A-7. Water and Sea Flashcards

1
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ruisseaux

A

rivulets

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chute d’eau

A

fall

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cascade

A

cascade

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le bouillonnement

A

seething

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5
Q

jaillir

A

spout

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6
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vannes

A

hatches

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7
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écume

A

foam / spume

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8
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rapides

A

rapids

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9
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en aval

A

downstream

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tourbillonnant

A

swirling

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11
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faire des remous

A

eddy

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12
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fleuve

A

bigger river

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13
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parapet

A

parapet

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14
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courants

A

currents

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15
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affluents

A

tributaries

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16
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montée des eaux

A

rise

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17
Q

déborder

A

overflow

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18
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inondation

A

flood

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19
Q

en crue

A

in spate

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20
Q

le dégel

A

thaw

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21
Q

canaux

A

canals

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22
Q

écluse

A

lock

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23
Q

barrage

A

dam

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24
Q

se jeter dans la mer

A

run into the sea

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25
Q

estuaire

A

estuary

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26
Q

flaque

A

puddle

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27
Q

mare

A

pool

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28
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étang

A

pond

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29
Q

lac

A

lake

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30
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marécage

A

marsh

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31
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clapoter

A

lap

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32
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péninsule

A

peninsula

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33
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les bords de l’eau

A

the water’s edge

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34
Q

les flots

A

the billow

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35
Q

joncs

A

rushes

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36
Q

roseau

A

reed

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37
Q

nénufar

A

water-lily

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38
Q

nymphéas

A

nymphea

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39
Q

truite

A

trout

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40
Q

ombre

A

grayling

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41
Q

éphémères

A

mayfly

42
Q

martin-pêcheur

A

kingfisher

43
Q

nageoire

A

fin

44
Q

écailles

A

scales

45
Q

arête

A

fish-bone

46
Q

ouies

A

gills

47
Q

anguille

A

eel

48
Q

brochet

A

pike

49
Q

carpe

A

carp

50
Q

goujon

A

gudgeon

51
Q

perche

A

perch

52
Q

crustacé

A

crawfish

53
Q

écrevisse

A

crustacean

54
Q

à marée basse

A

at low tide

55
Q

à marée hausse

A

at high tide

56
Q

patauger

A

wade

57
Q

éclabousser

A

splash

58
Q

côte

A

coast

59
Q

rivage

A

shore

60
Q

bord de mer

A

sea-side

61
Q

bord de rivière

A

bank

62
Q

bord de lac

A

margin

63
Q

grève

A

strand

64
Q

baie

A

bay

65
Q

déchiquetée

A

ragged

66
Q

fjords

A

fiords

67
Q

pointes

A

headlands

68
Q

récif

A

reef

69
Q

anses

A

coves

70
Q

criques

A

creeks

71
Q

lames houleuses

A

rollers

72
Q

agitée

A

choppy

73
Q

la houle

A

swell

74
Q

rafale

A

gust

75
Q

bourrasque

A

squall

76
Q

orage

A

storm(-wind)

77
Q

tourmente

A

whole gale

78
Q

tempête

A

tempest

79
Q

trombe

A

tornado

80
Q

naufrage

A

shipwreck

81
Q

hurlement du vent

A

howling of the wind

82
Q

enfler

A

swell

83
Q

abîme

A

abyss

84
Q

iode

A

iodine

85
Q

varech

A

wrack

86
Q

algues

A

seaweed

87
Q

les grands fonds

A

the depths of the ocean

88
Q

langouste

A

crayfish

89
Q

langoustine

A

Norway lobster

90
Q

moules

A

mussels

91
Q

coques

A

cockles

92
Q

oursins

A

sea-urchins

93
Q

seiche

A

cuttle-fish

94
Q

cétacés

A

cetaceans

95
Q

cachalot

A

sperm-whale

96
Q

marsouin

A

porpoise

97
Q

otarie

A

sea-lion

98
Q

bancs de poisson

A

shoals

99
Q

anchois

A

anchovy

100
Q

hareng

A

halibut