Farming Flashcards

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1
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l’agriculteur/l’agricultrice

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farmer

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le cultivateur/la cultivatrice

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farmer

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l’horticulture (f)

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horticulture

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le maraîcher/la maraîchère

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market gardener

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la viticulture

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vine-growing

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le viticulteur/la viticultrice

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vine-grower

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le métayer/la métayère

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tenant farmer

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l’éleveur de porcs

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pig-farmer

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la polyculture

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mixed farming

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l’agriculture mixte

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mixed farming

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la pisciculture

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fish farming

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le pisciculteur/la piscicultrice

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fish farmer

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des terres cultivées

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farmland

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la petite exploitation

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smallholding

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le petit exploitant

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smallholder

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l’exploitation collective (f)

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co-operative

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l’exploitation laitière

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dairy farm collective (f)

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la ferme d’élevage de boeufs

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beef farm

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la ferme d’élevage de moutons

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sheep farm

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la ferme d’élevage de porcs

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pig farm

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la ferme d’élevage de volaille

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poultry farm

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la ferme d’élevage industriel

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factory farm

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l’exploitation agricole (f)

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farm, farmstead

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les dépendances (f)

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outbuildings

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l’étable (f)

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cowshed

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la vacherie

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cowshed

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la bergerie

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sheepfold, sheep-pen

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la porcherie

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pig-sty

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le poulailler

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hen-house

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30
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la grange

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barn

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31
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la basse-cour

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poultry yard

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32
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travailler la terre

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to work the land

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33
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le matériel agricole

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farm machinery

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34
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l’outillage agricole (m)

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farm implements

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35
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labourer

A

to plough

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36
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le labour

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ploughed field

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37
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le laboureur

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ploughman

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38
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labourable

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arable

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39
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le cheval de labour

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plough horse

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40
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la charrue

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plough

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41
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la moissonneuse-batteuse

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combine-harvester

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42
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la trayeuse mécanique

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milking machine

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43
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la récolte

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harvest

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44
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les céréales (f)

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cereals

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45
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le blé

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wheat

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46
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l’orge (f)

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barley

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47
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l’avoine (f)

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oats

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48
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le seigle

A

rye

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49
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le maïs

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maize

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50
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les plantes à racines (f)

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root crops

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51
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la paille

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straw

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52
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le foin

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hay

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53
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la meule de foin

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haystack

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54
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rentrer

A

to bring in (crops)

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55
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le grain

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grain

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56
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la graine

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seed

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57
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la semence

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seed

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58
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le cheptel

A

livestock

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59
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l’élevage du bétail

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breeding

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60
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l’élevage semi-industrialisé

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battery farming

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61
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le vacher/la vachère

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cowherd

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62
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le berger/la bergère

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shepherd/shepherdess

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le gardeur/la gardeuse de chèvres

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goatherd

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64
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les ovins (m)

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sheep

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65
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le bélier

A

ram

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66
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la brebis

A

ewe

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le mouton

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sheep

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l’agneau (m)

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lamb

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le bouc

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billy goat

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la chèvre

A

nanny goat

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la bique

A

nanny goat

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le chevreau

A

kid

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73
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le cheval

A

horse

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74
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l’étalon (m)

A

stallion

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75
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la jument

A

mare

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76
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le poulain

A

foal

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la pouliche

A

filly

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78
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la poulinière

A

(brood) mare

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79
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pouliner

A

to foal

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80
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l’âne (m)

A

donkey

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81
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le mulet/la mule

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mule

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82
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le taureau

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bull

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83
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la vache

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cow

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84
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la génisse

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heifer

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85
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le veau

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calf

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86
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le porc

A

pig

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87
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la truie

A

sow

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88
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le porcelet

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piglet

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89
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la volaille

A

poultry

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90
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la poule

A

hen

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91
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le coq

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cock

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92
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le poussin

A

chick

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93
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la poule pondeuse

A

laying hen

94
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la poule couveuse

A

brood hen

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le dindon

A

turkey

96
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la dinde

A

turkey

97
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le canard

A

duck

98
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le caneton

A

duckling

99
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l’oie (f)

A

goose

100
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le jars

A

gander

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l’oison (m)

A

gosling

102
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l’industrie laitière (f)

A

dairy industry

103
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la culture biologique

A

organic farming

104
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la culture fruitière

A

fruit farming

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la culture maraîchère

A

market gardening

106
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la culture intensive

A

intensive farming

107
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l’aviculture (f)

A

poultry farming

108
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l’aviculteur/l’avicultrice

A

poultry farmer

109
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l’apiculture

A

apiculture, beekeeping

110
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l’apiculteur/l’apicultrice

A

apiarist, beekeeper

111
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la collectivité rurale

A

farming community

112
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le salon de l’agriculture

A

agricultural show

113
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l’industrie fromagère (f)

A

cheese industry

114
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le fromager

A

cheesemaker, cheese-seller

115
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la fromagerie

A

dairy, cheese shop, cheese counter

116
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des produits laitiers (m)

A

dairy produce

117
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les laitages (m)

