location
Friday, August 03, 2012
We're back now from salty and floral île de Ré, or the Isle of Rhé. This furry tourist, above, enjoyed people-watching from a window overlooking the farmers' market in St Clément des Baleines. His carefree let-it-all-hang-out attitude is reflected in the relaxed rental sign just below. Discover the sign's missing letters in today's vocab entry, here:
une location (lo-kah-syon)
: rental, renting
Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc read the following French terms:
location de vélo = bike rental
location de meubles = furniture rental
location d'un immeuble = property/real estate rental
location de voitures = car rental
location de maison de vacances = home vacation rental
mettre en location = to rent out
prix de location = rent
Reverse dictionary: rental
rental contract = un bail
rental charge = une redevance
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Vélos, or bikes a-gogo on the île de Ré.
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