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Vocabulaire chapitre 5 – clothes1. dressing and undressing (s’habiller et se déshabiller)
clothes : les vêtements
a garment, a piece of clothing : un vêtement
to dress : s’habiller
to wear : porter
to put on one’s clothes : mettres ses vêtements, s’habiller
to undress : se déshabiller
to take off sthg : enlever/ôter qlqch
to take of one’s clothes : enlever ses vêtements, se déshabiller
to grow out of one’s clothes : avoir des vêtements devenus trop petits
dressed, clad : vêtu
sensitive to (the) cold : frileux
2. dressing up (bien s’habiller)
a suit : 1. un costume 2. un tailleur
a custom suit : un costume fait sur-mesure, un costume de confection
a tailor : un tailleur (métier)
an outfitter’s : une maison de confection pour hommes
to put on one’s best clothes/one’s sunday best : se mettre sur son trente-et-un
to put on one’s best bib and tucker : se parer de ses + beaux atouts
to have a suit made to measure/to order : se faire un complet/ un costume sur mesure
to try on a suit : essayer un costume
to fit (sb) : aller (à qlq), être à la taille (de qlq)
to suit sb : aller bien à qlq
ready-made, ready-to-wear : prêt à porter
elegant, smart : élégant, chic
loose : lâche, ample
baggy : ample, baggy
tight : serré
close-fitting : près du corps, ajusté
3. quality of the material (la qualité du tissu)
material, fabric, cloth : du tissu
to wear well : faire bon usage
to stretch : se détendre
to shrink : rétrécir
to fade : faner, passer, se décolorer
to dye : teindre
hard-wearing : résistant
light : léger
heavy : lourd
coarse : gros, grossier
fine : fin
plain : uni
patterned : à motifs
striped : rayé
pinstripped : à rayures fines
flowery : à fleurs
polka-dot, polka-dotted : à pois
chequered, checkered : à carreaux
, tartan : écossais
herringbone : à chevrons
4. types of material (les types de fibre textile)
wool : laine
cashmere : cachemire
cotton : coton
linen : lin, linge
silk : la soie
velvet : velours
corduroy : velours côtelé
nylon : le nylon
woollens, woolen, woolies: lainages
winter wear : vêtements d’hiver
to sell well : bien se vendre
woolly : laineux, en laine
silken : soyeux, en soi
5. men’s underwear (les sous-vêtements masculins)
underwear, underclothing, underpants : les sous-vêtements
a vest : un maillot de corps
an undershirt : un tricot de peau
boxer shorts : un caleçon
briefs, pants : un slip
swim trinks, swimming trunks : slip de bain
swim shorts : short de bain
bathing suit, bathing costume, swimsuit, cossie : maillot de bain
a swimming cap : bonnet de bain
shirt : une chemise
a collar : un col
a tie : une cravate
a bow tie : un nœud papillon
the sleeves : les manches
the cuffs : poignets, manchettes
cufflinks : boutons de manchettes
to be in one’s shirtsleeves : être en manches de chemise
to be stripped to the waist : être torse nu
to tie sthg : nouer qlqch
to button : boutonner
soft : mou
stiff : dur, rigide
6. men’s trousers (les pantalons masculins)
(a pair of) trousers, pants : un pantalon
a belt : une ceinture
braces, suspenders : des bretelles
the crease : le pli
riding breeches : des culottes de cheval
shorts : un short
to press sthg : repasser qlqch
7. Men’s jackets and suits (vestes d’hommes et costumes)
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