28-Country life Flashcards

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1
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la campagne

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the country, the countryside

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la terre

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(the) land

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a agriculteur, un fermier

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a farmer

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un paysan

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a peasant

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une jument

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a mare

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un âne

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a donkey

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un vache; un veau; un boeuf; un taureau

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a cow; a calf; an ox; a bull

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un mouton; une brebis; un agneau; une chèvre

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a sheep; an ewe; a lamb; a goat

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un poulet; une poule; un canard: une oie

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a chicken; a hen; a duck; a goose

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les poulets de batterie

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battery chickens

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un troupeau

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a herd, a flock

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l’herbe

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grass

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un champ

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a field

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un forêt; un bois

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a forest; a wood

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une récolte, une culture

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a crop

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planter; labourer

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to plant; to plough

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pousser; faire pousser

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to grow; to grow

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paître

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to graze

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un éleveur; élever

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a breeder; to breed, to raise

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l’élevage intensif

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intensive breeding

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21
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le bétail

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cattle

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un étable

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a cow-shed

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une écurie

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a stable

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24
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une grange

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a barn

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25
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un vétérinaire

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un vet(erinarian)

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26
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les produits agricoles

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agricultural produce

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27
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une vache laitière

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a milchcow

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28
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traire

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to milk

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29
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écrémer

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to skim

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30
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les produits laitiers

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dairy produce

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le porc; le boeuf; le veau: le moutton

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pork; beef; veal; mutton

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32
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un verger

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a orchard

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33
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une poire; un abricot; une prune; le raisin

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a pear; an apricot; a plum; grapes

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34
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mûr; mûrir

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ripe; to ripe

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35
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le goût

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taste

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36
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cueillir

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to pick

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37
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l’agriculture ; agraire, agricole

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farming ; agricultural

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38
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végétal ; les légumes

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vegetable ; vegetables

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39
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une pomme de terre; une carotte, un poireau; un chou; les choux de Bruxelles

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a potato ; a carrot ; a leek ; a cabbage ; Brussels sprouts

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40
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une salade; une laitue

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a lettuce

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41
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une céréale ; le blé ; le maïs

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a cereal ; corn/wheat ; maize/corn

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42
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le foin

A

hay

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43
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la paille

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straw

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44
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la récolte, la moisson ; récolter, moissonner

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(the) harvest ; to harvest

45
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un pré

A

a meadow

46
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un pied de vigne ; une vigne ; un viticulteur

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a vine ; a vineyard ; a wine-grower

47
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les vendanges

A

the wine harvest

48
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le sol, la terre

A

the ground, the soil

49
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fertile ; stérile; infertile

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fertile ; barren

50
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arroser

A

to water

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prospérer

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to thrive

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tirer

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to draw

53
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dépendre de

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to dépend on

54
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le paysage

A

the landscape

55
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un villageois

A

a villager

56
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un hameau

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a hamlet

57
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sain, bon pour la santé ; sain, en bonne santé

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sound ; healthy

58
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rustique

A

rustic

59
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l’ennui

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boredom

60
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ennuyeux (2) ; s’ennuyer

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boring/tedious ; to get bored

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triste, ennuyeux

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dull

62
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idyllique ; pittoresque

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idyllic ; picturesque

63
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attrayant

A

attractive

64
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une vie simple

A

a plain life

65
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arriéré

A

backward

66
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un ruisseau

A

a stream

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une haie

A

a hedge

68
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auto-suffisant

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self-sufficient

69
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l’agriculture en autocratie / industrielle

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subsistance / industrial farming

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le temps ; le climat

A

the whether ; the climate

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se débarrasser de

A

to do away with

72
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arracher

A

to uproot

73
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Il ne se passe jamais rien

A

Nothing ever happens

74
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la culture (agriculture)

A

cultivation

75
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un ouvrier agricole

A

a farm labourer

76
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l’outillage agricole

A

farm implements

77
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un tracteur ; une moissonneuse batteuse

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a tractor ; a combine harvester

78
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un récolte record

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a bomber crop

79
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une espèce

A

a species

80
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un produit chimique

A

a chemical (product)

81
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polluer ; un pollueur

A

to pollute ; a polluter

82
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un pesticide ; un engrais

A

a pesticide ; a fertilizer

83
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l’empoisonnement ; un poison ; empoisonner

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poisoning ; a poison ; to poison

84
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les aliments (2)

A

food, foodstuffs

85
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la chair

A

flesh

86
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un syndicat paysan

A

a faner’s union

87
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l’exode rural

A

the rural exodus

88
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une petite exploitation ; la petite exploitation

A

a small farm ; small-scale farming

89
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(non) rentable ; la rentabilité

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(un)profitable ; profitability

90
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les eaux souterraines ; une nappe phréatique

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underground water ; aquifer

91
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cultiver (un champ)

A

to till

92
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une semence

A

a seed

93
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transgénique ; OGM

A

transgenic ; GMCs

94
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la génie génétique

A

genetic engineering

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l’industrie agro-alimentaire

A

agribusiness

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productif

A

productive

97
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le rendement par hectare

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yield

98
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un excédent

A

a surplus

99
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la surproduction

A

overproduction

100
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la PAC

A

the Common Agricultural Policy

101
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les jachères

A

set-aside land

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les quotas

A

quotas

103
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la maladie de la vache folle

A

mad cow disease

104
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l’aliment pour le bétail

A

cattle feed

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un abattoir

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a slaughter-house

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abattre

A

to slaughter

107
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agriculture bio

A

organic farming

108
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gérer, exploiter (2)

A

to manage, to run

109
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semer

A

to sow