The climate Flashcards

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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

A

chilly

18
Q

couvert

A

overcast

19
Q

la grêle

A

hail

20
Q

la brume

A

mist

21
Q

la bruine

A

drizzle

22
Q

des averses intermittentes

A

scattered showers

23
Q

se faire tremper

A

to get soaked /drenched

24
Q

inonder

A

to flood

25
Q

être en crue

A

to be in spate

26
Q

les pluies de mousson

A

monsoon rain

27
Q

déborder

A

to overflow

28
Q

un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

29
Q

une réplique

A

an aftershock

30
Q

un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

31
Q

une tornade

A

a tornado

32
Q

arracher

A

to rip

33
Q

un raz de marée

A

a tidal wave

34
Q

se rapprocher

A

to near

35
Q

prendre de la vigueur

A

to gather strenght

36
Q

s’éloigner, se calmer

A

to subside