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chapitre 15 Flashcards

1
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un courant

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a current, a stream

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le reflux et le flux

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ebb and flow

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la marée haute

la marée basse

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high tide

low tide

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la marée descend

la marée monte

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the tide goes out

the tide comes in

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la houle

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the surge, the swell

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un haut-fond

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a shoal

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un banc de sable

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a sandbank

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les rouleaux, les brisants

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the surf

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une lame

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a billow

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l’écume

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foam

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les embruns

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spray

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une ride

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a ripple

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non exploité

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untapped

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un nodule, un rognon

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a nodule

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15
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le fond de la mer

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the seabed

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des nappes de mazout

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oil slicks

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les effluents urbains

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sewage

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la saison balnéaire

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the bathing season

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une station balnéaire

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a seaside resort

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les vacanciers

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holiday-makers

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se baigner (en mer)
un bain (mer ou rivière)
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to bathe

a bathe

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agité

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rough

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perdre pied

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to get out of one’s depth, to lose one’s footing

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se noyer

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to be (get) drowned, to drown

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la voile (sport)

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sailing

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la navigation de plaisance

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yatching

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ski nautique

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water-skiing

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la plongée sous-marine

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skin-diving

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des palmes

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flippers

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se dorer au soleil

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to bask in the sun

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prendre un bain de soleil

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to sunbathe

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hâlé

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sunburnt

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un château de sable

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a sandcastle

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un coquillage

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a shell

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à pied sec

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dry-shood

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36
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des algues

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seaweed

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une flaque

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a pool

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barboter, patauger

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to paddle

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39
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la planche à voile (sport)

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windsurfing

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une planche

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a board

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un filet

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a net

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la crevette

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a shrimp

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la bouquet

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prawn

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un crabe

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a crab

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une pince

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a claw

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pincer qqn

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to pinch s.o

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les crustacés, les coquillages

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shellfish, seafood

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un hommard

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a lobster

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une huître

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an oyster

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une moule

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a mussel

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une mouette

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a seagull

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un bateau de pêche

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a fishing boat, a fishing smack

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un port de pêche

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a fishing port

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54
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un banc (de poissons)

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a shaol

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55
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les mailles

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meshes

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un chalut

un chalutier

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a trawl

a trawler

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la sole

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sole

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la hareng

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herring

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le thon

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tunny, tuna

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la morue

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cod

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la carrelet, la plie

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plaice

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parcourir les mers

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to sail the seas

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un navire de guerre

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a warship

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un paquebot

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a liner

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un navire de commerce

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a trader, a trading vessel, the merchant navy

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un navire marchand

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a merchantman, a merchant ship

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un vapeur

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a steamship, a steamer

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un cargo

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a cargo-ship, a freighter

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un caboteur

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a coaster

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un charbonnier

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a collier

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un minéralier

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an ore tanker

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une/des embarcations

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a craft

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73
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la machine

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the engine

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74
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l’hélice

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the propeller, the screw

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75
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un bateau à aubes

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a paddle steamer

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la cheminée

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the funnel

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la coque

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the hull

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la quille

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the keel

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l’étrave

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the stem

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la poupe

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the stern

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81
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une cale

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a hold

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étanche

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watertight

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83
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la cargaison, le fret

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the cargo, the freight

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84
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arrimer qqch

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to stow sth

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un (porte-)conteneur

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a container (ship)

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le lest

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ballast

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charger une cargaison

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to load freight

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décharger

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to unload, to discharge

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une grue

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a crane

90
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gouverner un navire

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to steer a ship

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la barre

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the tiller, the helm

92
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le gouvernail

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the rudder

93
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la barre (roue)

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the wheel

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un marin

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a sailor

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le capitaine

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the master

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le patron

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the skipper

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le second

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the mate

98
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le pilotage automatique

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automatic steering

99
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le livre de bord

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the logbook

100
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une ancre

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an anchor

101
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l’avant, les bossoirs

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the bows

102
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tribord

babord

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starboard

port

103
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le mouillage

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anchorage

104
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le tirant d’eau

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the draught

105
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la sonde

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the lead

106
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sonder

A

to sound

107
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jeter l’ancre

lever l’ancre

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to drop anchor

to weigh anchor

108
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battre pavillon de

A

to fly the flag of

109
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le pavillon

A

the ensign

110
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l’équipage

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the crew

111
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le quart

A

the watch

112
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la boussole

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the compass

113
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une carte marine

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a chart

114
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un noeud (= 1,852 km/h)

