1: Nature Flashcards

1
Q

Les prévisions météorologiques

A

the weather forecast

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2
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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

A

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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11
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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
Q

la forêt amazonienne

A

The Amazon rainforest

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24
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une forêt tropicale

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a rainforest

25
une tronçonneuse
a chainsaw
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le reboisement
reafforestation
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mortel
deadly
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couper un arbre
to cut down a tree
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la déforestation
the deforestation
30
eau potable
drinking water
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au dessus de la ville
over the city
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visant à protéger
aimed at protecting
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un éléphant. une défense, une corne
an elephant, a tusk, a horn
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un âne
a donkey
35
les animaux sauvages
wild animals
36
un lièvre, une baleine
a hare/a whale
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une puce
a flea
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gentil, inoffensif
harmless
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griffer (repartir de rien)
to scratch (to start from scratch)
40
faire son nid. Ramper
to nest. To crawl
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un écologiste
an environmentalist
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une espèce en voie de disparition
an endangered species
43
la biosphère
the biosphere (bAïosphere)
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la forêt tropicale
the tropical rainforest
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l'effet de serre
the greenhouse effect
46
le réchauffement climatique
global warming
47
la couche d'ozone
the ozone layer
48
les déchets industriels
industrial waste
49
les eaux usées
sewage (suwege)
50
une décharge
a waste dump
51
voc des gaz de schistes
e
52
une marée noire
an oil stick
53
les gaz d'échappements
exhaust fumes
54
les ordures
rubbish
55
Qui préserve la couche d'ozone
Ozone-friendly
56
Génétiquement modifié
genetically modified
57
être menacé d'extinction
to be threatened with extinction
58
diminuer, épuiser
to deplete
59
trier des déchets
Most inhabitants of the Scandinavian countries sort waste | whereas in other european countries, like in france for example, its not the case