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CHECK OUTS RING UP FOOD BILLS BY THE TROLLEYFUL / VOCABULARY

payer aux caisses to check out = to pay items when leaving a supermarket

les caisses the checkout

I hate queueing (UK) / lining (US) up at the checkout.

la note, la facture, l'addition the bill

to add up/to bring /to pay the bill

to bill s.o.

un chariot, un caddy a trolley is used to transport goods in a supermarket.

raccourcir <> allonger to shorten = to make shorter < > to lengthen = to make longer

additionner <> soustraire to add (up) < > to subtract

multiplier <> diviser to multiply < > to divide

Règle : Une préposition est suivie d'un verbe  au gérondif PREPOSITION + ING

Il a quitté le restaurant sans payer la note. He left the restaurant without paying the bill

Eteignez l'ordinateur avant de partir ! Switch off the computer before leaving !

Il est devenu ingénieur après avoir enseigné pendant des années. He became an engineer after teaching for years.

Tu pourrais m'aider au lieu de ne rien faire. You might help me instead of doing nothing !

Il s'endort habituellement  en regardant la télévision. He usually falls asleep while watching TV.

déballer <> emballer >>> un paquet to unpack < > to pack >>> a package

accorder, délivrer, remettre to grant = to give = to award (a prize, an oscar, a medal)

minuscule <> énorme tiny = very small < > huge = very big

des puces, des microcircuits A computer contains (micro)chips (processor, memory ...).

un code-barre a barcode is a code identifying an item

un prix, mettre un prix, tarifer a price (noun) / to price (verb)

un article an item = an article = goods (always plural)

un voleur à l'étalage a shoplifter is someone who steals items in a shop

Avis : le vol à l'étalage sera poursuivi. Notice : Shoplifters will be prosecuted

cacher, dissimuler to conceal = to hide, to tuck into < > to show

surveiller, contrôler to monitor = to supervise = to check a monitor : a screen

probable likely (adj) notion of probability/likelihood

En travaillant si peu, il ne risque pas de réussir. With so little work, he is not likely to succeed

une étiquette (collée) a label = a slip of paper stuck on an object to identify it

une étiquette (attachée) a tag = a slip of paper attached to an object to identify it

coller to stick / stuck / stuck / a sticker

he's got sticky fingers (2 meanings : real and figurative)

équiper to fit : to equip, to adapt

Je vais devoir installer une nouvelle cartouche  dans mon imprimante. I'll have to fit a new cartridge in my printer.

être en forme, être en bonne santé to be fit : to be in good health (fitness) < > to be ill, to be unwell

significatif significant = important = essential