24 Le Temps Qu'il Fait - The Weather Flashcards

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Une zone climatique

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A climate zone

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**Les climats**

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**Climates**

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Tropical, subtropical

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Tropical, subtropical

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Équatorial

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Equatorial

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Continental

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Continental

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Chaud

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Hot

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Sec / désertique

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Dry / arid

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Humide (et tiède)

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Humid / wet

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Tempéré

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Temperate / moderate

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Froid

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Cold

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Polaire

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Polar

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**Les conditions météorologiques**

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**The weather conditions**

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La chaleur

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Heat

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Le soleil

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The sun

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Un nuage

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A cloud

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La pluie

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Rain

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Une goutte de pluie

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A raindrop

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Une bruine, un crachin

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A drizzle

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Une averse

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A shower

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Les giboulées de mars

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April showers

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Une pluie diluvienne

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A downpour

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La mousson

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The monsoon

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La saison des pluies

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The rainy season

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Une trombe d’eau

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A waterspout

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Le brouillard / la brume

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Fog, mist, haze

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Une nappe de brouillard

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A patch of fog

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La neige

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Snow

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Un flocon de neige

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A snowflake

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Une chute de neige

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A snowfall

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La neige fondue (au sol)

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Slush

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La neige fondue (qui tombe)

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Sleet

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Le dégel

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Thaw

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La grêle

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Hail

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Un grêlon

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A hailstone

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Le vent

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The wind

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Un tourbillon

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A whirlwind

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Une bourrasque

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A gust of wind

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Une rafale

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A squall

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Un grand vent

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A gale

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Une brise

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A breeze

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Une accalmie

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A lull

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Un arc-en-ciel

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A rainbow

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Une tempête

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A storm

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Le tonnerre

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Thunder

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Un orage

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A thunderstorm

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Un coup de tonnerre

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A clap of thunder, a thunderclap

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Des éclairs

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Lightning

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Un éclair

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A flash of lightning

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Une violente tempête

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A tempest

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Une tornade

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A tornado&raquo_space; pl. tornadoes

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

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Le gel, la gelée

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Frost

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La gelée blanche

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Hoarfrost

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La glace

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Ice

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Une plaque de verglas

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A patch of (black) ice

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Ensoleillé

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Sunny

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Nuageux

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Cloudy

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Pluvieux

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Rainy

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Brumeux

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Foggy, misty, hazy

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Neigeux

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Snowy

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Venteux

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Windy

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Balayé par les vents

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Windswept

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Orageux

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Stormy

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Couvert de givre

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Frosty

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  1. Glacial, glacé 2. Gelé
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Icy

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  1. Très frais 2. Très froid, Glacial
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Chilly

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Couvert (ciel)

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Overcast

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Se couvrir (ciel)

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To cloud over

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Se dégager (ciel)

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To clear up

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Pleuvoir

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To rain

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Bruiner

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To drizzle

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Neiger

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To snow

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Fondre

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To melt

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Fondre, dégeler

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To thraw

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Grêler

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To hail

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Souffler

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To blow

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Tonner

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To thunder

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Geler

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To freeze

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(Se) givrer

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To frost up, to frost over

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**Les prévisions météorologiques**

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**The weather forecast**

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Une girouette

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A weathercock, a weathervane

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Un baromètre

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A barometer

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Un thermomètre

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A thermometer

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La météo(rologie)

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Meteorology

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Monsieur météo

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The weatherman

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Le bulletin météo

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The weather report

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Une éclaircie

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A sunny spell

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Une dépression

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A trough, a depression

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Un anticyclone

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A antocyclone

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Une vague de chaleur

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A heatwave

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La canicule

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Dog days

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Une journée torride

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A scorcher

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Un soleil brûlant

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A scorching sun

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Étouffant

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Stifling

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Lourd

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Close

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Accablant, étouffant

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Sultry / Sweltering

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Variable, changeant

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Changeable, unsettled

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Très doux

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Balmy

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Donner les prévisions météorologiques

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To forecast the weather

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Quel temps fait-il ?

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What’s the weather like?

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Il fait beau / très beau

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The weather is fine / glorious

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Il pleut à verse

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It’s pouring down with rain

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On dirait qu’il va pleuvoir / neiger

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It looks like rain / snow

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Les alizés et les vents d’ouest

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Trade winds and westerlies

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On gèle, ici !

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It’s freezing here

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Sous les tropiques, il fait chaud toute l’année, mais il y a une saison des pluies et une saison sèche

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The tropics are warm all the year round but experience wet and dry seasons

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Les nuages se disperseront dans l’après-midi

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Clouds will disperse in the afternoon

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Le temps sera nuageux avec de belles éclaircies / avec quelques averses

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The weather will be cloudy with bright intervals / with occasional = scattered showers

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Le vent a fait rage, puis il s’est calmé

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The wind raged then abated

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La maison était bloquée par la neige

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The house was snowed up

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L’oeil du cyclone

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The eye of the storm

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Si le temps le permet…

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Weather permitting…

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Il tombe des cordes / des hallebardes

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It’s raining cats and dogs

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À quelque chose, malheur est bon / Après la pluie, le beau temps

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Every cloud has a silver lining

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Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul

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It never rains but it pours

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Ne pas se sentir au mieux de sa forme

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To feel under the weather

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Laisser passer l’orage

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To weather the storm

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Parler de tout et de rien

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To shoot the breeze

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Il est entré en trombe dans le magasin

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He stormed into the store

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Ça l’a coupée dans son élan

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It took the wind out of her sails

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Il a été laissé en plan

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He was left out in the cold

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C’est du bla-bla, tout ça !

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It’s all hot air!

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Ce n’est que partie remise

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I’ll take a rain check (US)

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Être débordé de travail

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To be snowed under with work

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Quoi qu’il arrive

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Come rain or shine

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“On ne bouge plus ! Police !”

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“Freeze! This is the police”

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Une tempête dans un verre d’eau

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A storm in a teacup