Nature - La Nature Flashcards

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The Earth

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La Terre

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Land

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La terre/terrain

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Landscape

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Un paysage

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Globe

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Le globe

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Global

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Mondial(e)

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A hemisphere

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Un hémisphère

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The equator

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L’équateur

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Equatorial

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Équatorial(e)

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Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn

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Le tropique du Cancer/du Capricorne

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Tropical

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Tropical(e)

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A pole

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Un pôle

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Polar

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Polaire

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The Arctic Ocean

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l’Océan arctique

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The Antarctic Ocean

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l’Océan antarctique

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A continent

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Un continent

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Contiental

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Continental(e)

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The Mainland

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Le continent (par rapport à une île)

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A territory

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Un territoire

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Territorial

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Territorial(e)

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A country

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Un pays

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21
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The country

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La campagne

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The countryside

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La campagne (par rapport à une ville)

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A moor

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Une lande

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Moorland

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La lande

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25
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Scrub

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Les broussailles

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Scrubland/brushwood

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Région broussailleuse

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Woodland

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Une région boisée

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A marsh/bog/swamp

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Un marécage

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Marshy/boggy/swampy

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Marécageux(-se)

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Marshland/wetlands

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Région de marécages

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A quagmire

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Un bourbier

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An island/isle

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Une île

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A peninsula

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Une presqu’île/une péninsule

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An isthmus

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Un isthme

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A promontory

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Un promontoire

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A cape/headland

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Un cap

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An archipelago

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Un archipel

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38
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An atoll

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Un atoll

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39
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A cave

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Une grotte

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40
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Caving/speleology

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La spéléologie

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41
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An abyss/a gulf

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Un gouffre

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42
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A desert

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Un désert

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43
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Sand dunes

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Des dunes (de sable)

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44
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An oasis

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Une oasis

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45
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The savanna(h)

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La savane

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46
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The bush

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La brousse

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47
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The jungle

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La jungle

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48
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The ice floe/pack ice

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La banquise

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49
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An iceberg

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Un iceberg

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50
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Finding one’s bearings

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S’orienter

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51
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The compass

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La boussole

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52
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A compass card/rose

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Une rose des vents

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53
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A degree

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Un degré

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54
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The north

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Le nord

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55
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North(ern)

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Du nord/septentrional

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56
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Northward(s)

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Au nord/vers le nord

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57
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Northernmost

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Au nord/le plus au nord

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58
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The south

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Le sud

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59
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South(ern)

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Du sud/méridional

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60
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Southerly

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Du sud

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61
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Southward(s)

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Vers le sud

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62
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Southernmost

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Le plus au sud

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63
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The east

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L’est

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64
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East(ern)

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De l’est/oriental

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65
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Easterly

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De l’est

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66
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Eastward(s)

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Vers l’est

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67
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Easternmost

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Le plus à l’est

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The west

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L’ouest/l’Occident

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West(ern)

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De l’ouest/occidental

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Westerly

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De l’ouest

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71
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Westward(s)

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Vers l’ouest

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72
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Westernmost

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Le plus à l’ouest

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73
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The northeast

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Le nord-est

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74
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The northwest

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Le nord-ouest

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75
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The southeast

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Le sud-est

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76
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The southwest

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Le sud-ouest

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77
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Here

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Ici

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78
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There

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79
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Over there

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Là-bas

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80
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From there

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De là

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81
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Behind

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Derrière

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82
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In front of

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Devant

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83
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In the front of

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À l’avant de

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At the back of

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À l’arrière de

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85
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In/into

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Dans

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86
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Inside

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À l’intérieur

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87
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Outside

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À l’extérieur

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88
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Within

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Dans les limites de

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89
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On/onto

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Sur

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90
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Below/under

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Sous

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91
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Underneath/beneath

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En dessous de

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92
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Near

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Près

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93
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Far

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Loin

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94
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Farther/further

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Plus loin

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95
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Somewhere about

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Dans les parages (de)

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96
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Beyond

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Au-delà (de)

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97
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Between

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Entre

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98
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Beside/next to

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Près de/à côté de

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99
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From .. to ..

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De .. à ..

