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41 B.O.F.
n. m. Black-marketeer, profiteering small shopkeeper. (The letters B.O.F. stand for Beurre-Oeufs-Fromages and refer to those who kept fresh-food shops and whose behind-thecounter dealings brought them great wealth during the Occupation.) -
42 cominches
n. f. pl. (also: comminches; corr. commissions). Les cominches: The shopping. Aller aux cominches: To go to the shops. -
43 envelopper
v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'lift', to steal. On lui a enveloppé son larfeuil au bistrot: He got his wallet pinched at the pub.a To get 'conned', 'diddled', to be duped.b To get 'collared', 'nabbed', to be arrested.3. Un petit coup sur le manche, faut-il vous l'envelopper?! (iron.): You want jam on it, don't you?! — You don't seriously expect me to do more?! (This jocular and rather sarcastic utterance is said to have originated in butchers' shops where a special customer is made to feel that nothing is too much trouble.) -
44 fouiner
v. intrans.1. To poke one's nose into other people's business.2. (pol.):a To go looking for clues.b To sift through evidence.3. To go bargain-hunting. Il aime fouiner chez les brocanteurs: He just loves rummaging in junk shops. -
45 glaner
v. trans. & intrans. To 'go nicking', to go on a pilfering spree in shops. -
46 P.M.U.
(abbr. Pari Mutuel Urbain): The Tote. (In a country where private bookmakers have been outlawed, the state-run Pari Mutuel Urbain has a monopoly where on-and off-course betting is concerned. Because there are no betting shops as such, the P.m.U. does business in selected cafés but only in the morning prior to race meetings.) -
47 Brocante
jumble sale, second-hand sales. Unlike vide-greniers, which are essentially for private individuals, brocantes are generally reserved for professionals, such as antique dealers or junk-shops. The biggest brocante in France, with some 10,000 sellers, takes place each year during the first weekend in September, in Lille. This traditional event is open to professionals and individual sellers.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Brocante
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48 Casino
The second largest chain of retail outlets in France, whose shops includeGéant hypermarkets, as well as Casino supermarkets and convenience stores. Seeshopping in FranceDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Casino
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49 Champs Elysées
The most prestigious avenue in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe in the Place de l'Etoile. The broad avenue is the traditional venue for national parades, and in particular for the Bastille Day parade onJuly 14th. The street is lined by some of the most expensive shops and cafés in the cityDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Champs Elysées
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50 Journée continue
The traditional French working and shopping day is broken by a long break for lunch, typically from midday to 2 p.m. The "journée continue" is the more modern approach, where workers just take a very short lunch break, and shops remain open all day.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Journée continue
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51 Pharmacie de garde
in most French towns, there is a pharmacie de garde, a chemists (pharmacists) shop that remains open at night and at weekends to deal with emergencies. the job rotates among chemists shops in a given area, and the address of the pharmacie which is "de garde" is normally indicated at weekends in each chemists shop.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Pharmacie de garde
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52 Quartier Latin
Covering part of the 6th arondissement, and also part of the 5th, this is the traditional student quarter of Paris, centered on the Sorbonne and the Panthéon. The narrow pedestrian streets are full of cafés and restaurants, and the busy boulevards, particularly the Boulevard Saint Michel, known as the Boul'Mich, have bookshops, cinemas and other shopsDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Quartier Latin
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53 Quinzaine commerciale
two-week period when shops in a town or shopping centre put on special offers. These special offer periods cannot be called 'Sales', since the wordSoldes, meaning 'sales', can only be used at specific times of the year designated by the government.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Quinzaine commerciale
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54 Smoking
France is among the countries that has introduced widescale bans on smoking in public places. Indoor smoking has been banned in workplaces, shops, airports, railway stations, schools and universities, etc. since February 2007, and in bars and restaurants since the start of 2008.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Smoking
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55 TVA
French Value Added Tax, or sales tax. The main rate in 2013 was 19.6%, and the reduced rate 5.5%. As is the custom throughout Europe, prices displayed at retail level, i.e. in shops, restaurants, hotels, domestic e-commerce websites, always include TVA, so there is nothing to be added to the price indicated when the customer comes to pay. On the other hand, prices listed for B-to-B (business to business) sales are normally indicated "hors taxe", i.e. excluding tax, since businesses will pay the tax but then reclaim it (if registered for VAT in France), or else be billed without tax in the case of cross-border sales to companies VAT registered in another European Union country. -
56 Toro (taureau)
bull; meat found in butcher shops in the Languedoc and Pays Basque, and sometimes on restaurant menus. -
57 Torteau au fromage
goat cheese cheesecake from the Poitou-Charentes along the Atlantic coast; a blackened, spherical loaf found at cheese shops throughout France; once a homemade delicacy, today prepared industrially.Alimentation Glossaire français-anglais > Torteau au fromage
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