A

dairy produce

118
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les reproducteurs

A

breeding stock

119
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l’institut agronomique

A

agricultural college

120
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la laiterie

A

dairy

121
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le grenier à foin

A

hayloft

122
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le bûcher

A

woodstore

123
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le clapier

A

rabbit hutch

124
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la ruche

A

beehive

125
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le silo à grains

A

grain silo

126
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le silo à céréales

A

grain silo

127
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le silo à fourrage

A

fodder silo

128
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le râtelier

A

manger

129
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la mangeoire

A

manger

130
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l’auge (f)

A

trough

131
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abreuver

A

to water

132
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l’abreuvoir (m)

A

trough

133
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la nourriture pour volaille

A

chicken feed

134
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la clôture

A

fence

135
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le pâturage

A

pasture, grazing

136
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l’herbage (m)

A

pasture, grazing

137
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pâturer

A

to graze

138
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le pré

A

meadow

139
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la prairie

A

meadow, grassland

140
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le fossé

A

ditch

141
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le fossé d’irrigation

A

irrigation channel

142
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le froment

A

wheat

143
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le sarrasin

A

buck-wheat

144
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le blé noir

A

buck-wheat

145
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le blé en herbe

A

corn on the blade

146
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le blé d’Inde

A

corn

147
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les primeurs (m)

A

early vegetables/fruits

148
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l’épouvantail (m)

A

scarecrow

149
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en jachère

A

fallow

150
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le fumier

A

dung

151
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le purin

A

liquid manure

152
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l’engrais (m)

A

fertiliser

153
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l’épandeur de fumier (m)

A

muck-spreader

154
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le distributeur d’engrais

A

muck-spreader

155
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le sillon

A

rut

156
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le chaume

A

stubble, thatch

157
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le défrichement

A

land-clearing

158
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le désherbage

A

weed-control

159
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le désherbant

A

weedkiller

160
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la motte

A

clod

161
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calcaire

A

chalky

162
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argileux

A

clayey

163
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surexploiter

A

to overuse

164
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alterner les cultures

A

to rotate crops

165
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la culture fourragère

A

fodder crop

166
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la culture de rente

A

staple crop

167
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le dérivé

A

by-product

168
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la truffe

A

truffle

169
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engranger

A

to gather in

170
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la culture vivrière

A

food crop

171
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la culture commerciale

A

cash crop

172
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la culture de rente

A

cash crop

173
Q

des boeufs de boucherie

A

beef cattle

174
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la vache laitière

A

milk cow

175
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la boîte à lait

A

milk can

176
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l’heure de la traite

A

milking time

177
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la fièvre aphteuse

A

foot and mouth disease

178
Q

le haras

A

stud farm

179
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le pacage

A

grazing land

180
Q

le palefrenier

A

groom

181
Q

le fer à cheval

A

horseshoe

182
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la baratte

A

churn

183
Q

baratter

A

to churn

184
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la tonte

A

shearing

185
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le fourrage

A

feed

186
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l’ensilage (m)

A

silage

187
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le tourteau

A

oil-cake

188
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le granulé

A

pellet

189
Q

la pâtée pour porcs

A

pigswill

190
Q

abattre

A

to slaughter

191
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l’abattoir (m)

A

slaughter-house

192
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le verrat

A

boar

193
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le pis

A

udder

194
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le joug

A

yoke

195
Q

incuber

A

to incubate

196
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le gardien de bétail

A

stockman

197
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le gardien de bestiaux

A

stockman

198
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la rotation des cultures

A

crop rotation

199
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la pulvérisation de pesticides

A

crop spraying

200
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le pulvérisateur de pesticides

A

crop sprayer

201
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l’avion de pulvérisation de pesticides

A

crop sprayer

202
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la fenaison

A

haymaking

203
Q

faucher

A

to mow, reap

204
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la faucille

A

sickle

205
Q

la faucheuse

A

reaper, mower

206
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la fauchaison

A

mowing, reaping

207
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le battage

A

threshing

208
Q

la batteuse

A

threshing machine

209
Q

mettre en balles

A

to bale

210
Q

la mise en balles

A

baling

211
Q

calibrer

A

to grade

212
Q

le calibrage

A

grading

213
Q

la gerbe

A

sheaf

214
Q

l’épi

A

ear

215
Q

les parasites (m)

A

pests

216
Q

le chanvre

A

hemp

217
Q

le colza

A

rape-seed

218
Q

la vendange

A

grape-harvest

219
Q

le vendangeur/-euse

A

grape-picker

220
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le cru

A

vineyard, vintage

221
Q

un grand cru

A

a great vintage

222
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la cuvée

A

vintage

223
Q

le grain de raisin

A

grape

224
Q

la grappe de raisin

A

bunch of grapes

225
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le cep

A

vine stock

226
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la cuve

A

vat

227
Q

le cuvage

A

fermentation

228
Q

le pressoir

A

wine press

229
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le tonneau

A

cask

230
Q

la mise en bouteille

A

bottling

231
Q

transvaser

A

to decant