Feb 19, 2021
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another daily dose of information i will gladly abosorb but know not of what to do with. x)
어학
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(noun) linguistics · (foreign) language studies · (act of) studying foreign languages
Les objets domestiques qui tombent en panne - du vocabulaire utile 👨🔧👩🔧🔑🔌🔋💡🚽🛁🧺🚪
les réparations - repairs
le bricolage - odd repairs
l’ouvrage - work, construction work
la minutie - thoroughness
la précision - precision
la boîte à outils - toolbox
le niveau à bulle - spirit level
un axe - axis
un dévis des réparations - cost estimate of the repairs
la facture - bill
calculer - to calculate
faute de moyens - due to lack of resources
laisser qn faire qch - to let somebody do sth
faire faire qch - to have something done
commander un service - to order a service
réparer - to fix, to repair
le mode d’emploi - user manual
la notice - instructions
le guide - guide
être sous garantie - to be under warranty
en cas d’erreur - in case of an error
une panne d’électricité - blackout
le court-circuit - short circuit
les plombs ont sauté - the fuses blew
un fusible = un plomb - fuse
couper le courant = couper l’électricité - to cut the power
branché - plugged in
le câble est trop court - the cable is too short
la rallonge - extension cable
l’ampoule est grillé - the light bulb is burnt out
la poignée est desserrée - the handle is loosened
la serrure est cassée - the lock is broken
la porte est coincée - the door is stuck
la porte grince - the door sqeaks
les gonds grincent - the hinges sqeak
huiler les gonds - to oil the hinges
appeler un serrurier - to call a locksmith
le volet bloqué - the shutter is stuck
baisser le volet - to lower the blinds
le robinet fuit - the tap is leaking
changer le joint - to change the washer
boucher qch - to clog sth
déboucher qch - to unclog sth
l’évier est bouché - the sink is clogged
le déboucheur - plunger
faire venir un plombier - to call in a plumber
les débris alimentaires dans l’évier - the leftovers in the sink
la vaisselle cassée - broken dishes
le lave-vaisselle - dishwasher
inondé - flooded
le tuyau a pété - pipe burst
couper l’arrivée d’eau - to turn off the water suply
tirer la chasse d’eau - to flush the toiler
une fuite d’eau dans le plafond - water leak in the ceiling
l’eau dans la cuvette déborde - the water in the toilet bowl is overflowing
le lavabo - bathroom sink
la lunette des toilettes = la cuvette - toilet seat
les WC. = les toilettes = les vécés (informal) = les chiottes (slang) - restroom, loo
la salle de bains = le cabinet de toilette - bathroom
le radiateur n’arrive plus à chauffer - the electric heater doesn’t work
déchirer (en morceaux) - to tear (into pieces)
le revêtement mural - wallcovering
le papier peint (à motifs) - wallpaper (with patterns)
la pose du papier peint - hanging wallpaper
le marouflage - glued-on lining
mettre une colle sur qch - to apply the glue on a surface
l’encollage - gluing
la couche de la colle - layer of the glue
glisser - to slide, to slip
assurer le collage - to ensure sth is glued correctly
chasser l’air - to remove air
les bulles de l’air - air bubbles
le carrelage = le revêtement en carrelage - tiling
le tableau est de travers - the painting is crooked
à la rigueur - in a pinch
à peu près - more or less
régler un foullis - to organize a mess
la clé anglaise - adjstable spanner
la lame du couteau - knife blade
la brosse - brush
le pinceau - paintbrush
le chiffon - cloth
un grattoir = une spatule - scraper
le matériau de construction - building material
un escabeau - stepladder
une échelle - ladder
le tournevis - screwdriver
un clou - nail
une vis - screw
le marteau - hammer
une pile - battery
une perceuse - drill
maroufler - to smooth
griffer - to scratch
tracer - to trace, to draw
faire tomber qch = renverser - to drop something (eg. on the ground)
J’ai renversé mon mug sur la nappe. - I knocked my mug over the tablecloth.
la table est abîmée - the table is damaged
les taches - stains
enlever des taches - to remove stains
une tache de graisse - a grease stain
le détachant - stain remover
la machine à laver = le lave-linge = la laveuse (Canadian French)- washing machine
la buanderie - laundry room
la lessive - laundry
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