1: Nature Flashcards

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1
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Les prévisions météorologiques

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the weather forecast

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les prévisions

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the outlook

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3
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une période sèche

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a dry spell

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4
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la canicule

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the dog days

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5
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une vague de chaleur

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a heat wave

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6
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le vent

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the wind

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7
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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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8
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la mousson

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the monsoon

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9
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un éclair

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a flash of lightning

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10
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un coup de tonnerre

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a clap of thunder

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le brouillard pollué ( pollution chinoise ..)

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ø smog

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12
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Briller

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to shine

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13
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s’étendre

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to spread

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14
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avertir

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to warn

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15
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un fuseau horaire

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a time zone

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16
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un détroit

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a strait

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17
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le littoral

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the shore

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18
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unbarrage

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a dam

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19
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un col

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a pass

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20
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une graine

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a seed

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21
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les algues

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seaweed

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22
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un champignon

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a fungus

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23
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la forêt amazonienne

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The Amazon rainforest

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24
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une forêt tropicale

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a rainforest

25
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une tronçonneuse

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a chainsaw

26
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le reboisement

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reafforestation

27
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mortel

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deadly

28
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couper un arbre

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to cut down a tree

29
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la déforestation

A

the deforestation

30
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eau potable

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drinking water

31
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au dessus de la ville

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over the city

32
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visant à protéger

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aimed at protecting

33
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un éléphant. une défense, une corne

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an elephant, a tusk, a horn

34
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un âne

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a donkey

35
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les animaux sauvages

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wild animals

36
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un lièvre, une baleine

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a hare/a whale

37
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une puce

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a flea

38
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gentil, inoffensif

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harmless

39
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griffer (repartir de rien)

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to scratch (to start from scratch)

40
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faire son nid. Ramper

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to nest. To crawl

41
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un écologiste

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an environmentalist

42
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une espèce en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

43
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la biosphère

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the biosphere (bAïosphere)

44
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la forêt tropicale

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the tropical rainforest

45
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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

46
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le réchauffement climatique

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global warming

47
Q

la couche d’ozone

A

the ozone layer

48
Q

les déchets industriels

A

industrial waste

49
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les eaux usées

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sewage (suwege)

50
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une décharge

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a waste dump

51
Q

voc des gaz de schistes

A

e

52
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une marée noire

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an oil stick

53
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les gaz d’échappements

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exhaust fumes

54
Q

les ordures

A

rubbish

55
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Qui préserve la couche d’ozone

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Ozone-friendly

56
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Génétiquement modifié

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genetically modified

57
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être menacé d’extinction

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to be threatened with extinction

58
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diminuer, épuiser

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to deplete

59
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trier des déchets

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Most inhabitants of the Scandinavian countries sort waste

whereas in other european countries, like in france for example, its not the case