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French vocabulary B2: Housework, DIY, tools and the garden
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Housework and laundry, cleaning products, DIY tools and materials, and the garden, such as “l’assouplissant”, “la pince à linge”, “le tournevis”, “la rallonge électrique” and “la tondeuse à gazon”.
62 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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le plâtre (des murs)
plaster (on walls)
la course (commission)
errand
déboucher (un tuyau)
to unblock (a pipe)also: to unclog, to clear
le mortier
mortar
la charnière
hinge
la propreté
cleanliness
bouché (évier ou tuyau)
blocked (sink or drain)
la loupe
magnifying glass
la benne
skip (for rubbish)
le calcaire
limescale
la rondelle (de boulon)
washer (for a bolt)
le tournevis
screwdriver
le cadenas
padlock
la faux
scythe
tailler (une plante)
to prune (a plant)also: to trim, to cut back
arroser
to water (plants)
le potager
vegetable gardenalso: kitchen garden, veg patch, vegetable patch
la maçonnerie
masonryalso: stonework
le patio
inner courtyardalso: patio
le ressort
spring (metal coil)also: coil spring
la lime (outil)
file (tool)
la crasse
grimealso: filth
l'escabeau
stepladder
le canif
penknifealso: pocket knife
le hamac
hammock
le cirage
shoe polish
le désinfectant
disinfectant
l'assouplissant
fabric softeneralso: softener
ratisser (des feuilles)
to rake (leaves)
le détachant
stain remover
le détergent
detergent
cimenter (qqch)
to cement (sth)
le râteau
rake (garden tool)
le séchage
drying
le désodorisant
air freshener
la boîte à outils
toolboxalso: tool box
le bain à remous
hot tubalso: whirlpool bath, jacuzzi
le transat
deckchair
la plante d'intérieuralso: la plante verte
houseplantalso: house plant
tirer la chasse
to flush (the toilet)
la pastille pour lave-vaisselle
dishwasher tabletalso: dishwasher capsule
laver à la main (qqch)
to hand-wash (sth)also: to wash by hand
le fil à linge
washing linealso: clothesline, clothes line
l'étendoir à linge
clothes horsealso: clothes airer, airer
la pince à linge
clothes pegalso: clothespin
la herse
harrow
le massif de fleurs
flower bedalso: flowerbed
l'outil électrique
power tool
la clé plate
spanneralso: wrench
la rallonge électrique
extension leadalso: extension cord, extension cable
le rouleau à peinture
paint rolleralso: roller
le coup de peinture
lick of paintalso: repaint
la poubelle à roulettes
wheelie bin
la pelle à poussière
dustpan
le tuyau d'arrosage
hosealso: garden hose, hosepipe
la brosse à récurer
scrubbing brush
le balai serpillière
mop
le coup de chiffon
wipe (a quick clean)
la tondeuse à gazonalso: la tondeuse
lawnmoweralso: mower
le mètre rubanalso: le mètre à ruban
tape measurealso: measuring tape
le ruban adhésif toilé
duct tape
l'homme à tout faire
handymanalso: odd-job man
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