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1
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un fuseau horaire

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a time zone

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établir une carte

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to chart

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le plus au nord

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northernmost

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vers le nord

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northward(s)

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venant du nord

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northerly

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la banquise (2)

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the ice floe, pack ice

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dans le nord de Londres ≠ au nord de Londres (à l’extérieur)

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in the north of London ≠ north of London / to the north of London

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un terrain plat

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a flat land

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un paysage vallonné

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a rolling countryside

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le rivage

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the seashore

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le bord de mer

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the seaside

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la marée

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the tide

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les vagues déferlantes

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the surf

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la houle

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the swell

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l’écume

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the foam

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une crique

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a creek

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un détroit

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a strait

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18
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les galets (2)

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shingle / pebbles

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le détroit de Gibraltar

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the Straits of Gibraltar

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l’eau douce

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fresh water

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une source

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a spring

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jaillir

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to spring

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un ruisseau (2)

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a stream, a brook

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un torrent

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a torrent

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l’écluse (2)

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a lock, a sluice

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un barrage

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a dam

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la vase

vaseux

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the slime

slimy

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un étang

une mare

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a pool

a pond

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une pluie diluvienne

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a deluge (ˈdɛlju(d)ʒ)

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une plage de sable fin

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a white-sand beach

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une plage de galets

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a shingle beach

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être complètement perdu avec qch

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to be all at sea with sth

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un rayon de lune

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a moonbeam

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éclairé par la lune

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moonlit

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étoilé (2)

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starlit, starry

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la Grande Ours

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the Great Bear

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une nébuleuse

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a nebula

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un rayon de soleil (2)

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a sunbeam / sunray

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39
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des éclaircies

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bright intervals

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40
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couvert

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overcast

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se couvrir

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to cloud over

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la brume ≠ le brouillard

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the mist ≠ the fog

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une légère brume

brumeux

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haze

hazy

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44
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une goutte de pluie

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a raindrop

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45
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les précipitations

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rainfall

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un déluge

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a downpour

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47
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la bruine, le crachin

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drizzle

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bruiner

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to drizzle

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la neige fondue

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slush

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le dégel

dégeler

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the thaw

to thaw

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la grêle
grêler
un grêlon

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the hail
to hail
a hailstone

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52
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balayé par les vents

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windswept

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un tourbillon

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a whirlwind

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une rafale

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a gust of wind

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55
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se calmer, tomber

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to abate

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une brise

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a breeze

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57
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une tempête (en mer)

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a tempest

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un orage, une tempête

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a storm

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un orage

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a thunderstorm

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60
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les éclairs, la foudre

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lightning

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61
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un éclair

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a flash of lightning

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62
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le tonnerre

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thunder

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63
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un coup de tonnerre

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a clap of thunder

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64
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le gel

gelé, givré

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frost

frosty

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65
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(se) givrer (2)

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to frost up, over / to ice up

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66
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geler (2)

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to frost, to freeze

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67
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le verglas

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black ice

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68
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la canicule

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dog days

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brûler

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to scorch

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70
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torride

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scorching hot

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71
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une journée de canicule

  • hier, c’était la canicule
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a scorcher

  • yesterday was a real scorcher
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72
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instable (météo)

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unsettled

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73
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maussade

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dull

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74
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une étoile filante

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a shooting star

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75
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un temps étouffant

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stifling weather

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un temps variable

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a changeable weather

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77
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un temps lourd (3)

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close, humid, sultry weather

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78
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un temps doux (2)

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a mild, balmy weather

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79
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des averses intermittentes

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scattered showers

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80
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une pluie légère (2)

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gentle / soft rain

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une pluie constande

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a steady rain

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une pluie battante (2)

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heavy, pouring rain

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une pluie torrentielle (3)

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driving, pelting, torrential rain

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une giboulée de mars

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an April shower

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85
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un vent glacial

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an icy wind

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86
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une chaleur accablante

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sweltering heat

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87
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comme de la pierre

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stony

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88
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le calcaire

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limestone

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89
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un caillou, un galet

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a pebble

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90
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l’argile

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clay

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91
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l’ardoise

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slate

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92
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silex

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flint

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93
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cuivre

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copper

94
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plomb

A

lead

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déborder

A

to overflow

96
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dégouliner

A

to dribble

97
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éclabousser

A

to splash

98
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jaillir (water, oil)

A

to gush (out)

99
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gicler

A

to squirt (out)

100
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bouillonner

A

to bubble

101
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la vapeur d’eau

A

steam

102
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noir comme du charbon

A

as black as coal

103
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une race (animal)

A

a breed

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un carnivore

carnivore

A 
a carnivore (ˈkɑrnəˌvɔr)
carnivorous
105
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un herbivore

herbivore

A

a herbivore

herbivorous

106
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un rongeur

A

a rodent

107
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une griffe

A

a claw

108
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un croc

A

a fang

109
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le museau

A

the muzzle

110
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flairer

A

to scent

111
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rôder (prédateur)

A

to prowl

112
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bondir sur une proie

A

to pounce on a prey

113
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la peau (animal)

