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Unité 7 vocab+cultur
Vocab+culture+time w/ depuis **note: accent marks not included**
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| un agent | agent/ airline employee |
| l'Amerique | America |
| un ascenseur | elevator |
| atterir | to land |
| les bagages | bags |
| un comptoir | counter |
| un controle de securite | security |
| un cote | coast |
| un couloir | hall/ aisle |
| declarer | to declare |
| decoller | to takeoff |
| une destination | a destination |
| direct(e) | direct |
| la douane | customs |
| un douanier/ une douaniere | customs agent |
| faire enregistrer les bagages | to register/ check in bags |
| une escale | lay-over |
| l'immgration | immigration |
| indiquer | to indicate |
| un panneau | a sign |
| un passager/ une passagere | passenger |
| passer a la douane | passing through customs |
| une porte | gate(door) |
| une porte d'embarquement | boarding gate |
| rapide | fast |
| un siege | seat |
| une valise | suitcase |
| verifier | to verify |
| un vol | flight |
| une compagne arienne | airline |
| une siege cote fenetre | window seat |
| billet | ticket |
| une amende | fine |
| une arrivee | arrival |
| composteur | the ticket stamping machine |
| un controleur/ une controleuse | inspector |
| un depart | departure |
| depuis | for; since |
| depuis combien de temps- | how long(time frame) |
| depuis quand- | since when(specific time since) |
| esperer | to hope |
| faire la queue | to stand in line |
| il y a- | specific time present |
| louer | to rent |
| Mince! | Darn! |
| monter | to go up, to get on |
| Tu Parles! | You're kidding! |
| Il me semble... | It seems to me... |
| le tableau des arrivees et des departs | arrival and departure sign at the train station |
| Tant Pis | Too Bad |
| mon vieux | bro; buddy; my friend |
| un voyageur/ une voyageuse | travelers |
| une voie | Track |
| le quai | train platform |
| la gare | train station |
| Blois | -located in the Loire valley -is a city and also a chateau -Italian influence *des cabinets secrets ou Catherine de Medici |
| guichet | ticket window |
| TGV | le train a grande vitesse |
| SNCF | la Socite Nationale des Chemins en fer |
| Les chateaux de loire et versailles | -le jardin de la france |
| les chateaus de loire | -Castles built in Middle Ages -Charles the eight -Leo da Vinci lived/ buried in Amboise -conspirators balcony-> french protestant rebels called Huenots were hangedd= beheaded here |
| Chenonceaux | -on river Cher -le Chateau des six femmes |
| Chambord | -very large; 440+ rooms -built as a hunting lodge for royalty and nobels |
| Palace of Versailles | -11 miles SW of Paris -Hall of mirrors, La galerie des Glaces -Peace treaty of WW1 was signed here |
| Louis XIV | le Roi Soleil, the sun king |
| Il y a | -passe compose -means ago -put before a time expression |
| depuis combien temps | - means how long, often -amt of time -followed by a present tense verb -ask for a quantity of time |
| depuis quand | -means since when -specific time phrases -asks SPECIFIC time frame -followed by a present tense verb |