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100
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The direction

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La direction

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101
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Toward(s)

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Vers

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102
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Forward(s)

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En avant/vers l’avant

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103
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Backward(s)

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En arrière/vers l’arrière

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104
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Sideways

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De côté

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105
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Diagonally/crosswise

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En biais/en diagonale

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106
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Clockwise

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Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

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107
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Anticlockwise

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Dans le sens contraire à celui des aiguilles d’une montre

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108
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Topography

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La topographie

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109
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Cartography

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La cartographie

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110
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An atlas

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Un atlas

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111
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Latitude

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La latitude

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112
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Longitude

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La longitude

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113
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A meridian

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Un méridien

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114
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A time zone

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Un fuseau horaire

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115
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The 45th parallel

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Le 45e parallèle

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116
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A map

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Une carte

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117
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To map a country

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Dresser la carte d’un pays

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118
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A chart

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Une carte marine

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119
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To chart

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Établir une carte

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120
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Relief

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Le relief

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121
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A contour line

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Une courbe de niveau

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122
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Up hill and down dale

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Par monts et par vaux

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123
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Altitude

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L’altitude

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124
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To rise (up)

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S’élever

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125
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To tower over

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Dominer

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126
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A mountain

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Une montage

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127
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Mountainous

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Montagneux

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128
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A mountain chain/range

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Une chaîne de montagnes

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129
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A mountain top

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Un sommet de …

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130
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A hill

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Une colline

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131
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A hillock/a mound

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Une butte

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132
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A hilltop

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Un sommet de colline

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133
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The foothill(s)

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Le(s) contrefort(s)

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134
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A massif

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Un massif

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135
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A ridge

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Une arête

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136
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The summit

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Le sommet

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137
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The crest

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La crête

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138
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A peak

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Un pic

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139
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A glacier

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Un glacier

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140
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A valley/vale

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Une vallée

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141
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A dale

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Un vallon

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142
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A defile

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Un défilé

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143
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A gorge

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Une gorge

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144
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A plateau

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Un plateau

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145
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A hallow

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Un creux

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146
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A basin

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Un bassin

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147
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A cliff

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Une falaise

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148
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A ravine

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Un ravin

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149
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A precipice

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Un précipice

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150
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A chasm

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Un gouffre

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151
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A crevice/fissure/split

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Une crevasse (dans le sol ou la roche)

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A crevasse

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Une crevasse (sûr un glacier)

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A ledge

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Une corniche/saillie

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A pass

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Un col

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A sheer drop

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Un à-pic

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A slope

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Une pente

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To slope down

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Descendre une pente

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Mountain ranges

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Chaînes de montagnes

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The Apennines

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Les Apennins

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The Rocky Mountains/the Rockies

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Les Montagnes Rocheuses

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Mount Rushmore

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Le mont Rushmore

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The Appalachian Mountains/the Appalachians

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Les Appalaches

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Ben Nevis

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Ben Nevis

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The Alps

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Les Alpes

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Mount Everest

A

L’Everest

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The Pyrenees

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Les Pyrénées

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Caucasus

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Le Caucase

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Caucasian

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Caucasien

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The Himalayas

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L’Himalaya

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The sea

A

La mer

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Sea water

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L’eau de mer

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The seabed

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Le fond de la mer

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The sea level

A

Le niveau de la mer

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The (sea)shore

A

Le rivage

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The seaside

A

Le bord de la mer

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An ocean

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Un océan

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The tide

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La marée

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A wave

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Une vague

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The surf

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Les vagues déferlantes

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The swell

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La houle

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A groundswell

A

Une lame de fond

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The backwash (of a wave)

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Le ressac

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183
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The undertow

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Le courant de retour

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184
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Spray

A

Les embruns

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185
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Foam

A

L’écume

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186
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White horses

A

Les moutons (sur la mer)

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A bay

A

Une baie

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A gulf

A

Un golfe

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A cove

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Une anse

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An inlet/a creek

A

Une crique

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A strait

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Un détroit

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A channel

A

Un chenal

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193
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The Channel

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La Manche

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The coast

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La côte

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195
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Costal

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Côtier

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196
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The beach

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La plage

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197
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Sand

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Le sable

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Sandbank

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Un banc de sable

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199
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Shingle/pebbles

A

Les galets

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200
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A reef

A

Un récif

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201
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A lagoon

A

Un lagon/une lagune

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202
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Seas and oceans

A

Mers et océans

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The Atlantic (Ocean)

A

L’(océan) Atlantique

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The Pacific (Ocean)

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Le Pacifique/l’océan Pacifique

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The Indian Ocean

A

L’océan Indien

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The Irish Sea

A

La mer d’Irlande

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207
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The North Sea

