the word -que after |
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how are superlatives formed
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placing the appropriate definitive article after the noun
usually de |
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list the direct object pronouns
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me/m'
te/t' le/la/l' nous vous les |
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Principal industries of La Bourgogne
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automobile
pharmacy tourism grape growing |
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principle villages in La Bourgogne
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Auxerre
Chalon0Sur-Saône Dijon Nevers Mâcon |
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Gustave Eiffel
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engineer
built the Eiffel Tower 1832-1923 La Bourgogne |
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how do you form a comparison in French?
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place words like
-plus -moins -aussi before adj and adv then the word -que after |
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how are superlatives formed
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placing the appropriate definitive article after the noun
usually de |
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list the indirect object pronouns
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me
te lui nous vous leur |
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list the direct object pronouns
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me/m'
te/t' le/la/l' nous vous les |
