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1
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les branchies

A

branchiae (‘braenki:)

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une nageoire

  • poisson
  • mammifère marin
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a fin (pour un poisson)
a flipper (pour un mammifère marin)
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un poulpe, une pieuvre

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an octopus

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un calamar

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a squid

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un crabe

une pince

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a crab

a pincer

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une méduse

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a jellyfish

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les écailles

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scales

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muer

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to slough its skin

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une vipère (2)

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an adder / a viper

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une couleuvre

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a grass-snake

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une sangsue

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a leech

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une tortue

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a tortoise

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une tortue de mer

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a turtle

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une grenouille

un crapaud

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a frog

a toad

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coasser

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to croak

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un têtard

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a tadpole

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un ver
un asticot (2)
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a worm

a maggot, grub

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une larve

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larva

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une antenne

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an antenna

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20
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piquer

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to sting

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une fourmi

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an ant

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un cafard

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a coackrach

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une sauterelle

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a grasshopper

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un criquet

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a locust

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un grillon

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a cricket

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un scarabée

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a beetle

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un taon

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a horsefly

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un moucheron (2)

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a midge, a gnat (naet)

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une mite

mangé par les mites

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a moth

moth-eaten

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un bourdon

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a bumblebee

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un essaim

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a swarm

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32
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une ruche

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a beehive

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33
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bourdonner (3)

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to hum, buzz, drone

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un frelon

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a hornet

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une cigale

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a cicada

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36
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une pou

des poux

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a louse

lice

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37
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un insecte nuisible

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a pest

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une toile d’araignée (2)

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a cobweb, a spider’s web

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une coquille

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a shell

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40
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une limace

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a slug

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41
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un banc de poisson (2)

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a school / shoal of fish

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une baleine qui émerge de l’eau

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a breaching whale

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43
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à une allure d’escargot

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at a snail’s pace

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44
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s’amuser beaucoup

A

to have a whale of a good time

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45
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une mauvaise herbe

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a weed

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46
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une ortie

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a nettle

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47
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une fougère (2)

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a fern, a bracken

48
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un brin d’herbe

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a blade of grass

49
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la mousse

A

moss

50
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une ronce

A

a bramble

51
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un arbuste

A

a shrub

52
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déraciner

A

to uproot

53
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le tronc

A

the trunk

54
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une souche

A

a stump

55
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l’écorce

A

the bark

56
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une brindille

A

a twig

57
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le feuillage

A

foliage

58
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une pomme de pin

A

a (pine-)cone

59
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une clairière (2)

A

a clearing // a glade

60
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un chêne

A

an oak

61
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un gland

A

an acorn (ˈeɪˌkɔrn)

62
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un tilleuil

A

a lime

63
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un peuplier

A

a poplar

64
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un bouleau

A

a birch

65
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un saule (pleureur)

A

a (weeping) willow

66
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un cyprès

A

a cypress

67
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un cèdre

A

a cedar

68
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éclore / s’épanouir

A

to bloom / to flower

69
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la floraison

A

flowering time

70
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se flétrir (2)

A

to wilt, to wither

71
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se faner

A

to fade

72
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un bourgeon

A

a bud

73
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un pétale

A

a petal

74
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la tige (2)

A

the stem, the stalk

75
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une épine

A

a thorn

76
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une pâquerette, marguerite

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a daisy

77
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le muguet

A

a lily of the valley

78
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un coquelicot

A

a poppy

79
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un nénuphar

A

a waterlily

80
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un bouquet (2)

A

a bunch, a bouquet

81
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bordé d’arbres

A

tree-lined

82
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tailler (un arbre)

A

to prune

83
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abattre un arbre (2)

A

to fell / to cut down a tree

84
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un platane

A

a plane tree

85
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un pin

A

a pine tree

86
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un sapin

A

a fir tree

87
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un olivier

A

an olive tree

88
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se couvrir de feuilles

A

to come into leaf

89
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d’une blancheur de lis

A

lily-white

90
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peureux

A

lily-livered

91
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CO2

A

carbon dioxyde

92
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l’amiante

A

asbestos

93
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gourmand en énergie

A

energy-guzzling

94
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déverser, jeter

A

to dump

95
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se débarrasser de

A

to dispose of

96
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jetable

A

disposable

97
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la mauvaise gestion

A

mismanagement

98
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le sol

A

the soil

99
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abattre des arbres

A

to log

100
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nocif

A

noxious

101
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cancérigène (2)

A

carcinogenic, cancer-causing

102
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abîmer, défigurer

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to spoil

103
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diminuer (en nombre)

A

to dwindle

104
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réduire, épuiser

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to deplete

105
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une pénurie (2)

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a shortage, a scarcity

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rare

A

scarce

107
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anéantir

A

to wipe out

108
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l’empreinte carbone

A

the carbon footprint

109
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sensibiliser

A

to sensitize

110
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devenir, rendre plus écologique

A

to green up

111
Q

une mesure

A

a step

112
Q

produit par l’énergie solaire

A

solar-powered

113
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trier

le tri

A

to sort out

sorting out

114
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le bilan carbone

A

carbon assessment

115
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une éolienne

A

a wind turbine / mill

116
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le covoiturage

A

car-pooling

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