The climate Flashcards

1
Q

une vague de chaleur

A

a heat wave

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2
Q

la sécheresse

A

drought

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3
Q

étouffant

A

sweltering

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4
Q

torride

A

blazing

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5
Q

suffocant

A

sultry

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6
Q

lourd

A

close

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7
Q

une rafale de vent

A

a gust of wind

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8
Q

une bourrasque

A

a gale

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9
Q

se calmer

A

to abate

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10
Q

un orage

A

a thunderstorm

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11
Q

un coup de tonnerre

A

a clap of thunder

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12
Q

la foudre

A

lightning

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13
Q

un éclair

A

a flash of lightning

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14
Q

le gel, la gelée, le givre

A

frost

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15
Q

le verglas

A

black ice

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16
Q

une couche de neige

A

a blanket of snow

17
Q

très frais

18
Q

couvert

19
Q

la grêle

20
Q

la brume

21
Q

la bruine

22
Q

des averses intermittentes

A

scattered showers

23
Q

se faire tremper

A

to get soaked /drenched

24
Q

inonder

25
être en crue
to be in spate
26
les pluies de mousson
monsoon rain
27
déborder
to overflow
28
un tremblement de terre
an earthquake
29
une réplique
an aftershock
30
un glissement de terrain
a landslide
31
une tornade
a tornado
32
arracher
to rip
33
un raz de marée
a tidal wave
34
se rapprocher
to near
35
prendre de la vigueur
to gather strenght
36
s'éloigner, se calmer
to subside