Ch23 Sciences Flashcards

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Le calcul

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Calculation / computation

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Un chiffre

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A figure / a digit / a cipher

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Les 4 opérations

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The four sums / processes

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Une droite

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A straight line

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Un angle aigu / obtus

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An acute / obtuse angle

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Calculer

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Calculate / compute / recklon

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Faire un calcul

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Make a calculation

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Soustraire

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Subtract

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Mettre en équation

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Equate

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Pair

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Even

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Impair

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Odd

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Premier / entier / décimal

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Prime / whole / decimal

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Un physicien

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A physicist

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L’optique

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Optics

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Un foyer

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The focus

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Le courant

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The current

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Un fusible / un plomb

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A fuse

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Une onde

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A wave

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Un astrophysicien

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An astrophysicist

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Un astronome

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An astronomer

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Un cosmologue

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A cosmologist

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Scruter le ciel

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Scan the sky

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Repérer/ localiser (une étoile )

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Spot / locate (a star)

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Surveiller (une planète)

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Monitor (a planet)

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Un produit chimique

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A chemical

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Je me suis trompée

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I got it wrong

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Pair

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Even

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Impair

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Odd

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Un médecin

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A physician

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Les maths sont faciles

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Maths is easy

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Un chimiste

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A chemist

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Une expérience

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An experiment

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Un tube à essai

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A test tube

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Une formule

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A formula

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Un symbole

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A symbol

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36
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Un catalyseur

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A catalyst

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37
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Verser

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Pour

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38
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Couler goutte à goutte

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Drip

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39
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Une expérience vécue

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An experience

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40
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Un cobaye

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A Guinea pig

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Une couche / une strate

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A layer / a stratum

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Une espèce

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A species

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Un archéologue

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An archaeologist

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44
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Une fouille

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An excavation

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45
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Un sociologue

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A sociologist

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Les coutumes / les mœurs

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Customs

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Le comportement/ la conduite

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Behaviour

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48
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La vie courante

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Everyday life

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49
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Le citoyen moyen

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The average man

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50
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Une classe d’âge

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An age group

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51
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Une tribu

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A tribe

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52
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Un échantillonnage

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A sampling

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53
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Une proportion

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A ratio

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54
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Un diagramme / un graphique

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A chart

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55
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Un diagramme en camembert

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A pie chart

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56
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Un cochon d’Inde

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A Guinea pig

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L’homme de la rue

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The man in the street

58
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Un échantillon

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A sample

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Économique/ ayant trait à l’économie

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Economic

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Économique/ de bon marché

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Economical

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Un psy (abréviation)

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A shrink

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Le refoulement

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Repression

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Un fou

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A mad/ crazy person

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Un dingue

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A psycho

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Une camisole de force

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A straitjacket

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La parole

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Speech

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Un domaine de recherche

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A field of research

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Un laboratoire de recherche et développement

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An R&D lab : a research and development laboratory

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Un chercheur

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A researcher

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Un scientifique/ un savant

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A scientist

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Faire de la recherche

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Do/ carry out research

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Faire équipe avec

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Team up with

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Mener une recherche sur

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Research into

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Un phénomène

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A phenomenon

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Des preuves

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Evidence

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Un trait de génie

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A stroke of genius

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Une trouvaille

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A stroke of inspiration

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Un coup de chance

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A stroke of luck

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Une hypothèse

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An hypothesis

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Un protocole

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A procedure

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Un contrôle / une vérification

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A check

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Expérimenter

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Experiment

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Procéder à une expérience

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Carry out an experiment

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Tâtonner

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Proceed by trial and error

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Progresser

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Progress / make headway

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L’essai et l’erreur

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Trial and error

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Un érudit / un savant

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A scholar

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Réfuter

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Disprove

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Inventer imaginer concevoir

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Devise design

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Mettre au point

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Develop

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Améliorer

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Improve, upgrade

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Faire subir l’épreuve de vérité

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Put to the acid test

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Au hasard

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At random

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Révolutionnaire

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Ground-breaking

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Un subvention

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A subsidy

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Un don

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A donation

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Les investissements

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Investments

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Le financement public / privé

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Public / private funding

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Le parrainage

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Sponsoring

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Les réductions de

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Cuts / cutbacks

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Une fusée

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A rocket

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Un vol (avion)

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A flight

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Occupé par un homme

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Manned

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Lointain

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Remote

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Une navette spatiale

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A space shuttle

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Tourner ( autour de la terre)

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Circle (the Earth)

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Récupérer

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Recover / retrieve

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Un lancement

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A launch

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Le compte à rebours

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The countdown

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Un décollage

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A blast off

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L’apesanteur

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Weightless

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Un atterrissage

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A touchdown

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Un dysfonctionnement

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A malfunction

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Une panne

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A breakdown

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Ajourner / reporter

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Postpone

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Supprimer/ annuler

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Cancel

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Inexploré

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Uncharted

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Risqué / hasardeux

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Risky

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Aventureux / audacieux

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Adventurous

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Un satellite météorologique

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A weather satellite

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Sonder (l’espace)

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Probe (space)

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Une créature inconnue

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An alien

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Une soucoupe volante

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A flying saucer

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Un objet volant non identifié

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A Unidentified Flying Object

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NASA

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National aeronautics and space administration

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Tourisme de l’espace

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Space tourism

127
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Cela ne tient pas debout

A

It doesn’t add up

128
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Je suis partant

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Count me in

129
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Qu’est-ce que cela signifie? Ou cela mène-t-il ?

A

What does it add up to ?

130
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Ne comptez pas sur moi

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Count me out

131
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Retour à la case départ

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Back to square one

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Revenir à son point de départ

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To come full circle

133
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Tout s’explique

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It all adds up

134
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Fixe une limite

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To draw the line

135
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Tourner en rond

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To go round in circles

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Être dans tous ses états/ sans dessus dessous

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To be at sixes and sevens

137
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Commençons par le commencement

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First things first

138
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Être sans égal

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To be second in none

139
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Faire le rapprochement

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To put two and two together

140
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Un autobus à impériale

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A double-decker