Climbing & Useful Terms Flashcards

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1
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a harness

A

harnais, baudrier

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2
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a quickdraw

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une dégaine

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3
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the area

A

le secteur

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4
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a helmet

A

un casque

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5
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a climb

A

une montée, Une voie

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6
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a pitch

A

une longueur

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7
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a bear

A

un ours

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8
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a bolt

A

un spit

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9
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bolted

A

équipé

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10
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chalk

A

magnésie

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11
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climber (m/f)

A

un grimpeur, une grimpeuse

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12
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crampons

A

crampons

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13
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a crack

A

une fissure

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14
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good trail

A

bon sentier

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15
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a hike

A

une randonnée

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16
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ice axe

A

un piolet

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17
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to park

A

garer

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18
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my gear, stuff, rack

A

mon matos

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19
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rockfall

A

chute de pierres

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20
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bergshrund

A

rimaye

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21
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tank top

A

Un debardeur

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22
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J’en chie comme un malade

A

I had a really hard time

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23
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4 ways to say go away/fuck off

A

Vas t’en
Ca suffit
Degage
Casse toi

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24
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4 ways to say go away/fuck off

A

Vas t’en
Ca suffit
Degage
Casse toi

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25
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very melted (not tres)

A

Vachement fondu

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26
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A liter of water

A

Un litre d’eau

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27
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Give me some water

A

Donne moi de l’eau

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28
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In 5 years, the glaciers have really melted

A

En 5 ans, les glaciers ont vachement fondu

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29
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She almost died

A

Elle a fielle mourir

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30
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almost

A

fielle

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31
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same (slang)

A

kif-kif

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32
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the landscape

A

le paysage

33
Q

He is much better

A

Il est beaucoup mieux

34
Q

She meant…

A

Elle voulait dire…

35
Q

I fell

A

Je suis tombée

36
Q

I washed myself

A

Je me suis lavée

37
Q

They arrived in just 5 minutes

A

Ils y sont arrivés en just cinq minutes

38
Q

It could have been worse

A

Ça aurait pu être pire

39
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I would have been happy to come

A

J’aurais été heureuse de venir

40
Q

He was lucky

A

Il a eu de la chance

41
Q

They give them kisses

A

Ils leur donnent des bisous

42
Q

I will bring a bottle of wine

A

Je vais apporter un bouteille du vin

43
Q

I will take it with me

A

Je vais l’emporter

44
Q

I bring him to your house

A

Je l’amene chez toi

45
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I take him to the zoo

A

Je l’emmene au zoo

46
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the sun

A

le soleil

47
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mine (masq, fem, masq pl, fem pl)

A

le mien, la mienne, les mien, les miennes

48
Q

“It’s done!” phrase

A

“Ca y est!”

49
Q

I don’t have that/any

A

Je n’en ai pas

50
Q

I’ve had enough (of it)!

A

J’en ai assez!

51
Q

soft (mas/fem)

A

mou/moulle

52
Q

my wing

A

mon aile (“mon elle”)

53
Q

from above

A

d’en haut

54
Q

I would not recommend it to him

A

Je ne le lui recommenderais pas

55
Q

No, there are 30 (of them)

A

Non, il y en a trente

56
Q

Very bad condition

A

très mauvaise condition

57
Q

I live in Washington and there are lots (of them)

A

J’habite/Je vive dans l’état de Washington et il y en a beaucoup

58
Q

Bring person, bring thing vs. take person, take thing

A

ammener, apporter vs. emmener, emporter

59
Q

on the ground

A

au sol

60
Q

since I’ve flown

A

depuis que j’ai volé

61
Q

actually

A

réellement

62
Q

currently

A

actuellement

63
Q

I swore to not buy meat anymore

A

J’ai juré de n’acheter plus jamais de viande
J’ai juré de ne plus jamais acheter de viande

64
Q

Yes, he gave them a dozen

A

Oui, il leur en donne une dizaine

65
Q

We give them some (of it)

A

Nous leur en donnons

66
Q

I send it to y’all in the mail

A

Je vous l’envoie par la poste

67
Q

I sent it to y’all in the mail

A

Je vous l’envoie par la poste

68
Q

August

A

août - “oot”

69
Q

A carabiner

A

un mousqueton

70
Q

He wants to change jobs anyway

A

Il veut changer le travaille de toute façon (anyway)

71
Q

sustainability

A

la durabilité

72
Q

It’s more healthy

A

C’est plus sain

73
Q

I respond (spell correctly)

A

je réponds

74
Q

around a kilo

A

environs un kilo

75
Q

around our operations

A

autour de nos operations

76
Q

specifically

A

spécifiquement

77
Q

a firn (steep snow on its way to becoming ice)

A

un névé

78
Q

2 ways to say “we turned around”

A

Nous avons fait demi-tour
Nous sommes reparti en arriere