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La terre (terrain/ propriété foncière)

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Land

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Un paysage

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A landscape

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Le globe

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The globe

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Mondial

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Global

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Un hémisphère

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A hemisphere

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L’équateur

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The equator

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Équatorial

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Equatorial

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Le tropic du cancer / du Capricorn

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The Tropic of Cancer / of Capicorn

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Tropical/e

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Tropical

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Un pôle

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A pole

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Polaire

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Polar

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L’océan Arctique / antarctique

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The Arctic/ Antarctic Ocean

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Un continent

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A continent

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Continental

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Continental

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Le continent (par rapport à une île)

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The mainland

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Un territoire

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A territory

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Territorial

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Territorial

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Un pays

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A country

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La campagne

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The country

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La campagne (par rapport à la ville)

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The countryside

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Une lande

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A moor

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La lande

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Moorland

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Les broussailles

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Scrub

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Région broussailleuse

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Scrubland= brushwood

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Une région boisée

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Woodland

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Un marécage

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A marsh/ a bog / a swamp

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Région de marécages

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Marshland = wetlands

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Marécageux

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Marshy= boggy= swampy

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Une île

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An island

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Une presqu’île/ une péninsule

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A peninsula

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Un isthme

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An isthmus

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Un promontoire

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A promontory

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Un cap

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A cape/ a headland

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Un archipel

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An archipelago

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Un atoll

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An atoll

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Une grotte

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A cave

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Un gouffre

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An abyss / a gulf

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La spéléologie

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Caving = speleology

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Un desert

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A desert

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Des dunes (de sables)

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Sand dunes

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Un oasis

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An oasis

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La savane

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The savanna

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La brousse

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The bush

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La jungle

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The jungle

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46
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La banquise

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The ice floe/ pack ice

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47
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Un iceberg

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An iceberg

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1- Un point de repère 2- Une étape importante

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A land mark

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49
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Le cadastre

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The land registry

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50
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Le terrain peut être plat

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The land may be flat

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51
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À l’équateur

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On the equator

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52
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Sous les tropics

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In the tropics

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L’hémisphère nord / sud

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The northern/ Southern Hemisphere

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54
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Le pole nord / sud

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The north/ South Pole

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55
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Elle a disparu sans laisser des traces

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She’s disappeared off the face of the earth

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56
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L’attérrissage fut rude

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We came back to earth with a bump

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57
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Sur la terre ferme

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On dry land

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58
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Tâter le terrain

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To find out how the land lies

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La partie émergée de l’iceberg

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The tip of the iceberg

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60
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La cartographie

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Cartography

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61
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Un atlas

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An atlas

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62
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Un fuseau horaire

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A time zone

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63
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Le relief

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Relief

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64
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Sur terrain plat

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On level ground

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65
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Nous sommes en terrain inconnu

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It’s uncharted territory for us

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66
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La boussole

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The compass

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67
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Un degré

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A degree

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68
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Le nord

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The north

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69
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Du nord

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Northern

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Au nord

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Northerly

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71
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Vers le nord/ au nord

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Northwards

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Le plus au nord

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Northernmost

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73
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Le sud

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The south

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74
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Du sud = méridional

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South(ern)

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75
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Du sud

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Southerly

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76
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Vers le sud

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Southward(s)

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77
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Le plus au sud

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Southernmost

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78
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L’est

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The east

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79
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De l’est= oriental

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East(ern)

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80
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De l’est

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Easterly

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81
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Vers l’est

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Eastward(s)

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82
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Le plus à l’est

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Easternmost

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83
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L’ouest/ l’occident

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The west

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84
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De l’ouest = occidental

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West(ern)

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85
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De l’ouest

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Westerly

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86
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Vers l’ouest

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Westward(s)

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87
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Le plus à l’ouest

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Westernmost

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88
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Le nord-est

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The northeast

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89
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Le nord-ouest

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The northwest

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90
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Le sud-est

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The southeast

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91
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Le sud-ouest

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The southwest

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92
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Ici

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Here

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93
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Là

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There

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94
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Là-bas

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Over there

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95
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De là

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From there

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96
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Derriere

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Behind

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97
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Devant

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In front of

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98
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À l’avant de

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In the front of

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À l’arrière de

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At the back of

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100
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Dans (sans mouvement)

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In

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101
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Dans (avec mouvement)

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Into

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102
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À l’intérieur

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Inside

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103
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À l’extérieur

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Outside

104
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Dans les limites de

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Within

105
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Sur (sans mouvement

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On

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Sur (avec mouvement)

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Onto

107
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Sous

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Below/ under

108
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En dessous (de)

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Underneath / beneath

109
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Près

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Near

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Loin

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Far

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Plus loin

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Farther / further

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Dans les parages (de)

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Somewhere about

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Au delà (de)

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Beyond

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Près de

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Beside = next to

115
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De…. à …

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From… to…

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La direction

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The direction

117
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Vers

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Toward(s)

118
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En avant/ vers l’avant

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Forward(s)

119
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En arrière/ vers l’arrière

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Backward(s)

120
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De coté

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Sideways

121
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En biais/ en diagonale

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Diagonally/ crosswise

122
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Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

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Clockwise

123
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En direction de

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In the direction of

124
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Dans l’autre sens= dans la direction opposé

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In the other = opposite direction

125
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Avoir le sens de l’orientation

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To have a good sense of direction

126
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C’est à trois kilomètre d’ici

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It’s two miles away

127
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Ce n’est pas tout près

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It’s a good way off

128
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C’est loin

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It’s a long way away

129
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C’est tout près

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It’s close by / nearby

130
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C’est en sens inverse

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It’s the other way

131
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C’est de l’autre coté de la ville