A

La mer du Nord

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The Mediterranean Sea

A

La (mer) Méditerranée

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The Aegean Sea

A

La mer Égée

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The Adriatic

A

L’Adriatique/la mer Adriatique

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The Baltic Sea

A

La (mer) Baltique

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The Caribbean

A

La mer des Caraïbes/des Antilles

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The Dead Sea

A

La mer Morte

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The South Seas

A

Les mers du Sud

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The Straits of Gibraltar

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Le détroit de Gibraltar

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The Magellan Straits

A

Le détroit de Magellan

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The Bay of Biscay

A

Le golfe de Gascogne

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218
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The Hudson Bay

A

La baie de l’Hudson

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219
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The Persian Gulf

A

Le golf persique

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The roaring forties

A

Les quarantièmes rugissants

221
Q

The Bermuda Triangle

A

Le triangle des Bermudes

222
Q

Rivers and lakes

A

Fleuves, rivières et lacs

223
Q

A spring

A

Une source

224
Q

To spring

A

Jaillir (eau)

225
Q

A river

A

Un fleuve/une rivière

226
Q

The riverside

A

Le bord d’une rivière

227
Q

A (river) bank

A

Une rive

228
Q

A riverbed

A

Le lit d’une rivière

229
Q

A stream/a brook

A

Un ruisseau

230
Q

A torrent

A

Un torrent

231
Q

The current/stream

A

Le courant

232
Q

Upstream

A

En amont

233
Q

Downstream

A

En aval

234
Q

An estuary

A

Un estuaire

235
Q

A delta

A

Un delta

236
Q

A tributary

A

Un affluent

237
Q

A waterway

A

Une voie navigable

238
Q

A canal

A

Un canal

239
Q

A lock

A

Une écluse

240
Q

The lock gates

A

Les portes de l’écluse

241
Q

The towpath

A

Le chemin de halage

242
Q

A dam

A

Un barrage

243
Q

Meanders

A

Des méandres

244
Q

To meander

A

Faire des méandres

245
Q

To wind

A

Serpenter

246
Q

A ripple

A

Une ride (à la surface de l’eau)

247
Q

To ripple

A

Se rider

248
Q

To flow

A

Couler

249
Q

To flow/run into

A

Se jeter dans

250
Q

To run dry

A

S’assécher/se tarir

251
Q

The watershed

A

La ligne de partage des eaux

252
Q

Silt

A

Le limon

253
Q

To silt up

A

S’ensabler/s’enfoncer dans la vase

254
Q

Slime

A

La vase

255
Q

Slimy

A

Gluant(e)

256
Q

Mud

A

La boue

257
Q

Muddy

A

Boueux(se)

258
Q

A waterfall

A

Une chute d’eau

259
Q

A cascade

A

Une cascade

260
Q

Rapids

A

Des rapides

261
Q

A ford

A

Un gué

262
Q

To ford

A

Passer à gué

263
Q

A dyke

A

Une digue

264
Q

A ditch

A

Un fossé

265
Q

A lake

A

Un lac

266
Q

The Lakeside

A

Les rives d’un lac

267
Q

A pool

A

Un étang

268
Q

A pond

A

Une mare

269
Q

Famous rivers and lakes

A

Fleuves et lacs célèbres

270
Q

The (River) Thames

A

La Tamise

271
Q

The Mississippi (River)/Old Man River

A

Le Mississippi/le Vieil Homme

272
Q

The Great Lakes

A

Les Grands Lacs

273
Q

The Niagara Falls

A

Les chutes du Niagara

274
Q

The Seine

A

La Seine

275
Q

The Rhine

A

Le Rhine

276
Q

The (Blue) Danube

A

Le (Beau) Danube (Bleu)

