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15 - Seas and Rivers Flashcards

1
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un courant, 2

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a current, a stram

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le reflux et le flux

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ebb and flow

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la marée haute

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high tide

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la marée basse

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low tide

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la marée descend

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the tide goes out

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la marée monte

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the tide goes out

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la houle, 2

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the surge, the swell

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un haut-fond

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a shoal

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un banc de sable

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a sandbank

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10
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les roulaux, les brisants

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the surf

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une lame

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a billow

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12
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l’écume

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foam

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13
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les embruns

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spray

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14
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une ride (d’eau)

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a ripple

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15
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non exploité

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untapped

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16
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des ressources

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resources

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17
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un nodule, un rognon

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a nodule

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18
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le fond de la mer

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the seabed

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19
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des nappes de mazout

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oil slicks

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20
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les effluents urbains

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sewage

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21
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les déchets

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waste

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22
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la saison balnéaire

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the bathing season

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23
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une station balnéaire

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a seaside resort

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24
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les vacanciers

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holiday-makers

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25
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se baigner (en mer)

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to bathe

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26
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un bain (en mer ou en rivière)

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a bathe

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27
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agité

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rough

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28
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calme, 2

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calm, smooth

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29
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perdre pied, 2

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to lose one’s footing
to be (get) drowned

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30
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la voile (sport)

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sailing

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31
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la navigation de plaisance

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yatching

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32
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le ski nautrique

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water-skiing

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33
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la plongée sous-marine

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skin-diving

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34
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des palmes

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flippers

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35
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se dorer au soleil

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to bask in the sun

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36
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prendre un bain de soleil

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to sunbathe

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37
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bronzé

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tanned

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38
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un château de sable

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a sandcastle

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39
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un coquillage

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a shell

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40
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à pied sec

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dry-shod

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41
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des algues

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seaweed

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42
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une flaque

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a pool

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43
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barboter, patauger

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to paddle

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44
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le surf, sport

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surfing

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45
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la planche à voile, sport

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windsurfing

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46
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une planche

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a board

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47
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un filet

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a net

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48
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la crevette

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shrimp

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49
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le bouquet

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prawn

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50
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un crabe

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a crab

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51
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une pince

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a claw

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52
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pincer qqun

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to pinch someone

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53
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les crustacés, les coquillages, 2

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seafish
seafood

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54
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un homard

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a lobster

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55
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une huître

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an oyster

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56
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une moule

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a mussel

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57
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une mouette

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a seagull

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58
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la pêche

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fishing

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59
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un bateau de pêche, 2

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a fishing boat, a fishing smack

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un port de pêche

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a fishing port

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61
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un banc (de poissons)

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a shoal

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62
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les mailles

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meshes

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63
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un chalut

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a trawl

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64
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un chalutier

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a trawler

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65
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un pêcheur

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a fisherman

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66
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la sole

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sole

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67
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le hareng

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herring

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68
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le thon, 2

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tuna, tunny

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69
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la sardine

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sardine

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70
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la morue

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cod

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71
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le carrelet, la plie

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plaice

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72
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la navigation

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shipping

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73
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parcourir les mers

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to sail the seas

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74
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un navire de guerre

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a warship

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75
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un paquebot

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a liner

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76
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un navire de commerce, 2

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a trader
a trading vessel

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77
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la marine marchande

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the merchant navy

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78
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un navire marchant, 2

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a merchantman, a merchant ship

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un vapeur, 2

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un steamship, a steamer

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80
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un cargo

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a cargo-ship, a freighter

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81
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un caboteur

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a coaster

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82
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un charbonnier

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a collier

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83
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un minéralier

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an ore tanker

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84
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une/des embarcations

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a craft (inv)

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85
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la machine

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the engine

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86
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l’hélice,2

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the propeller, the screw

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87
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un bateau à aubes

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a paddle steamer

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88
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la cheminée

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the funnel

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89
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la coque

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the hull

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90
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la quille

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the keel

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91
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l’étrave

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the stem

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92
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la poupe

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the stern

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93
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une cale

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a hold

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94
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étanche

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watertight

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95
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la cargaison, le fret, 2

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the cargo, the freight

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96
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arrimer qqchose

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to stow sth

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97
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un (porte-)conteneur

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a container (ship)

98
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le lest

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ballast

99
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charger une cargaison

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to load freight

100
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décharger

A

to unload, to discharge

101
Q

une grue

A

a crane

102
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gouverner un navire,

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to steer a ship

103
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la barre, 2

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the tiller, the helm

104
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le gouvernail

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the rudder

105
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la barre (roue)

