The conquest of the world Flashcards

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1
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une carte

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a map

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l’échelle d’une carte

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the scale of a map

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une carte (marine /du ciel)

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a chart

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un point de repère

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a landmark

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5
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une boussole

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a compass

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s’orienter

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to find /to get one’s bearings

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7
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les alizés

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trade winds

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8
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arriver en vue de la terre

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to make landfall

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le continent

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the mainland

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10
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faire le tour du monde

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to circumnavigate (the world)

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l’ouest, l’Occident

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the west

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l’est, l’Orient

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the east

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une terre, un pays

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a land

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14
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un peuple

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a people

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15
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autochtone

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native

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une tribu

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a tribe

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habiter

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to live

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un concitoyen

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a countryman

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un colon

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a settler

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être situé

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to lie

21
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s’étendre

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to stretch, to spread

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une frontière

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a border, a boundary

23
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relier

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to link