36. La Terre Flashcards

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la terre

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the earth

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géographie

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geography

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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polaire

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polar

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l’Arctique

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the Arctic

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l’équateur

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the Equator

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un fuseau horaire

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a time zone

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la dérive des continents

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continental drift

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un territoire

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a territory

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une carte

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a map

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un plan

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a map

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un atlas

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an atlas

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la terre

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the land

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sur la terre ferme

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on dry land

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un point de repère

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a landmark

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le paysage

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landscape

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la campagne

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countryside

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plat

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flat

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un marais, un marécage

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a marsh, a bog, a swamp

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marécageux

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marshy

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une carverne

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a cave

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une île

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an island

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un isthme

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an isthmus

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un cap

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a cape

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un archipel

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an archipelago

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un désert

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a desert

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la savane

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savanna

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jungle

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jungle

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la forêt

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woodland

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une vue

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a view

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à perte de vue

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as far as the eye can see

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32
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la boussole

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the compass

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s’orienter

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to find* one’s bearings

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34
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plus au nord

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further north

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la hauteur

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height

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bas

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low

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une montagne

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a mountain

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une colline

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a hill

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un massif

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a massif

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le sommet

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the summit

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un pic

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a peak

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une vallée

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a valley

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une falaise

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a cliff

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une pente

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a slope

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un gouffre

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a chasm

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un creux

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a hollow

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raide, escarpé

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steep

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un volcan

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a volcano

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49
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entrer en éruption

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to erupt

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la lave

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lava

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une faille

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a fault

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les Alpes

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the Alps

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53
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les Pyrénées

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the Pyrenees

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54
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les Montagne rocheuses

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the Rocky Mountains

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55
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la mer

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the sea

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56
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les Appalaches

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the Appalachian Mountains

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57
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en mer

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at sea

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58
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la marée

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the tide

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une vague

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a wave

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la côte

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the coast

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un galet

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a pebble

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un récif

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a reef

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au bord de la rivière

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by the riverside

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le débit

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the flow

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65
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à contre-courant

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against the stream

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en amont

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upstream

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67
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en aval

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downstream

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un ruisseau

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a brook

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la boue

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mud

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un lac

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a lake

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un étang

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a pool

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une chute d’eau

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waterfall

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un tourbillon

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a whirlpool

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l’eau douce

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fresh water

75
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étroit

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narrow

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jaillir

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to gush

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inonder

A

to flood

78
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un barrage

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a dam

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la Tamisea

A

The Thames

80
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le temps

A

the weather

81
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il fait beau

A

the weather’s fine

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ensoleillé

A

sunny

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des éclaircies

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bright intervals

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sec

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dry

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la sécheresse

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drought

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un nuage

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a cloud

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nuageux

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cloudy

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instable

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unsettled

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la pluie

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rain

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empirer

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to get* worse

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bruiner

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to drizzle

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la bruine

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drizzle

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une averse

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a shower

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la grêle

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hail

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le brouillard

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fog

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la brume

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mist

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brumeux

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hazy, foggy

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mouillé

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wet

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sécher

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to dry*

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être trempé jusqu’aux os

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to be soaked through

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humide

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humid

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le vent

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the wind

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souffler

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to blow*

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venteux

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windy

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une tempête

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a storm

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une rafale de vent

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a squall

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se déchaîner

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to rage

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le tonnerre

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thunder

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orageux

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stormy,thundery

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la foudre

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lightning

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la gelée le gel

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frost

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geler

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to freeze*

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glacé

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icy

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le verglas

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black ice

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la neigé

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snow

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un flocon de neige

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a snowflake

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une couche de neige

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a blanket of snow

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une avalanche

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an avalanche

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fondre

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to melt

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la chaleur

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heat

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une vague de chaleur

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a heatwave

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suffocant

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sultry

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c’est brûlant

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it’s burning hot

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au chaud

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in the warm

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faire chauffer

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to warm

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tiède

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tepid

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froid

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cold

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être frileux

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to feel* the cold

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rafraîchir(boisson)

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to cool

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refroidir(nourriture)

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to get* cold

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le jour

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the daylight

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le clair de lune

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moonlight

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éclairer

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to light*

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clair, lumineux

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bright

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briller

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to shine*

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éclatant

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brilliant

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éblouir

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to dazzle

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éblouissant

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dazzling

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une lueur

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a glow

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luisant

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gleaming

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scintiller

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to twinkle

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une étincelle

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a spark

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l’ombre( d’une personne)

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the shadow

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sans éclat

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dull

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ombragé

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shady

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à l’ombre

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in the shade

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il fait nuit noire

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it’s pitch-dark

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ténébreux

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dark

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les ténèbres

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darkness

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une couleur

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a colour

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intense

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deep

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uni

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plain

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voyant

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gaudy

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fade

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Bland

155
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être assorti avec

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to match sth

156
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un ton

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a shade

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teinter

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to tint

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teindre

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to dye

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décolorer

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to bleach

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la survie

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survival

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disparu

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extinct

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être menacé de

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to be threatened with

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une fuite

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a leak

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un égout

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a sewer

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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un pesticide

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a pesticide

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OGM

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GMOs genetically modified organism

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gaspiller

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to waste