277
Q

The Amazon

A

L’Amazone

278
Q

The Nile

A

Le Nil

279
Q

The Jordan

A

Le Jourdain

280
Q

The Ganges

A

Le Gange

281
Q

Lake Como

A

Le lac de Côme

282
Q

Natural Disasters

A

Les catastrophes naturelles

283
Q

An act of God

A

Une catastrophe naturelle

284
Q

A quirk

A

Un caprice

285
Q

A freak of nature

A

Une bizarrerie de la nature

286
Q

A volcano

A

Un volcan

287
Q

Volcanic

A

Volcanique

288
Q

Dormant

A

Inactif

289
Q

Extinct

A

Éteint

290
Q

To erupt

A

Entrer en éruption

291
Q

An eruption

A

Une éruption

292
Q

A crater

A

Un cratère

293
Q

Lava

A

La lave

294
Q

A lava flow

A

Une coulée de lave

295
Q

Scoriae/cinders

A

Les scories

296
Q

A fault

A

Une faille

297
Q

An earthquake

A

Un tremblement de terre

298
Q

Seismic

A

Sismique

299
Q

A seismograph

A

Un sismographe

300
Q

An earth tremor

A

Une secousse tellurique

301
Q

The Richter scale

A

L’échelle de Richter

302
Q

An aftershock

A

Une réplique

303
Q

A flood

A

Une inondation

304
Q

To flood

A

Crue/inonder

305
Q

The Flood

A

Le Déluge

306
Q

A mudslide

A

Une coulée de boue

307
Q

A deluge

A

Une pluie diluvienne

308
Q

A tidal wave

A

Un raz-de-marée

309
Q

A heat wave

A

Une vague de chaleur

310
Q

Drought

A

La sécheresse

311
Q

A landslide

A

Un glissement de terrain

312
Q

Soil erosion

A

L’érosion du sol

313
Q

A blizzard

A

Une tempête de neige

314
Q

An avalanche

A

Une avalanche

315
Q

A typhoon

A

Un typhon

316
Q

A hurricane

A

Un ouragan

317
Q

A tornado

A

Une tornade

318
Q

A wildfire

A

Un incendie de forêt

319
Q

A wildland fire

A

Un feu de broussailles

320
Q

The weather

A

Le temps climatique

321
Q

The weather conditions

A

Les conditions météorologiques

322
Q

A weathercock/weathervane

A

Une girouette

323
Q

The climate

A

Le climat

324
Q

Climatology

A

La climatologie

325
Q

The barometer

A

Le baromètre

326
Q

Bright intervals/sunny spells

A

Des éclaircies

327
Q

(Bright) sunshine

A

Un temps (très ensoleillé)

328
Q

A cloud

A

Un nuage

329
Q

Cloudy

A

Nuageux(se)

330
Q

To cloud over

A

Se couvrir (ciel)

331
Q

To disperse

A

Se disperser

332
Q

Fog

A

Le brouillard

333
Q

Foggy/misty/hazy

A

Brumeux(se)

334
Q

Mist

A

Le léger brouillard

335
Q

Mist

A

La brume

336
Q

To rain

A

Pleuvoir

337
Q

Rain

A

La pluie

338
Q

Rainy

A

Pluvieux(se)

339
Q

Rainwater

A

L’eau de pluie

340
Q

Rainfall

A

Les précipitations

341
Q

A raindrop

A

Une goutte de pluie

342
Q

A shower

A

Une averse

343
Q

A downpour

A

Une pluie diluvienne/Un déluge

344
Q

A waterspout

A

Une trombe d’eau

345
Q

The monsoon

A

La mousson

346
Q

To drizzle

A

Bruiner

347
Q

Drizzle

A

La bruine/le crachin

348
Q

A drizzle

A

Une petite pluie fine

349
Q

To snow

A

Neiger

350
Q

Snow

A

Neige

351
Q

Snowy

A

Neigeux(se)

352
Q

Snowbound

A

Bloqué(e) par la neige

353
Q

A snowflake

A

Un flocon de neige

354
Q

A snowfall

A

Une chute de neige

355
Q

A snowdrift

A

Une congère

356
Q

Slush

A

Neige fondante

357
Q

Slushy

A

Couvert de neige fondante

358
Q

To melt

A

Fondre

359
Q

To thaw

A

Fondre complètement

360
Q

Thaw

A

Le dégel

361
Q

Sleet

A

Le grésil

362
Q

To hail

A

Grêler

363
Q

Hail

A

La grêle

364
Q

A hailstone

A

Un grêlon

365
Q

The wind

A

Le vent

366
Q

Windy

A

Venteux(se)

367
Q

Windswept

A

Balayé(e) par les vents

368
Q

A whirlwind

A

Un tourbillon (de vent)

369
Q

To blow

A

Souffler

370
Q

A gust of wind

A

Une bourrasque

371
Q

To gust

A

Souffler en bourrasques

372
Q

To rage

A

Se déchaîner

373
Q

To abate

A

Se calmer/tomber

374
Q

A breeze

A

Une brise

375
Q

A gale

A

Un grand vent

376
Q

A squall

A

Une rafale/bourrasque

377
Q

To bluster

A

Souffler en rafales

378
Q

A lull

A

Une accalmie

379
Q

A tempest

A

Une tempête (en mer)

380
Q

A storm

A

Une tempête/un orage

381
Q

A thunderstorm

A

Un orage

382
Q

Stormy

A

Orageux(se)