A

the hide

114
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le pelage

A

the coat

115
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la fourrure

A

the fur

116
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la crinière

A

the mane

117
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la toison

A

the fleece

118
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les moustaches (animal)

A

whiskers

119
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une corne

A

a horn

120
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un toutou

A

a doggy

121
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un chien de garde

A

a watchdog

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grogner

A

to growl

123
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montrer les dents

A

to snarl

124
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dresser les oreilles

A

to prick its ears

125
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remuer la queue

A

to wag its tail

126
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une laisse

A

a leash

127
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un matou

A

a tomcat

128
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un chat tigré

A

a tabby cat

129
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un chat de gouttière

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an alley cat

130
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miauler

A

to miaow, to mew

131
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laper

A

to lap

132
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faire le gros dos

A

to arch its back

133
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griffer

A

to scratch

134
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une litière

A

a litter

135
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s’occuper de

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to look after

136
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paître

A

to graze

137
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traire

A

to milk

138
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un troupeau

A

a herd

139
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un porcelet

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a piglet

140
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une porcherie

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a pigsty (pigstaï)

141
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grogner

A

to grunt

142
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une jument

A

a mare

143
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un poulain (2)

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a colt, a foal

144
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un sabot

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a hoof

145
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trotter

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to trot

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galoper

A

to gallop

147
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s’emballer

A

to bolt

148
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se cabrer

A

to rear (up)

149
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une brebis

A

a ewe (ju:)

150
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bêler

A

to bleat

151
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un bouc

A

a billy goat

152
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un coq

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a cock

153
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une poule

A

a hen

154
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un poulailler

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a henhouse

155
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un poulet

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a chicken

156
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un poussin

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a chick

157
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un caneton

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a duckling

158
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une pintade

A

a guinea hen

159
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l’élevage en batterie

A

battery farming

160
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pondre des oeufs

A

to lay eggs

161
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un chien méchant

A

a vicious dog

162
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un chien errant

A

a stray dog

163
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être malade comme un chient

A

to be sick as a dog

164
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c’est chacun pour soi

A

it’s dog eat dog

165
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quand les poules auront des dents

A

when pigs fly

166
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ronger

A

to gnaw (naw:)

167
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grignoter

A

to nibble

168
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un lièvre

A

a hare

169
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un terrier

A

a burrow

170
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une tanière (2)

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a den, a lair

171
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une louve

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a she-wolf

172
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hurler

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to howl

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un cerf

A

a stag

174
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les bois du cerf

A

antlers

175
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une biche

A

a doe

176
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un daim

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a deer

177
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un chevreuil

A

a roe deer

178
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un renne

A

a reindeer

179
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un ourson

A

a bear cub

180
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une loutre

A

an otter

181
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un félin

A

a big cat

182
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feuler

A

to growl

183
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une réserve animale (2)

A

a wildlifepark, a sanctuary

184
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une lionne

A

a lioness

185
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un lionceau

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lion cub

186
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rugir

A

to roar

187
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un guépard

A

a cheetah

188
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une panthère

A

a panther

189
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un léopard

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a leopard (‘leped)

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une hyène

A

a hyena (hai’i:ne)

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une gazelle

A

gazelle

192
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un éléphanteau

A

a calf elephant

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une trompe

A

a trunk

194
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une défense

A

a tusk

195
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un singe

singer

A

an ape

to ape

196
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voleter (2)

A

to flutter, to flit

197
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tournoyer

A

to swirl

198
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planer

A

to glide

199
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gazouiller (2)

A

to twitter, to chirp

200
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sautiller

A

to hop

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un bec (2)

A

a beak, a bill

202
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picorer qch

A

to peck at sth

203
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un oisillon

A

a nestling

204
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couver (2)

A

to brood, to sit on eggs

205
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éclore

A

to hatch (out)

206
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une pie

A

a magpie

207
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une hirondelle

A

a swallow

208
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une colombe

A

a dove

209
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un rossignol

A

a nightingale

210
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un moineau

A

a sparrow

211
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un goéland

A

a gull

212
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une cigogne

A

a stork

213
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une grue

A

a crane

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planer

A

to hover

215
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un faucon (2)

A

an hawk, a falcon

216
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un vautour

A

a vulture

217
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un corbeau (2)

A

a crow, a raven

218
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une réserve naturelle

A

a wildlife sanctuary

219
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un troupeau d’éléphants

A

an elephant herd

220
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une meute de loups

A

a pack of wolves

221
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un vol de cigognes

A

a flock of storks

222
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se poser sur une cheminée

A

to alight on a chimney

223
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un battement d’ailes

A

a flapping of wings

224
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libre comme l’air

A

as free as a bird

225
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léger comme une plume

A

as light as a feather

226
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à vol d’oiseau

A

as the crow flies

227
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fier comme un paon

A

as proud as a peacock

228
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mon petit doigt m’a dit

A

a little bird told me

229
Q

une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

A

one swallow doesn’t make a summer

230
Q

qui se ressemble s’assemble

A

birds of a feather flock together

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