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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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