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the wheel

106
Q

un marin

A

a sailor

107
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le capitaine

A

the master

108
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le patron

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the skipper

109
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le second

A

the mate

110
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le pilotage automatique

A

automatic steering

111
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le livre de bord

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the logbook

112
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une ancre

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an anchor

113
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l’avant, les bossoirs

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the bows

114
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tribord

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starboard

115
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babord

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port

116
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le mouillage

A

anchorage

117
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le tirant d’eau

A

the draught

118
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la sonde

A

the lead

119
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sonder

A

to sound

120
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jeter l’ancre

A

to drop anchor

121
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lever l’ancre

A

to weigh anchor

122
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battre pavillon de

A

to fly the flag of

123
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le pavillon

A

the ensign

124
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l’équipage

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the crew

125
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le quart

A

the watch

126
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la boussole

A

the compass

127
Q

une carte marine

A

a chart

128
Q

un noeud
en km/h

A

a knot
1.852 km/h

129
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un bateau à voile

A

a sailing vessel, ship

130
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un mât

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a mast

131
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une vergue

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a yard

132
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les voiles

A

the sail

133
Q

le gréement

A

the rigging

134
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un rouleau de cordage

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a coil of rope

135
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un trois-mâts

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a three-master

136
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toutes voiles dehoors

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under full canvas

137
Q

le sillage

A

the wake

138
Q

tirer des bordées

A

to tack about

139
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dériver

A

to drift

140
Q

un chantier de construction

A

a shipyard

141
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équiper, armer

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to fit out

142
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monter l’équipage

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to man

143
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le port d’attache

A

the home port

144
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être amarré

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to be moored

145
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le quai, 2

A

the quay, the wharf

146
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les bassins

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the docks

147
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le port

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the harbour

148
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une môle, une jetée

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a pier, a jetty

149
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un phare

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a lighthouse

150
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un remorqueur

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a tug

151
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remorquer, 2

A

to tow, to tug

152
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un chenal

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a channel

153
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une bouée

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a buoy

154
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naviguer

A

to sail

155
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faire route vers

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to be bound for

156
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gagner le large

A

to head for the open sea

157
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les pertes

A

casualties

158
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entrer en collision avec

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to collide with

159
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faire une voie d’eau

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to spring a leak

160
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un gilet de sauvetage

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a life-jacket

161
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un canot de sauvetage

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a lifeboat

162
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un radeau

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a raft

163
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faire naufrage

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to be wrecked

164
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un naufrage

A

a shipwreck

165
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une épave

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a wreck

166
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couler, sombrer

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to sink

167
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désemparé

A

disabled

168
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s’échouer

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to run aground

169
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être enlevé par une vague

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to be washed overboard

170
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une ceinture de sauvetage, 2

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a lifebelt, a lifebuoy

171
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couler

A

to flow

172
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noyer

A

to drown

173
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les cours d’eau

A

streams

174
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prendre sa source

A

to take one’s sources

175
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sourdre

A

to well out

176
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jaillir

A

to gush forth

177
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suinter

A

to ooze

178
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couler goutte à goutte

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to trickle

179
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un torrent

A

a torrent

180
Q

bondir, sauter en éclaboussant

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to splash

181
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un tourbillon

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an eddy

182
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bouillonner

A

to seethe

183
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écumer

A

to foam

184
Q

un ruisseau

A

a brook

185
Q

un affluent

A

a tributary

186
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une rivière, un fleuve

A

a river

187
Q

large, 2

A

broad, wide

188
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étroit

A

narrow

189
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droit

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straight

190
Q

sinueux

A

winding

191
Q

peu profond

A

shallow

192
Q

un gué

A

a ford

193
Q

traverser à gué, 2

A

to ford, to wade across

194
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la rive

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the bank

195
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le bord

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the edge

196
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le fond

A

the bottom

197
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clair, limpide

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clear

198
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trouble, bourbeux, 2

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turbid, muddy

199
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la vase, le limon

A

slime

200
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le lit du fleuve

A

the river-bed

201
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arroser, baigner

A

to water

202
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l’embouchure

A

the mouth

203
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un estuaire

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an estuary

204
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un delta

A

a delta

205
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l’eau douce

A

fresh water

206
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l’eau salée

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salt water

207
Q

un lac

A

a lake

208
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une mare

A

a pool

209
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un étang, un bassin

A

a pond

210
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un marais, 2

A

a swamp, a marsh

211
Q

un marécage, 2

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a fen, a bog

212
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la tourbe, Matière combustible spongieuse et légère, qui résulte de la décomposition de végétaux à l’abri de l’air.

A

peat

213
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mettre en culture

A

to reclaim

214
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drainer

A

to drain

215
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le bord de l’eau

A

the riverside

216
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une écaille

A

a scale

217
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une arête

A

a (fish)bone

218
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une nageoire

A

a fin

219
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l’écrevisse

A

crayfish

220
Q

une loutre

A

an otter

221
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un castor

A

a beaver

222
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un crapaud

A

a toad

223
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une grenouille

A

a frog

224
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un cygne

A

a swan

225
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un héron

A

a heron

226
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les poissons d’eau douce

A

freshwater fish

227
Q

un brochet, des brochets

A

a picke, pikes

228
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un vairon, du fretin

A

a minnow

229
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une anguille

A

an eel

230
Q

le roseau

A

reed

231
Q

le jonc

A

bulrush

232
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un saule

A

a willow

233
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un martin-pêcheur

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a kingfisher

234
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un canal

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a canal

235
Q

une péniche

A

a barge

236
Q

le chemin de halage

A

the tow-path

237
Q

une écluse Espace limité par des portes munies de vannes, et destiné à retenir ou à lâcher l’eau.

A

a lock

238
Q

une vanne

A

a sluice

239
Q

un bac

A

a ferry(-boat)

240
Q

un passeur

A

a ferryman

241
Q

un barrage

A

a dam

Le mot & L'idée (6 decks)

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