21 economic sectors II Flashcards by Bertrand herrmann

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Le charbon, la houille

A

Coal

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Gisement de charbon

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Coalfield

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Mine de charbon (site)

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Coalmine

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Mine de charbon (puits)

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Pit

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Houillere (entreprise)

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Colliery

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L’industrie houillere, les charbonnages

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The coal (mining) industry

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L’industrie miniere

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The mining industry

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Exploiter une mine

A

Work a mine

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Extraire qqch de qqch

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Extract sth from sth/dig sth out of sth

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Le carreau de la mine

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The pithead

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Front de taille

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Coal face

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Taille

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Tunnel

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Galerie

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Gallery

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Puits

A

Shaft

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Terril, crassier

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Slag heap

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Travailler a la mine

A

Go down the mines

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Mineur

A

Miner

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Mineur (de houillere)

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Coalminer

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Ingenieur des mines

A

Mining engineer

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Lampe de mineur

A

Safety lamp

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Pioche

A

Br: pickaxe/ us:pickax

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Benne

A

Skip

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Carriere

A

Quarry

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L’exploitation a ciel ouvert

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Br: open-cast mining/ us:strip mining

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Eboulement

Rock fall/ cave-in

S'effondrer

Cave in

Le grisou

Firedamp

Coup de grisou

Firedamp explosion

La siderurgie

The iron and steel industry

Usine siderurgique

Br: ironworks/ us:iron plant

Siderurgiste

Steelworker

Acierie

Br:steelworks/ us:steel plant

Laminoir

Rolling mill

Haut-fourneau

Blast furnace

Fonderie

Foundry

La metallurgie

Metallurgy

Le metal

Metal

Metallurgiste

Metalworker

Fondre du metal

Melt metal (down)

La tole

Sheet metal

Le fer

Iron

Barre de fer

Bar of iron

La fonte (materiau)

Cast iron

Le minerai de fer

Iron ore

Fondre du minerai

Smelt ore

Forger

Forge

Construire, batir

Construct, build

La construction, le batiment (activite)

Building

La maconnerie (resultat)

Masonry

Chantier de construction

Building site

Levé

Survey

Faire un levé de terrain

Survey a site

Arpenteur

(land) surveyor

Metreur

Quantity surveyor

Entrepreneur en batiment

Building contractor

Les ouvriers du batiment

Building workers

Constructeur

Builder, constructor

Le chef de chantier

The foreman

Macon (general)

Builder

Macon (qui travaille la pierre)

Stonemason

Macon (qui pose les briques)

Bricklayer

Platrier

Plasterer

Creuser, excaver

Excavate

Le terrassement

Excavation

Poser les fondations

Lay the foundations

Poser un conduit

Lay a pipe