Chapitre 14 Flashcards

1
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sans bornes

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boundless

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2
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tourner, graviter

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to revolve

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3
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un croissant

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a crescent

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4
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un rayon

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a beam, a ray

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5
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miroiter

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to glimmer

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6
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scintiller

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to twinkle

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7
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l’étoile polaire

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the pole star

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8
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les points cardinaux

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the cardinal points

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9
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septentrional
oriental
méridional, austral
occidental

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northern
eastern
southern
western

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10
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une boussole

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a compass

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11
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une côte découpée

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the indented coast

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12
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le littoral

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the coastline

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13
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un cap

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a cape

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14
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un promontoire

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a headland

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15
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faire saillie

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to jut out

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16
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une baie

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a bay

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17
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une crique

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a cove, a creek

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18
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une péninsule

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a peninsula

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19
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le continent

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the mainland

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20
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un isthme

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an isthmus

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21
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un golfe

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a gulf

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22
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un archipel

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an archipelago

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23
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les Antilles

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the West Indies

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24
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le rivage

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the shore

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des galets
pebbles, shingle
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une dune
a dune
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une falaise
a cliff
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un rocher | rocheux
a rock | rocky
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un récif
a reef
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uni, uniforme | inégal
even | uneven
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une plaine
a plain
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plat, uni
flat, level
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montagneux | une chaîne de montagnes
mountainous | a mountain range
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(s')allonger
to stretch
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séparer
to divide
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un pic
a peak
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élevé
lofty
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enneigé
snow-capped
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se dresser
to tower
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un champ de glace
an ice-field
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un glacier
a glacier
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un col
a pass
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infranchissable
impassable
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une crête
a ridge
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une vallée
a valley
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la pente
the slope
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escarpé, raide
steep
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doux
gentle
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une gorge, un ravin
a gorge, a glen
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à pic
precipitous
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surplomber
to overhang
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un précipice
a precipice
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pic-à-pic
a sheer drop
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une colline
a hill
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vallonnée
undulating
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par monts et par vaux
over hill and dale
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accidenté, escarpé
rugged, craggy
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une caverne, une grotte
a cave
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une carrière
a quarry
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la pierre, la roche
stone
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le silex
flint
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cassant
brittle
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faire jaillir le feu
to strike fire
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l'extraction à ciel ouvert
opencast mining, strip-mining
65
l'argile
clay
66
mou
soft
67
la chaux
lime
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la craie
chalk
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le calcaire | le grès
limestone | sandstone
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le granit
granite
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le marbre
marble
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un gisement
a deposit
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du minerai
ore
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le fer
iron
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le cuivre rouge
copper
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le zinc
zinc
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le nickel
nickel
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l'étain
tin
79
le plomb
lead
80
le mercure
mercury
81
l'argent massif
solid silver
82
plaqué or
gold-plated