November words Flashcards by Susie Davis

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se débrouiller

A

to manage

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porter sur

A

to be about

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une ébauche

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a draft

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pair, impair

A

even, odd

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passer par

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to go by (via), pop into

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la bruine

A

drizzle

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le grésil

A

sleet

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serpenter

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to snake

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événements climatiques

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climatic events

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que ce soit…ou

A

Whether it is… or

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les graves inondations

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major floods

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les incendies

A

fires

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la sonnette d’alarme

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alarm call (also metaphoric)

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écarlate

A

scarlet

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des déplacés

A

displaced people

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calciner

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to char, burn, turn to cinder

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constater

A

listen,
see, (take)
note, notice, realise, verify, witness

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de fortes hausses

A

high increases (eg temperature)

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À travers toute

A

Across all

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Les vagues de chaleur

A

Heat waves

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augmenter

A

to increase, rise (esp temperature), boost,

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Les océans s’acidifient

A

The oceans are acidifying

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hausse globale

A

global rise

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en train de changer

A

in the process of changing

freiner

to brake, curb, slow down, limit, restrain

à aller plus loin que

to go further than

tirer

to sound (an alarm), to shoot

rencontrer

to encounter

des changements qui s'accélèrent

changes are accelerating, accelerating changes

les dégâts

the damage(s)

l'estran

the foreshore

rejetés sur le rivage

washed ashore

une épaisse couche de poussière volcanique

a thick coat of volcanic ash

nous a-t-on dit

we were told, we’ve been told