Big Picture - Chap 36 - 37 Flashcards

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la science, les sciences

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science, the sciences

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les sciences exactes / sociales, humaines

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exact / social sciences

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les sciences dures / molles

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hard / soft sciences

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les progrès médicaux / technologiques

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medical / technological advances

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un scientifique, un savant

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a scientist

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la communauté scientifique

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the scientific community

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avoir une formation scientifique

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to be scientifically trained

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le scientisme

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scientism

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prouvé scientifiquement

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scientifically proven

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la physique

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physics

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un physicien

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a physicist

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la chimie

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chemistry

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un chimiste

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a chemist

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un astronome

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an astronomer

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l’informatique

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computer science

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un informaticien

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a computer scientist, a computer engineer, an IT specialist

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la connaissance, les connaissances, le savoir

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knowledge

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une théorie

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a theory

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théorique

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theoretical

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une hypothèse

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a hypothesis

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des données

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data

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des preuves

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evidence

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avoir la preuve de qch

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to have a proof of sth

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mettre une théorie à l’épreuve

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to test a theory

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remettre en cause une croyance

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to call a belief into question

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contester une idée

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to challenge, to question, to dispute, an idea

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contestable

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questionable, disputable

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incontestable

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unquestionable, indisputablle

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la recherche, des recherches

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research

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faire de la recherche

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to de research

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faire des recherches sur un sujet

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to carry ou research into / on a subject

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la recherche de pointe

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cutting-edge research

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des recherches révolutionnaires

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groundbreaking research

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un laboratoire de recherches

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a research laboratory

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un chercheur

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a researcher, a research worker

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un chercher attaché à une université

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a research fellow

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un étudiant de doctorat, un doctorant

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a research student

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la recherche fondamentale / appliquée

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basic, fundamental / applied research

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des conclusions, des résultats

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findings

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une découverte

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a discovery

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une percée

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a breakthrough

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une étude

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a study

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mener, réaliser une étude

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to conduct a study

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un article

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a paper

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une revue scientifique

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a journal

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un érudit

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a scholar

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un universitaire

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an academic

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dernier cri

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state-of-the-art

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être calé en matière de technologies

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to be tech-savy

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un téléphone portable

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a mobile phone, a cell phone

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un appareil sans fil

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a wireless device

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un téléphone intelligent

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a smartphone

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un écran tactile

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a touch-screen

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un lecteur MP3

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an MP3 player

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un capteur

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a sensor

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l’univers

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the universe

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le système solaire

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the solar system

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une galaxie

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a galaxy

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l’espace

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outer space

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une année-lumière

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a light year

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une planète

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a planet

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une comète

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a comet

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un astéroïde

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an asteroid

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un trou noir

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a black hole

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un météorité

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a meteorite

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un monolithe

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a monolith

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un mégalithe

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a megalith

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l’astronomie

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astronomy

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un astronome

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an astronomer

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un fana de l’espace

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a space buff

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la NASA

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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administrationà

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l’Agence spatiale européenne

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the ESA (European Space Agency

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la conquête de l’espace

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the conquest of space

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l’ère spatiale

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the space age

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la course dans l’espace

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the space race

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un vol dans l’espace

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a space flight

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l’astronautique

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astronautics

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l’avionique

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avionics

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l’espace aérien

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airspace

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l’industrie aérospatiale

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the aerospace industry

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une mission sur Mars

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a mission to Mars

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explorer

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to explore

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un explorateur

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an explorer

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un vol habité

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a manned flight

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un vol inhabité

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an unmanned flight

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une combinaison spatiale

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a space suit

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un casque d’astronaute

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a space helmet

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un équipage

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a crew

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une fusée

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a rocket

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une rétrofusée

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a retrorocket

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un téléscope

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a telescope

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une sonde

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a probe

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un vaisseau spatial

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a spaceship, a rocket ship,

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le carburant

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spacecraft fuel

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une navette

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a shuttle

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une station spatiale

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a space station

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un véhicule spatial

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a lander

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un véhicule lunaire

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a lunar rover

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lancer

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to launch

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être mis à feu

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to blast off

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un lanceur de satellites

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a satellite launcher

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une rampe de lancement, pas de tir

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a launch pad

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le compte à rebours

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the countdown

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l’envol

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lift-off

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un moteur

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an engine

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propulseur de fusée, moteur-fusée

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a rocket engine

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propulser

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to propel

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le combustible pour fusée, le propergol

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propellant

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kérosène

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rocket fuel

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une fusée de lancement

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a launch vehicule, a booster, a booster rocket

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une fusée interplanétaire

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a space rocket

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une fusée à étages

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a multi-stage rocket

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un sas

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an airlock

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un missile

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a missile

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un satellite de télécommunications

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a communications satellite

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un satellite météorologique

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a weather satellite

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un satellite espion

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a surveillance satellite

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télécommandé

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remote-controlled

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être en orbite / se mettre en orbite

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to be in orbit / go into orbit

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mettre, placer un satellite en orbite

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to put a satellite into orbit

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aterrir

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to land, to touch down

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aterrissage ou amerissage ou alunissage

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touchdown

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alunir

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to land on the moon

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amerrir

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to splash down

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amerissage

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splashdown

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l’apesanteur

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weightlessness, zero gravity

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la micro-gravité

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microgravity

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le tourisme dans l’espace

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space tourism

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recherches aérospatiales

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space research, rocket research

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un laboratoire spatial

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a space lab

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la spatiologie

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space science

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une retombée

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a spin-off

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le GPS

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satnav, global positionning system, GPS

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une soucoupe volante

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a flying saucer

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un OVNI

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an unidentified flying object, a UFO

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un extra-terrestre

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an alien, an alien being

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un martien

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a Martian