Country Life Flashcards

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le pays

A

the country

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2
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la campagne

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the countryside

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3
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vivre à la campagne

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to live in the countryside

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4
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la vie à la campagne

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country life

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5
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une route de campagne

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a country road

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6
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une zone rurale

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a rural area

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7
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un paysan

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a countryman

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8
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une paysanne

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a countrywoman

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9
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un paysage

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a landscape

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10
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un village agricole

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a farming village

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11
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un village de pêcheurs

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a fishing village

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12
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un village côtier

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a coastal village

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13
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l’exode rurale

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rural exodus

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14
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agriculture

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farming

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15
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les terres agricoles

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farmland

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16
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terres arables

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arable land

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17
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un ouvrier agricole

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a farm hand/ a laborer/ a farm worker

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18
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une ferme d’élevage

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a cattle farm

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19
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une parcelle de terrain

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a plot/ a tract of land

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20
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machines agricoles

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farm machinery

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21
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travail de terrain

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fieldwork

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22
Q

semer

A

to sow (sowed/ sown)

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23
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une graine

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a seed

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24
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OGM

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GMOs (genetically modified organisms)

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any genetically modified foodstuff
Frankenstein food
26
la révolution écologique
the green revolution
27
un partisan des OGM
a proponent of GMOs
28
rencontrer l'opposition des consommateurs
to meet consumer opposition
29
un moratoire sur les importations
a moratorium on imports
30
une récolte
a crop
31
faire pousser une récolte
to raise a crop
32
de mauvaises récoltes
crop failure
33
pesticides
pesticides
34
coton
cotton
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maïs
maize/indian corn
36
un produit laitier
a dairy produce
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une écurie
a stable
38
une porcherie
a pigsty
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une poule
a hen
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le terroir
the heartland
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une ville de province
a country town
42
un hameau
a hamlet
43
un bourg
a market town
44
les prairies/prés
grassland
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les bois
woodland
46
une vigne
a vineyard
47
labourer
to plough/to plow (US)
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une charrue
a plough/a plow(US)
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les pâturages
pasture/grazing land
50
une prairie
a meadow
51
un ruisseau
a brook
52
un sentier
a footpath
53
un chemin
a lane
54
les jachères
fallow land
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un grenier à blé
a breakbasket
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l'élevage industriel
factory farming
57
l'agriculture intensive
intensive farming
58
les subventions agricoles
farm subsidies
59
les industries agro-alimentaires
food processing industries
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le revenu agricole
farm income
61
une crise agricole
a farm slump
62
une saisie d'exploitation
a farm foreclosure
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saisir
to foreclose
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expulser
to evict
65
une expulsion
an eviction
66
vendre aux enchères
to sell on the block
67
un journalier
a day laborer
68
un petit exploitant
a small-holder
69
un métayer
a sharecropper/a tenant farmer
70
un éleveur de bétail
a cattle rancher
71
un exploitant agricole
a wine grower
72
la terre stérile
barren land
73
la terre non cultivée
idle land
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une région de culture du blé
a corn belt
75
le fumier, l'engrais
manure/fertilizer
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le foin
hay
77
une meule
a haystack
78
herser
to harrow
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faucher
to mow
80
vanner
to winnow
81
moissonner
to reap
82
moissonner/vendanger/récolter
to harvest
83
une moissonneuse
a harvester
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glaner
to glean
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une balle
a chaff
86
une maladie végétale
a blight
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la sécheresse
drought
88
un animal de trait
a draft animal
89
le croisement des races
cross-breeding
90
une récolte exceptionnelle
a bumper crop
91
une culture vivrière
a food crop
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le rendement
yield
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l'avoine
oats
94
le blé
wheat
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la luzerne
alfalfa
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le soja
soja bean
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l'orge
barley
98
le cheptel
livestock
99
un joug
a yoke
100
païtre
to graze
101
un boeuf
an ox (pl : oxen)
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un porc
a hog
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la volaille, les oiseaux de basse cour
fowl
104
la volaille
poultry
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un abreuvoir
a trough
106
une auge
a feeding trough
107
sélectionner/éliminer/abattre
to cull
108
obtenir de meilleurs rendements
to provide higher yields