7: Le Climat Flashcards by Matilda Gawf

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Une vague de chaleur

A

Heat wave

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Une canicule

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Heat wave

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Lorsque

A

When, as soon as; while

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Toucher du doigt

A

Put your finger on

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Le gaz a effet de serre

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Green house gasses

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Issus

A

Resulting from

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Rechauffement global

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Global warming

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La banquise arctique

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Arctic ice-pack

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Porte’e

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Litter; range, reach; impact

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Paysage

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Landscape; view, overview

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Reculer

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Move back, reduce; withdraw, retreat

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Eclairer

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Illuminate; clarify

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Filiere

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Industry, sector

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Attenuation

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Reduction; alleviation, easing (pain)

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Un Atout

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An advantage

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La fonte

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The thaw, melting

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Malaise’

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Difficult, not easy

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Une problematique

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A question, issue

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Evenementiel

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Factual, event- based

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Cumuler

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Do concurrently; add up, accumulating

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La banquise

A

Ice pack

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Un relevement

A

A raising, a recovery

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Ineluctable

A

Unavoidable

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Une contrainte

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Pressure, coercion; constraint

Un atout

An advantage

Une mise en evidence

A manifestation, proof, illustration, validation

Un vivant

A life, a living thing

Calotte glaciaire

Ice cap

Rivaliser

To compete

La hauteur

The height

Etendu

Vast, extensive

Une hausse

Rise, increase

Provenir

Originate from

Formel

Formal, straight; upfront

Accentuer

Accentuate, to bring out; stress

S’accentuer

Intensify, escalate;

Lors de

During, while

De l’ordre de

About, around, in the range of.