Le Senegal
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un outil
a tool
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en bois
made of wood
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en métal
made of metal
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les bénéfices
profits, benefits
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l'île de Ngor
a small island off the coast of Dakar
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une pirogue
a dugout canoe
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la peine
sentence, punishment
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le griot
an African storyteller
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un métier
a profession
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conter une histoire
to tell a story
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le récolte
the harvest
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une coopérative
a business that is owned and run jointly by its members who share the profits or benefits
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le kess kess
a small percussion instrument made of small gourds and seeds
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la kora
an African musical instrument
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une plume
a feather
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une calebasse
a gourd
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une tige
a twig
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un os
a bone
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teindre
to dye
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un baobab
an African tree, known as 'the tree of life'
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les pêcheurs
fishermen
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la nourriture saine
healthy food
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la peau
the skin
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les produits chimiques
chemical products
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les aliments transformés
processed food
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les conservateurs
preservatives
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les hormones
hormones
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rester en forme
to stay in shape, fit
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un panier de paille
a straw basket
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guérir
to cure
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un vendeur/une vendeuse
a seller
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le marché
an open-air market
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un gris-gris
a talisman to ward off evil spirits
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un artisan, une artisane
a craftsman
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l'art de sable
sand art
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le marabout
a holy man, witch doctor
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un musulman
a Muslim person
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un moissonneur/une moissonneuse
a harvester
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Tabaski
a Muslim holiday, Feast of Sacrifice
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un seau
a bucket
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réligieux/réligieuse
religious
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la climatisation
air conditioning
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un bol commun
a communal bowl
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un mouton/un bélier
a sheep/ram
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l'eau courante
running water
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le thiéboudienne
a traditional Senegalese dish with fish, vegetables, and rice, typically eaten by hand
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un taxi brousse
a shared taxi, local bus
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un porte-bonheur
a good luck charm
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un sèche-linge
a clothes dryer
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une manque de
a lack of
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laïque
secular, lay, non-religious
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un pays en voie de développement
a developing country
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la lutte (laamb en wolof)
wrestling
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le commerce triangulaire
the Triangular Trade
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les esclaves
slaves
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la frappe
a strike, hit
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une rite de passage
a rite of passage (an act that symbolizes a change of stages of life: child to adult)
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soutenir
to support, uphold, maintain
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une communauté
a community
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un djembé
a Senegalese drum made of wood and animal skin
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un tribunal de conseil
a council, court
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des sages
wise men
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le blanchiment de la peau
skin whitening
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l'université
college
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la grossesse
pregnancy
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le mariage précoce
child marriage
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accueillir
to welcome
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néfaste
adverse, harmful
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les publicités (les pubs)
commercials/ads
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la polygamie
polygamy, a relationship with multiple wives (4 max)
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la patrimoine culturel
cultural heritage
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Teranga
hospitality, generosity - the most important Senegalese value
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l'abeille
a bee
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le thé à la menthe
mint tea
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un sothiou
to clean in Wolof - a chewing stick
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sucré
sweet, sugary
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le boubou
a long, flowing garment - traditional dress
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le sel
salt
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le lac Rose (aka Lake Retba)
the Pink lake
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le batik
a coloring technique for fabrics
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une machine à laver
a washing machine
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la plomberie
plumbing
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un lave-vaisselle
a dishwasher
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le cire
wax
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le motif
a pattern, design
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fait à la main
handmade
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le tissu
cloth
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le blanchissement de la peau
skin whitening
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