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Une Enfance Bizarre

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à la veille de shortly before
à l'époque in those days
approcher to come in contact with
argenterie silverware
au lendemain de shortly after
avoir du goût to have taste
avoir le goût de to taste like; to have a taste for
avoir un amour fou pour to be madly in love with
avoir une mémoire de fer to have a fantastic memory
bibelot knickknack
côtelette d'agneau lamb chop
couturier head of a fashion house
couturière seamstress
cuisinière female cook
droit right; law
drôle de strange
dur(e) tough, hard
élever la voix to raise one's voice
s'endetter to go into debt
entreprise undertaking, business
établissement school
être à la charge de to be financially dependent on
extravagant(e) wild, crazy
faciliter to make easy
faire du droit to go to law school
faire médecine to go to medical school
femme de chambre maid
force strength
ganger to earn
gouvernante nanny
interne boarder
jouer un rôle to play a part
maison de couture fashion house
mettre en pension to send to boarding school
mogueur(-euse) teasing
se nourrir de to eat (specific foods)
pension boarding school; tuition in a boarding school
poser des problèmes to cause problems
propriété ownership; estate
se résoudre à to bring oneself to (do something)
sténodactylo stenographer-typist
tomber malade to become sick
valeur worth
voilà pour so much for
agence immobilière real estate agency
à louer for rent
à vendre for sale
hypothèque mortgage
locataire tenant
location rental
louer to rent
loyer rent
propriétaire landlord
sous-louer to sublet
affaire baragain
avoir les moyens de to afford
billetterie ATM
bourse stock market
caisse d'épargne savings bank
cyber-bousier online trader
d'occasion secondhand
économiser to save money
engager to hire
faire des affaires to be in business
faire faillite to go bankrupt
faire vivre to support (financially)
investire to invest
marchander to haggle over
salaire salary
taux d'intérêt interest rate
demi-pension half board
pensionnaire boarder
Created by: Maribecca
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