l'assurance maladie- health insurance
une boite manuelle (short for: la voiture à boite manuelle)- stick-shift car
le bord du lac- lake shore ("le bord" can also mean edge/side/rim with objects and places)
le bricolage- DIY
chanceux- lucky
un chariot- cart (can be used for wagon/carriage/cart, but in my case it is used for a baggage cart!)
coucou- (slang, exc.) hello! woo! "coucou me voici": peek-a-boo! (The mother of my French family used "coucou" as a greeting in an email, like "bonjour/salut".)
coulissant- sliding (for doors in my case= les portes coulissantes)
les feux d'artifice- fireworks
Je meurs d'impatience!- I can't wait! (Literally, I'm dying of impatience)
miam-miam!- yum yum!
ravi- delighted
le sable- sand
secourable- helpful
youpi! - yippee!
And I'm going to have to study driving vocab since I arrive Monday evening and I have my lesson in driving the standard car that I'll have the next day at 2:30... Yikes. :)
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