A-7. Water and Sea Flashcards by Noémie Gmbl

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ruisseaux

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rivulets

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chute d’eau

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fall

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cascade

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cascade

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le bouillonnement

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seething

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jaillir

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spout

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vannes

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hatches

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écume

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foam / spume

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rapides

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rapids

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en aval

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downstream

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tourbillonnant

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swirling

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faire des remous

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eddy

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fleuve

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bigger river

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parapet

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parapet

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courants

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currents

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affluents

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tributaries

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montée des eaux

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rise

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déborder

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overflow

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inondation

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flood

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en crue

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in spate

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le dégel

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thaw

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canaux

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canals

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écluse

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lock

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barrage

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dam

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se jeter dans la mer

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run into the sea

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estuaire

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estuary

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flaque

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puddle

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mare

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pool

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étang

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pond

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lac

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lake

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marécage

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marsh

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clapoter

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lap

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péninsule

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peninsula

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les bords de l’eau

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the water’s edge

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les flots

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the billow

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joncs

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rushes

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roseau

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reed

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nénufar

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water-lily

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nymphéas

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nymphea

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truite

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trout

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ombre

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grayling

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éphémères

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mayfly

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martin-pêcheur

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kingfisher

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nageoire

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fin

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écailles

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scales

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arête

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fish-bone

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ouies

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gills

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anguille

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eel

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brochet

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pike

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carpe

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carp

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goujon

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gudgeon

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perche

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perch

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crustacé

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crawfish

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écrevisse

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crustacean

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à marée basse

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at low tide

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à marée hausse

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at high tide

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patauger

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wade

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éclabousser

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splash

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côte

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coast

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rivage

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shore

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bord de mer

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sea-side

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bord de rivière

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bank

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bord de lac

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margin

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grève

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strand

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baie

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bay

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déchiquetée

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ragged

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fjords

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fiords

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pointes

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headlands

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récif

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reef

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anses

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coves

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criques

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creeks

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lames houleuses

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rollers

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agitée

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choppy

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la houle

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swell

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rafale

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gust

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bourrasque

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squall

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orage

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storm(-wind)

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tourmente

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whole gale

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tempête

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tempest

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trombe

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tornado

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naufrage

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shipwreck

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hurlement du vent

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howling of the wind

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enfler

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swell

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abîme

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abyss

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iode

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iodine

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varech

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wrack

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algues

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seaweed

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les grands fonds

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the depths of the ocean

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langouste

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crayfish

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langoustine

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Norway lobster

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moules

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mussels

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coques

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cockles

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oursins

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sea-urchins

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seiche

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cuttle-fish

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cétacés

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cetaceans

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cachalot

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sperm-whale

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marsouin

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porpoise

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otarie

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sea-lion

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bancs de poisson

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shoals

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anchois

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anchovy

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hareng

A

halibut