Le vocabulaire de l'environnement physique Flashcards

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S’attendre à + inf

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To expect

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Être attaché/e à qqch

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To care about doing something

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Tenir à + inf

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To be engaged in/ committed to something

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Une dune

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Sand dune

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Une excursion

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An outing

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Se balader

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To stroll/amble

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Envoûtant/e

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Spell-binding; bewitching

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Sec/sèche

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Dry

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Une côte

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A coast

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Se rafraîchir

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To cool

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Interdire

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To forbid

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Se baigner

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To have a swim

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Polluer

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To pollute; to sully

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Nord
Sud
Ouest
Est

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North
South
West
East

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Un océan

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An ocean

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Une mer

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A sea

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Une rivière

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A river

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Un fleuve

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A river

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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Une banquise

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An ice shelf/ ice floe

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Une île

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An island

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Un archipel

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An archipelago

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Une plage

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A beach

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La côte

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The coast

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Une mare

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A pond

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Un étang

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A pond

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Un ruisseau

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A stream; brook

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Le corail

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Coral

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Une forêt

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A forest

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Une jungle

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A jungle

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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest

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Une steppe

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A steppe

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Une vallée

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A valley

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Un canyon

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A canyon

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Une grotte

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A cave

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Un continent

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A continent

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Chaud

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Hot

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Froid

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Cold

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Humide

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Humid

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Sec

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Dry

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Polaire

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Arctic

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Tempéré

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Temperate

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Méditerranéen

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Mediterranean

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Océanique

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Oceanic

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Continental

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Continental

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Tropicale

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Tropical

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Un tornade

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A tornado

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Une inondation

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A flood; flooding

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La sécheresse

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A drought

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La pluie

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Rain

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L’atmosphère

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Atmosphere

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La fonte des glaciers

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Glacier melting

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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon monoxide

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La couche d’ozone (fem)

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Ozone layer

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La déforestation

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Deforestation

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Un écosystème

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An eco system

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Les déchets (industriels) (masc)

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)industrial) waste

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L’empreinte écologique (fem)

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Ecological footprint

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Faire des économies d’énergie

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Energy saving

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L’énergie renouvelable

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Renewable energy

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Le recyclage

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Recycling

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Un emballage biodégradable

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Biodegradable packing

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect the environment

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

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Les transports en commune

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Public transport

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Le covoiturage

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Carpooling

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L’environnement (masc)

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The environment

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L’effet de serre (masc)

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The green-house effect

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La canicule

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Heat-wave

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Un/e écologiste

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An environmentalist

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L’énergie solaire

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Solar energy

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L’énergie éolienne

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Wind energy

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L’énergie nucléaire

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Nuclear energy

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Un déchet

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Litter

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Économiser

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To save

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Sauvegarder

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To protect

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Gaspiller

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Waste

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L’agriculture biologique

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Organic farming

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Un produit bio

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An organic product

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species