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It’s on the other side of the town

132
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La maison d’en face

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The house across the street

133
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Le maison d’à coté

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The house next door

134
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L’altitude

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Altitude

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S’élever

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To rise (up)

136
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Dominer

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To tower over

137
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Une montagne

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A mountain

138
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Montagneux

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Mountainous

139
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Une chaîne de montagne

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A mountain chain

140
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Un sommet de montagne

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A mountain top

141
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Une colline

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A hill

142
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Un sommet de colline

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A hilltop

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Un massif

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A massif

144
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Le sommet

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The summit

145
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Un glacier

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A glacier

146
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Une falaise

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A cliff

147
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Une pente

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A slope

148
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Descendre une pente

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To slope down

149
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Les alpes

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The Alps

150
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L’Himalaya

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The Himalayas

151
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Le bord de mer

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The seaside

152
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Le rivage

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The (sea)shore

153
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Un ocean

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An ocean

154
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La marée

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The tide

155
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Une vague

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A wave

156
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Les vagues déferlantes

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The surf

157
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Une baie

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A bay

158
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Un golfe

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A gulf

159
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Un détroit

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A strait / straits

160
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La cote

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The coast

161
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La plage

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The beach

162
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Le sable

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Sand

163
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Les galets

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Shingle = pebbles

164
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Un lagon= une lagune

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A lagoon

165
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Sur le rivage

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By the seashore

166
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Au bord de la mer

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By/ at the seaside

167
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En mer

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At sea

168
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En pleine mer

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On the high seas

169
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Il est complètement perdu avec toutes ces nouvelles technologies

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He’s all at sea with these new technologies

170
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À marée haute/ basse

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At high/ low tide

171
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La mer est haute / basse

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The tide is in/ out

172
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Mettre les bouchées doubles

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To work double tides

173
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Ne fais pas l’autruche

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Don’t bury your head in the sand

174
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L’océan atlantique

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The Atlantic Ocean

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L’océan pacifique

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The pacific

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L’océan indien

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The Indian Ocean

177
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La mer Méditerranée

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The Mediterranean

178
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La mer des Caraïbes

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The Caribbean

179
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Une source

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A spring

180
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Jaillir (eau)

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To spring

181
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Un fleuve, une rivière

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A river

182
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Un ruisseau

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A stream= a brook A creek US

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Un torrent

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A torrent

184
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Le courant

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The current= the stream

185
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En amont

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Upstream

186
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En aval

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Downstream

187
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Un canal

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A canal

188
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Un barrage

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A dam

189
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Couler

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To flow

190
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Se jeter dans

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To flow / run into

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S’assécher/ se tarir

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To run dry

192
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La boue

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Mud

193
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Une chute d’eau

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A waterfall

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Une cascade

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A cascade

195
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Une digue

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A dyke

196
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Un fossé

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A ditch

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Un lac

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A lake

198
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Un étang

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A pool

199
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Une mare

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A pond

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L’eau douce

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Fresh water

201
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L’eau de source

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Spring water

202
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Va te faire voir

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Go and jump in the lake

203
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La tamise

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The Thames

204
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Une catastrophe

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An act of God

205
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Un volcan

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A volcano

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Volcanique

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Volcanic

207
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Entrer en eruption

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To erupt

208
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Un tremblement de terre

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An earthquake

209
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Une inondation

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A flood

210
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La sécheresse

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Drought

211
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Un avalanche

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An avalanche

212
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Un typhon

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A typhoon

213
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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

214
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Une tornade

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A tornado A twister US

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Un incendie de forêt

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A wildfire

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L’étendu/ l’ampleur du sinistre

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The scope / extent of the disaster

217
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Le climat

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The climate

218
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Des éclaircies

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Bright intervals / sunny spells

219
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Un temps très ensoleillé

A

Bright sunshine

220
Q

Nuageux

A

Cloudy

221
Q

Se couvrir (ciel)

A

To cloud over

222
Q

Se disperser

A

To disperse

223
Q

Le brouillard

A

Fog

224
Q

Brumeux

A

Foggy

225
Q

Le léger brouillard

A

Mist

226
Q

La brume

A

Haze

227
Q

Brumeux

A

Hazy

228
Q

La pluie

A

Rain

229
Q

Pluvieux

A

Rainy

230
Q

Les précipitations

A

Rainfall

231
Q

Une averse

A

A shower

232
Q

Une pluie diluvienne/ un deluge

A

A downpour

233
Q

Bruiner

A

To drizzle

234
Q

Une petite pluie fine

A

A drizzle

235
Q

Neigeux

A

Snowy

236
Q

Bloqué par la neige (maison, route, région)

A

Snowbound

237
Q

Un flocon de neige

A

A snowflake

238
Q

Fondre

A

To melt

239
Q

Grêler

A

To hail

240
Q

Le vent

A

The wind

241
Q

Souffler

A

To blow

242
Q

Se déchaîner

A

To rage

243
Q

Se calmer/ tomber

A

To abate

244
Q

Une brise

A

A breeze

245
Q

Une rafale

A

A squall

246
Q

Souffler en rafales

A

To bluster

247
Q

Une tempête (en mer)

A

A tempest

248
Q

Une tempête / un orage

A

A storm

249
Q

Orageux

A

Stormy

250
Q

Le tonnerre

A

Thunder

251
Q

Les éclairs/ la foudre

A

Lightning

252
Q

Geler

A

To freeze

253
Q

Le gel/ la gelée

A

Frost

254
Q

1) glacé 2) verglacé

A

Icy

255
Q

Le verglas

A

Black ice

256
Q

Un temps lourd

A

Close weather

Anglais Vocabulaire (73 decks)

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