88. Extreme sports Flashcards

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1
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avoir le goût du risque

A

to like taking risks

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avoir le goût de l’aventure

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to have a taste for adventure

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3
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aimer l’aventure

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to be adventurous

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4
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la prise de risque(s)

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risk taking

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5
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un preneur de risques

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a risk taker

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risquer sa vie

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to risk one’s life

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7
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risquer sa peau

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to risk one’s neck

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mettre sa vie en danger

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to put one’s life at risk

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faire quelque chose au péril de sa vie

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to do something at the risk of one’s life

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avoir une montée d’adrénaline

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to get the adrenalin going

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11
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un amateur de sensations fortes

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a thrill seeker

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se donner des sensations fortes

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to get a thrill / a kick out of something

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13
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aimer se faire peur

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to like thrills and spills/chills

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14
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rechercher le danger

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tu push the danger button

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braver le danger

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to court danger

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16
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braver la mort

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to court death

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17
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flirter avec la mort

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to flirt with death

18
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risquer ce qu’il ne faut pas

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to play with danger

19
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un comportement à risques

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risk-taking behaviour

20
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prendre des risques extrêmes

A

to take extreme chances

21
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vivre dangereusement

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to live dangerously

22
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jouer sa vie à quitte ou double

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to live life on the edge

23
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le base jump

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BASE jumping

24
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le saut à l’élastique

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bungee jumping

25
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le snowboard

A

snowboarding

26
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l’escalade des murs de glace

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ice climbing

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le skateboard, le skate

A

skateboarding

28
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l’escalade

A

rock climbing

29
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l’alpinisme

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mountaineering

30
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le parapente

A

paragliding

31
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le deltaplane

A

hang-gliding

32
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la plongée sous-marine

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scuba diving

33
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la plongée en apnée

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apnoea diving

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le rafting

A

(whitewater) rafting

35
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la descente en rappel

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abseiling (GB) / rappelling (US)

36
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le parachutisme en chute libre

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skydiving

37
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la spéléologie

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caving / potholing

38
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le canyoning

A

canyoning

39
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le ski hors piste

A

off-piste skiing

40
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le VTT extrême

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extreme biking