383
Q

Thunder

A

Le tonnerre

384
Q

To thunder

A

Tonner

385
Q

Lightning

A

Les éclairs/la foudre

386
Q

A lightning conductor

A

Un paratonnerre

387
Q

To freeze

A

Geler

388
Q

Frost

A

Le gel/la gelée

389
Q

Frosty

A

Couvert de givre

390
Q

Hoarfrost

A

Le givre/la gelée blanche

391
Q

To frost up/over, To ice up

A

(Se) givrer

392
Q

Ice

A

La glace

393
Q

Icy

A

Glacé(e), glacial(e), verglacé(e)

394
Q

Black ice

A

Le verglas

395
Q

Heat

A

La chaleur

396
Q

Meteorology

A

La météorologie

397
Q

A meteorologist

A

Un(e) météorologiste

398
Q

The weatherman/woman

A

Monsieur/Madame météo

399
Q

The outlook

A

Les perspectives

400
Q

A spell/period

A

Une période

401
Q

A trough/depression

A

Une dépression

402
Q

A cyclone

A

Un cyclone

403
Q

An anticyclone

A

Un anticyclone

404
Q

A heat wave

A

Une vague de chaleur

405
Q

Dog days

A

La canicule

406
Q

To scorch

A

Brûler

407
Q

Scorching

A

Torride

408
Q

A scorcher

A

Une journée de canicule

409
Q

Tampering with the environment

A

Jouer avec l’environnement

410
Q

Environmental issues

A

Les problèmes liés à l’environnement

411
Q

To pollute

A

Polluer

412
Q

(Un)polluted

A

(Non) pollué

413
Q

Pollution

A

La pollution

414
Q

A polluter

A

Un pollueur

415
Q

A pollutant

A

Un produit polluant

416
Q

Air pollution

A

La pollution de l’air

417
Q

Water pollution

A

La pollution de l’eau

418
Q

An insecticide

A

Un insecticide

419
Q

A pesticide

A

Un pesticide

420
Q

An aerosol

A

Un aérosol

421
Q

Crop-spraying

A

La pulvérisation de pesticides sur les cultures

422
Q

Radioactive fallout

A

Les retombées radioactives

423
Q

Dirty technologies

A

Les technologies sales/polluantes

424
Q

Rogue states

A

Les états voyous (qui polluent)

425
Q

To emit gases

A

Émettre des gaz

426
Q

Gas emission

A

Émission de gaz

427
Q

Greenhouse gas emission

A

Émission de gaz créant l’effet de serre

428
Q

The greenhouse effect

A

L’effet de serre

429
Q

Carbon monoxide

A

L’oxyde de carbone

430
Q

Carbon dioxide

A

Le gaz carbonique/le dioxyde de carbone

431
Q

Pipe

A

Tuyau

432
Q

Exhaust pipe

A

Tuyau d’échappement

433
Q

Pipe emissions/exhaust fumes

A

Gaz d’échappement

434
Q

Ozone

A

L’ozone

435
Q

Global warming

A

Le réchauffement de la planète

436
Q

To poison

A

Empoisonner

437
Q

A poison cloud

A

Un nuage toxique

438
Q

Forest

A

La forêt

439
Q

The rainforest

A

La forêt pluviale

440
Q

Deforestation

A

Le déboisement/la déforestation

441
Q

Reforestation

A

La reforestation

442
Q

To reforest

A

Reboiser

443
Q

GM - Genetically Modified crops

A

Les cultures génétiquement modifiées

444
Q

Fossil fuels

A

Les combustibles fossiles

445
Q

Oil

A

Le pétrole

446
Q

An oil tanker

A

Un tanker

447
Q

An oil spill/leak/slick

A

Une marée noire

448
Q

Oil depletion

A

La diminution des ressources pétrolifères

449
Q

Energy

A

L’énergie

450
Q

Energy consumption

A

La consommation de l’énergie

451
Q

Shortage

A

La pénurie

452
Q

A sewer

A

Un égout

453
Q

Sewage

A

Les eaux usées

454
Q

Sewerage

A

Le système d’égouts

455
Q

A sewage outfall

A

Un déversoir (d’égout)

