Space, the Weather - Chap 75 Flashcards

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l’espace

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space

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l’univers

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the universe

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le monde

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the world

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le système solaire

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the solar system

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le soleil

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the sun

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un corps céleste

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a celestial body

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une planète

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a planet

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planétaire

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planetary

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interplanétaire

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interplanetary

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la Terre

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the Earth

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l’atmosphère

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the atmosphere

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Mercure

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Mercury

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Saturne

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Saturn

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Pluton

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Pluto

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la Lune

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the Moon

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un rayon de lune

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a moonbeam

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le clair de lune

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the moonlight

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éclairé par la lune

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moonlit

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sans lune

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moonless

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une éclipse

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an eclipse

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tourner

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to rotate

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une rotation

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a rotation

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tourner/graviter

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to revolve

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une révolution

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a revolution

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une étoile

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a star

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étoilé

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starlit/starry

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sans étoiles

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starless

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la Grande Ourse

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the Great Bear/the Big Dipper (US)

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la Petite Ourse

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the Little Bear/the Little Dipper (US)

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une nébuleuse

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a nebula

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une galaxie

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a galaxy

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la Voie lactée

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the Milky Way

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un trou noir

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a black hole

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un météore

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a meteor

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un(e) météorite

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a meteorite

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une comète

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a comet

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exploser

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to explode

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une explosion

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an explosion

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irradier

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to irradiate

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une irradiation

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an irradiation

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le temps

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the weather

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les conditions climatiques

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the weather conditions

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la météo

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the weather forecast

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la carte météo

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the weather chart

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le climat

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the climate

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la climatologie

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climatology

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tempéré

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temperate

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le baromètre

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the barometer/the glass

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le soleil

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the sun

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ensoleillé

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sunny

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le soleil (lumière)

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sunshine

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un rayon de soleil

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a sunbeam/sunray

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des éclaircies

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bright intervals

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un nuage

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a cloud

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nuageux

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cloudy

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couvert

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overcast

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dégagé

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cloudless/clear

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se couvrir

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to cloud over

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le brouillard

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fog/foggy

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la brume

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mist

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brumeux

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misty

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une légère brume

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haze

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brumeux

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hazy

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la pluie

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rain

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pleuvoir

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to rain

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pluvieux

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rainy

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une goutte de pluie

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a rain drop

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les précipitations

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rainfall

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l’eau de pluie

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rainwater

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une déluge

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a downpour

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la bruine/le crachin

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drizzle

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bruiner

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to drizzle

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la neige

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snow

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neiger

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to snow

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neigeux

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snowy

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bloqué par la neige

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snowbound

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un flocon de neige

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a snowflake

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une chute de neige

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a snowfall

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une congère

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a snowdrift

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la neige fondue

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slush

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fondu

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slushy

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fondre

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to melt

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le dégel

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thaw

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dégeler

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to thaw

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le grésil

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sleet

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la grêle

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hail

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grêler

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to hail

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un grêlon

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a hailstone

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le vent

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the wind

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venteux

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windy

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balayé par le vent

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windswept

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un tourbillon

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a whirlwind

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souffler

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to blow

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une rafale

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a gust of wind

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souffler en rafales

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to gust/to bluster

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se déchaîner

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to rage

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se calmer/tomber

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to abate

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une brise

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a breeze

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un grand vent

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a gale

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une bourrasque

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a squall

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une tournade

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a tornado

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la mousson

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the monsoon

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une tempête (en mer)

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a tempest

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un orage/une tempête

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a storm

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orageux

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stormy

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un orage

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a thunderstorm

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les éclairs/la foudre

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lightning

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un éclair

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a flash of lightning

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le tonnerre

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thunder

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un coup de tonnerre

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a clap of thunder

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geler

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to frost/ to freeze

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le gel

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frost

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gelé/givré

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frosty

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la gelée blanche

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hoarfrost

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(se) givrer

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to frost up/over/to ice up

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la glace

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ice

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glacé/verglacé

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icy

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le verglas

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black ice

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très chaud

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hot

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la chaleur

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heat

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une vague de chaleur

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a heatwave

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la canicule

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dog days

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brûler

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to scorch

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torride

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scorching hot

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une journée de canicule

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a scorcher

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instable

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unsettled

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maussade

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dull

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une dépression

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a trough/a depression

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un anticyclone

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an anticyclone

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au lever du soleil

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at sunrise

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au coucher du soleil

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at sunset

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la nouvelle lune

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the new moon

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le premier quatier de lune

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the moon’s first quarter

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au clair de lune

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by moonlight

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les étoiles brillent

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stars shine/glitter

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étincellement/scintillement

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twinkle

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une étoile filante

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a shooting star

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un climat clément

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a hospilable climate

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un climat modéré

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a moderate climate

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un climat vivifiant

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an invigorating climate

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la saison des pluies

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the rainy season

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la pluie tropicale

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tropical rain

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un alizé

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a trade wind

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un bulletin météo

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a weather report

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prévisions pour la journée

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the outlook for the day

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une période ensoleillée

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a sunny spell/ a sunny period

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un temps étouffant

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stifling weather

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un temps variable

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changeable weather

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un temps lourd

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close/humid weather/sultry weather

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un temps doux

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mild/balmy weather

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des averses intermittentes

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scattered showers

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une nappe de brouillard

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a patch of fog

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une pluie légère

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gentle/soft rain

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une pluie constante

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steady rain

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une pluie battante

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heavy/pouring rain

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une pluie torrentielle

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driving/pelting/torrential rain

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une giboulée de mars

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an April shower

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un vent fort

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a strong /high wind

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un vent cinglant

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a biting wind

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un vent glacial

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an icy wind

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une rafale de vent

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a gust of wind

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un avis de coup de vent

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a gale warning

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essuyer une tempête

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to weather a storm

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des routes verglacées

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black-iced roads

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un soleil éclatant

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a bright sun

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un soleil flamboyant

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a blazing sun

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un soleil impitoyable

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a merciless sun

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une chaleur accablante

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sweltering heat

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un arc en ciel

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a rainbow

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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un temps magnifique

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a glorious weather

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se dégager (temps)

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to clear up/to bright up