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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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un croissant

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a crescent

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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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scintiller

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to twinkle

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l’étoile polaire

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the pole star

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les points cardinaux

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the cardinal points

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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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une côte découpée

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the indented coast

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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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un archipel

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an archipelago

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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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25
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des galets

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pebbles, shingle

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une dune

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a dune

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27
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une falaise

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a cliff

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un rocher

rocheux

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a rock

rocky

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un récif

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a reef

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30
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uni, uniforme

inégal

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even

uneven

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31
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une plaine

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a plain

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plat, uni

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flat, level

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montagneux

une chaîne de montagnes

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mountainous

a mountain range

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(s’)allonger

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to stretch

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séparer

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to divide

36
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un pic

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a peak

37
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élevé

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lofty

38
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enneigé

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snow-capped

39
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se dresser

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to tower

40
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un champ de glace

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an ice-field

41
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un glacier

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a glacier

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un col

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a pass

43
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infranchissable

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impassable

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une crête

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a ridge

45
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une vallée

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a valley

46
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la pente

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the slope

47
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escarpé, raide

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steep

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doux

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gentle

49
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une gorge, un ravin

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a gorge, a glen

50
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à pic

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precipitous

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surplomber

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to overhang

52
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un précipice

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a precipice

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pic-à-pic

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a sheer drop

54
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une colline

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a hill

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vallonnée

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undulating

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par monts et par vaux

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over hill and dale

57
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accidenté, escarpé

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rugged, craggy

58
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une caverne, une grotte

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a cave

59
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une carrière

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a quarry

60
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la pierre, la roche

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stone

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le silex

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flint

62
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cassant

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brittle

63
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faire jaillir le feu

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to strike fire

64
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l’extraction à ciel ouvert

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opencast mining, strip-mining

65
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l’argile

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clay

66
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mou

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soft

67
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la chaux

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lime

68
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la craie

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chalk

69
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le calcaire

le grès

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limestone

sandstone

70
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le granit

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granite

71
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le marbre

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marble

72
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un gisement

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a deposit

73
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du minerai

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ore

74
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le fer

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iron

75
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le cuivre rouge

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copper

76
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le zinc

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zinc

77
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le nickel

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nickel

78
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l’étain

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tin

79
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le plomb

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lead

80
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le mercure

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mercury

81
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l’argent massif

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solid silver

82
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plaqué or

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gold-plated

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