PET VOCABULARY in French
General vocab:
faire ses besoins - to do your business
caresser - to pat
l’animalerie - the pet shop
un animal de compagnie - a pet
un animal domestique - a pet
la garde d’animaux - pet sitting
la nourriture pour animaux - pet/animal food
accepter les animaux/qui accueille les animaux de compagnie - pet friendly (e.g. house/motel/café)
CATS
un chat - cat
un chaton - kitten
un minou - kitty
un minet - kitty
une minette - kitty
miaou - meow
un miaulement - a meow
miauler - to meow
la litière pour chats - kitty litter
la nourriture pour chat - cat food
DOGS
un chien - dog
un chiot - puppy
un toutou - doggy
ouaf ouaf - ruff ruff
un aboyement - a bark
aboyer - to bark
la nourriture/la bouffe/les aliments pour chien
promener son chien - to walk the dog
sortir le chien - to walk the dog
STUDYING in French
WHAT PEOPLE REALLY DO WHEN THEY STUDY
atermoyer - to procrastinate
TO STUDY
étudier - to study
bosser à fond - to work (hard)
bosser comme un fou/un malade - to work like mad
bosser dur - to buckle down
faire des recherches (sur) - to research/do research (on)
la lecture générale - background reading
travailler - to work
se mettre au travail - to get to work/buckle down
s’y mettre (sérieusement) - to buckle down
IN THE EXAM
avoir un trou (de mémoire) - to draw a blank
se creuser le cerveau/les cervelles/le ciboulot - to rack your brains
deviner - to guess
réussir haut la main - to breeze through (the exam)
TO PASS
réussir - to pass (an exam)
***NOTE: passer un examen ONLY means to do an exam, not to ‘pass it’
TO FAIL
échouer à (un examen) - to fail an exam
ne pas avoir son examen - to fail an exam
rater ses études - to fail your exams
ACADEMIC SUCCESS/FAILURE/ACHIEVEMENTS
être en échec scolaire - to underperform at school/be a dropout
rater ses études - to fail your course
lately i’ve been replacing my “i’m sorry”s with “thank you”s, like instead of “sorry i’m late” i’ll say “thanks for waiting for me”, or instead of “sorry for being such a mess” i’ll say “thank you for loving me and caring about me unconditionally” and it’s not only shifted the way i think and feel about myself but also improved my relationships with others who now get to receive my gratitude instead of my negativity
This is some 2017 mood
this is my new mantra !!!
Sixteen Small Steps to Happiness
1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.
2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.
3. erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits, then erase pasta, rice, cereal, then bread. use the rule that if a child couldn’t identify what was in it, you don’t eat it.
4. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.
5. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.
6. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.
7. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.
8. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.
9. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.
10. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.
11. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.
12. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.
14. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.
15. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.
16. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.
It’s about who you miss at 2 in the afternoon when you’re busy, not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.
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