English-speaking home-owners bent on renovating a property in France may be baffled by the vagaries of the French language when purchasing essential tools, materials and equipment - but there are also anomalies between the countries beyond a disparity of sizes, quantities and terms.With a dash of humour from an established author, the Dictionary of French Tools & Materials demystifies the choice of what's available, exposing the oddities and inconsistencies - and highlights items that don't exist in the UK. A dictionary of ...
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English-speaking home-owners bent on renovating a property in France may be baffled by the vagaries of the French language when purchasing essential tools, materials and equipment - but there are also anomalies between the countries beyond a disparity of sizes, quantities and terms.With a dash of humour from an established author, the Dictionary of French Tools & Materials demystifies the choice of what's available, exposing the oddities and inconsistencies - and highlights items that don't exist in the UK. A dictionary of more than 10,000 French terms translated into English, including hundreds of technical words you won't find in a standard dictionary.Entries divided into the main categories that cover all aspects of home renovation: Building, Carpentry & Joinery, Decorating, Electricity, Ironmongery & Hardware, Metalwork, and Plumbing & Heating.Ready reference on numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages, a list of the major trades - plus a handy guide to useful words and phrases.This book is the first in the series of La Source! Bilingual Dictionaries.
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