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52 Cards in this Set
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La banlieue
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suburbs
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la campagne
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the countryside
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un(e) campagnard(e)
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a country dweller
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un(e) citadin(e)
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city dweller
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une cite/-dortoir
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a bedroom community
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un(e) colocataire
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roommate
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louer
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to rent
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le foyer
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home
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un HLM
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subsidized housing
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un(e) locotaire
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a renter
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une maison individuelle
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a single family house
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un me/nage
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household
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un(e) proprie/taire
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owner
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le rez-de-chause/e
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ground floor
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le cambriolage
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breaking and entering
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le cho^mage
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unemployment
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la de/linquance
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delinquency
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l'insecurite/
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lack of safety
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le vol
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robbery
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voler
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to steal
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un courriel
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e-mail
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les informations
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the news (f.)
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se coiffer
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to fix one's hair
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se coucher
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to go to bed
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se de/pe^cher
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to hurry
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se de/tendre
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to relax
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s'en aller
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to leave
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e^tre de retour
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to be back
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e^tre en retard
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to be late
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s'habiller
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to get dressed
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se laver
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to wash
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se lever
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to get up
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se peigner
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to comb
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se raser
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to shave
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ne...pas du tout
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not at all
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ne...plus
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no longer
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ne...jamais
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never
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ne...rien
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nothing
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ne...personne
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nobody
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ne...pas encore
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not yet
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ne...ni...ni
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neither, nor
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ne...que
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only
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ne...nulle part
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nowhere
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Raymond Queneau was a...
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surrealist
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His two main works were...
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Exercises de style & Zazie dans le me/tro
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Exercises de style is...
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One story told in 99 different ways
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He worked for...
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Gallimard publishing company
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He compiled these kinds of books...
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La Ple/iade
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La Ple/iade was...
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all of the works of one author
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He made his own...
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movement (OuLiPo - Ouvroir de litte/rature potentelle)
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Somewhere
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quelque part
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something
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quelque chose
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