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a knot

115
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un bateau à voile

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a sailing vessel, ship

116
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un mât

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a mast

117
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une vergue

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a yard

118
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les voiles

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the sails

119
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le gréement

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the rigging

120
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un rouleau de cordage

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a coil of rope

121
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un trois-mâts

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a three-master

122
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toutes voiles dehors

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under full canvas

123
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le sillage

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the wake

124
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tirer des bordées

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to tack about

125
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dériver

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to drift

126
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un chantier de construction

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a shipyard

127
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lancer

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to launch

128
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équiper, armer

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to fit out

129
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monter l’équipage

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to man

130
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le port d’attache

A

the home port

131
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être amarré

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to be moored

132
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la quai

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the quay, the wharf

133
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les bassins

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the docks

134
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le port

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the harbour

135
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un môle, une jetée

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a pier, a jetty

136
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un phare

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a lighthouse

137
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un remorqueur

remorquer

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a tug

to tow, to tug

138
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un chenal

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a channel

139
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une bouée

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a buoy

140
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naviguer

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to sail

141
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faire route vers

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to be bound for

142
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gagner le large

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to head for the open sea

143
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les pertes

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casualties

144
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entrer en collision avec

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to collide with

145
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faire une voie d’eau

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to spring a leak

146
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un gilet de sauvetage
un canot de sauvetage
une ceinture de sauvetage

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a life-jacket
a lifeboat
a lifebelt, a lifebuoy

147
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un radeau

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a raft

148
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faire naufrage
un naufrage
une épave

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to be wrecked
a shipwreck
a wreck

149
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couler, sombrer

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to sink

150
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désemparé

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disabled

151
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s’échouer

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to run aground

152
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être enlevé par une vague

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to be washed overboard

153
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couler

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to flow

154
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une source

A

a spring

155
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prendre sa source

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to take one’s source

156
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sourdre

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to well out

157
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jaillir

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to gush forth

158
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suinter

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to ooze

159
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couler goutte à goutte

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to trickle

160
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bondir, sauter en éclaboussant

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to splash

161
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un tourbillon

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an eddy

162
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bouillonner

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to seethe

163
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écumer

A

to foam

164
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un ruisseau

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a brook

165
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un affluent

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a tributary

166
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large

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broad, wide

167
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étroit

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narrow

168
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droit

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straight

169
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sinueux

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winding

170
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profond

peu profond

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deep

shallow

171
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un gué

traverser à gué

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a ford

to ford, to wade across

172
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la rive

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the bank

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le bord

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the edge

174
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le fond

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the bottom

175
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trouble, bourbeux

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turbid, muddy

176
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la vase, le limon

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slime

177
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le lit du fleuve

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the river-bed

178
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arroser, baigner

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to water

179
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l’embouchure

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the mouth

180
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un estuaire

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an estuary

181
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un delta

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a delta

182
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l’eau douce

l’eau salée

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fresh water

salt water

183
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une mare

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a pool

184
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  1. un étang - 2. un bassin
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a pond

185
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un marais

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a swamp, a marsh

186
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un marécage

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a fen, a bog

187
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la tourbe

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peat

188
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mettre en culture

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to reclaim

189
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drainer

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to drain

190
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une écaille

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a scale

191
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une arête

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a (fish)bone

192
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une nageoire

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a fin

193
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l’écrevisse

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crayfish

194
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une loutre

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an otter

195
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un castor

A

a beaver

196
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un crapaud

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a toad

197
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une grenouille

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a frog

198
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un cygne

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a swan

199
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un héron

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a heron

200
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les poissons d’eau douce

A

freshwater fish

201
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le/(un) brochet

A

(a) pike (pl. pike ou pikes)

202
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un vairon, du fretin

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a minnow

203
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une anguille

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an eel

204
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le roseau

A

reed

205
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le jonc

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bulrush

206
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un saule

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a willow

207
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un martin-pêcheur

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a kingfisher

208
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pêche à la ligne

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angling

209
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un canal

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a canal

210
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une péniche

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a barge

211
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le chemin de halage

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the tow-path

212
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une écluse

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a lock

213
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une vanne

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a sluice

214
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un bac

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a ferry (-boat)

215
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un passeur

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a ferryman

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