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Vocabulary 2015/2016 > Geography / Geopolitics > Flashcards

Geography / Geopolitics Flashcards

1
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L’infini

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The infinite

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Le vide

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The void

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Les cieux

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The skies

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Une étoile filante

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A shooting star

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Les rayons du soleil

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The sun rays

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Le lever du soleil

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The sun rise

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Le coucher du soleil

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The sun set

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Scruter l’espace

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To peer into space

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Une carte du ciel

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A star chart

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La croûte terrestre

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The Earth’s crust

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La dérive des continents

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The continental drift

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12
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Une faille

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A fault

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Une chaîne de montagnes

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A range of mountains

A mountain chain

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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Une falaise

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A cliff

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Une caverne / une grotte

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A cave

A grotto

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17
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La pleine mer / La haute mer

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The open sea

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18
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Les fonds marins

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The sea bed

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19
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Marée haute / basse

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High / low tide

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20
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La côte

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The coast

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21
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Le littoral

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The coastline

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Le rivage

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The (sea) shore

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23
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Le bord de mer

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The seaside

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Le courant

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The stream

The current

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Profond

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Deep

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Peu profond

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Shallow

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27
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La saison sèche

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The dry season

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28
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La saison des pluies

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The rain season

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29
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Une averse

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A shower

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Un déluge / Une pluie diluvienne

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A deluge

A douwnpour

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31
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Le brouillard

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Fog

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32
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La brume

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Mist

Haze

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33
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La grêle

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Hail

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34
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Le gel / La gelée

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Frost

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35
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Le verglas

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Black ice

36
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Une canicule

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A heat wave

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La fraîcheur

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Coolness

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Se réchauffer

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To heat up

To warm up

39
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Un orage

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A thunderstorm

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Tomber / s’apaiser

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To abate

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

42
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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Un tremblement de terre

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An earthquake

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Un ras-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

48
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Déraciner

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To uproot

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Une patrie

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A homeland

A fatherland

50
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Une frontière

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A frontier
A border
A boundary

51
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Un hymne national

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A national anthem

52
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Une capital

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A capital city

53
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La densité démographique

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Population density

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La croissance démographique

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Population growth

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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate

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La surpopulation

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Overpopulation

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Peupler

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To people

59
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Etre surpeuplé

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To be overcrowded

60
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Etre faiblement peuplé

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To be scarcely populated

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Etre densément / fortement peuplé

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To be densely / heavily populated

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Coloniser un territoire

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To settle a land

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Habiter

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To inhabit

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Inhabité

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Uninhabited

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Un recensement

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A census

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Une pyramide des âges

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An age pyramid

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Une explosion démographique

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A baby boom

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Un effondrement démographique

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A baby bust

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La célébrité

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Fame

Stardom

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Etre rêveur / idéaliste

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To be starry-eyed

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Etre né sous une bonne étoile

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To be born under a lucky star

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Terre-à-terre

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Down-to-earth

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Revenir sur terre

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To come down to earth

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Remuer ciel et terre

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To move heaven and earth

75
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Coûter les yeux de la tête

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To cost the earth

76
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Dormir à la belle étoile

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To sleep out in the open

77
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Avoir un air de déjà vu

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To sound familiar

78
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Parler pour ne rien dire

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To let out a lot of hot air

79
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Jeter un froid sur

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To cast a chill over

80
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Faire un froid de canard

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To be freezing cold

81
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Le vent du changement

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The winds of change

82
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Il faut de tout pour faire un monde

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It takes all sorts to make a world

83
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Pour rien au monde

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For nothing in the world

84
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Le monde est petit

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It’s a small world

85
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Le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

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The early bird catches the worm

Vocabulary 2015/2016 (8 decks)

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