456
Q

To fish

A

Pêcher

457
Q

Overfishing

A

La surpêche

458
Q

To poach

A

Braconner

459
Q

A poacher

A

Un braconnier

460
Q

To waste

A

Gaspiller

461
Q

Waste/wastage

A

Le gaspillage

462
Q

Noise pollution

A

Les nuisances sonores

463
Q

A decibel

A

Un décibel

464
Q

The threshold of tolerance

A

Le seuil de tolérance

465
Q

The conservation of the environment

A

La défense de l’environnement

466
Q

Ecology

A

L’écologie

467
Q

Ecological

A

Écologique

468
Q

An ecologist

A

Un écologiste

469
Q

A conservationist

A

Un défenseur de l’environnement

470
Q

An environmentalist

A

Un écologiste scientifique

471
Q

An ecosystem

A

Un écosystème

472
Q

The Greens

A

Les verts

473
Q

Earth Day (April 22nd)

A

La journée de la terre (le 22 avril)

474
Q

Biodegradable

A

Biodégradable

475
Q

Biodegradable packaging

A

Conditionnements biodégradables

476
Q

Biofuel

A

Le combustible organique

477
Q

Clean/Green energy

A

Les énergies propres/non polluantes

478
Q

A clean-up campaign

A

Une campagne de propreté

479
Q

Green technology

A

Les technologies vertes

480
Q

To protect wildlife

A

Protéger la faune et la flore

481
Q

To recycle

A

Recycler

482
Q

Glass/paper/waste recycling

A

Le recyclage du verre/du papier/des déchets

483
Q

Space

A

L’espace

484
Q

The universe

A

L’univers

485
Q

Universal

A

Universel(le)

486
Q

The world

A

Le monde

487
Q

The void

A

Le vide

488
Q

The solar system/corona

A

Le système/la couronne solaire

489
Q

The sun

A

Le soleil

490
Q

A sunray/sunbeam

A

Un rayon de soleil

491
Q

A sunspot

A

Une tache solaire

492
Q

The zenith

A

Le zénith

493
Q

An axis

A

Un axe

494
Q

A celestial body

A

Un corps céleste

495
Q

A planet

A

Une planète

496
Q

Planetary

A

Planétaire

497
Q

Interplanetary

A

Interplanétaire

498
Q

The Earth

A

La planète Terre

499
Q

The atmosphere

A

L’atmosphère

500
Q

Mercury

A

Mercure

501
Q

Venus

A

Vénus

502
Q

Mars

A

Mars

503
Q

Jupiter

A

Jupiter

504
Q

Saturn

A

Saturne

505
Q

A ring

A

Un anneau

506
Q

Uranus

A

Uranus

507
Q

Neptune

A

Neptune

508
Q

Pluto

A

Pluton

509
Q

A satellite

A

Un satellite

510
Q

A moon

A

Une lune

511
Q

The moon

A

La lune

512
Q

A moonbeam

A

Un rayon de lune

513
Q

Moonless

A

Sans lune

514
Q

Moonlight

A

Le clair de lune

515
Q

Moonlit

A

Éclairé par la lune

516
Q

An eclipse

A

Une éclipse

517
Q

A crater

A

Un cratère

518
Q

To rotate

A

Tourner

519
Q

A rotation

A

Une rotation

520
Q

To revolve

A

Tourner/graviter

521
Q

A revolution

A

Une révolution

522
Q

Sidereal

A

Sidéral(e)

523
Q

A star

A

Un astre/une étoile

524
Q

Starlit/starry

A

Étoilé(e)

525
Q

Starless

A

Sans étoiles

526
Q

A constellation

A

Une constellation

527
Q

The Great Bear

A

La Grande Ourse

528
Q

The Little Bear

A

La Petite Ourse

529
Q

The Southern Cross

A

La Croix du Sud

530
Q

A nebula

A

Une nébuleuse

531
Q

A galaxy

A

Une galaxie

532
Q

The Milky Way

A

La Voie Lactée

533
Q

A black hole

A

Un trou noir

534
Q

A meteor

A

Un météore

535
Q

Meteoric

A

Météorique

536
Q

A meteorite

A

Un(e) météorite

537
Q

A comet

A

Une comète

538
Q

To explode

A

Exploser

539
Q

An explosion

A

Une explosion

540
Q

To irradiate

A

Irradier

541
Q

An irradiation

A

Une irradiation

542
Q

A white dwarf

A

Une naine blanche

543
Q

A black dwarf

A

Une naine noire

544
Q

An asteroid

A

Astéroïde

545
Q

Extra-terrestrial

A

Extra-terrestre

546
Q

A UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)

A

Un OVNI (Object Volant Non Identifié)

547
Q

The sky

A

Le ciel

548
Q

The Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis

A

L’aurore boréale