FLE orale assessment Flashcards by Lydia Attwell

the green lungs

le poumon vert

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a breath of air

une bouffée d’air

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the palpitating forest heart

la palpitant coeur forestier

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ignited into a forest fire

s’est embrasée dans un feu de forêt

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Sawyer/ sawmill owner

scieur

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a heatwave

une canicule

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the dryness

la sécheresse

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water tables

les nappes phréatique

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confide worries

confier les inquiétudes

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the wood industry

la filière bois

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weakened by the bark beetle

fragilisé par le scolyte

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endemic insect

insecte endémique

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an underground tunnel

une galerie

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a spruce tree

un épicéa

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the summer chorus

le refrain estival

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the prevention

la prévention

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the intervention

la intervention

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the Vosgien mass

le massif vosgien

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an outbreak of fire

un départ de feu

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the size of the fire front

la taille du front de feu

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the spur/ cue

le déclic

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blow up/ inflate

gonfler

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the police force is mobilised

la gendarmerie se mobilise

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evacuation of locals

l’évacuation des riverains

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a forest-firefighter

un sapeur-pompier

the neighbouring department

le département limitrophe

the flames

les flammes

will be drowned by helicopter drops

sera noyé par largages d'hélicoptère

the peat soil

le sol tourbe

playing cat

jouant à chat

to relieve each other

se relayer

to dam/ restrain/ contain

endiguer

the dark series continues

la série noire continue

it requires intervention

il nécessite l'intervention

water bomb helicopters

les hélicoptères bombardiers d'eau

a house fire spreads to the forest

un feu d'habitation š'étend a la foret

densely populated

densément peuplé

additional measures

des mesures supplémentaire

agriculture

l'agriculture

National Forests Office

l'office national des forest (l'ONF)

sustainable management

une gestion durable

harvest

la récolte

to be marketed

être commercialisé

to sell

écouler

petrol

l'essence (f)

union of French Forest Cooperations

l'union des cooperations Forestières Françaises (l'UCFF)

wreaks havoc

fait des ravages

water stress

un stress hydrique

to weaken

affaiblir

it lays under the bark

il pond sous l'écorce

the hazards of dieback

les aléas de dépérissement

seedling

un semis

to appoint/ delegate

déléguer

better responsiveness

une meilleure réactivité

a navy fleet

des flottes aéroportique

water/ rain

la flotte

popularise it to make it digestible

vulgariser pour le rendre digeste

raise awareness

la sensibilisation

a patrol

la patrouille

article/ flyer/ poster

l'affichette

a cig butt

un mégot

a walker, rambler

un promeneur, une promeneuse

my neighbourly listened to my problems with a kindly ear

Ma voisine a écouté mes problèmes d'une oreille bienveillante

this permeant lighting is a waste

Cet éclairage permanent, c'est du gaspillage

it is not worth it

ca ne vaut pas la peine

it is only one piece of the puzzle

ce n’est qu’une pièce du puzzle