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The environment Flashcards

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Les animaux sauvages

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wild animals

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Les mammifères marins

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Sea mammals

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Une espèce

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A species

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Les espèces rares

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Rare species

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Les espèces en voie d’extinction

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Endangered/Disappearing species

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Aller à la chasse

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To go hunting

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7
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La pêche industrielle

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Industrial fishing

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La chasse au gros gibier

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Big game hunting

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Un chasseur

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A hunter

A huntsman

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Un pêcheur

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A fisherman

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11
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La contrebande

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Smuggling

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12
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Un contrebandier

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A smuggler

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Le braconnage

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Poaching

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Braconner

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To poach

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Capturer

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To catch

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Menacer

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To threaten

To endanger

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17
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Tirer sur

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To shoot at

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18
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Faire du mal à / Nuire à

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To harm

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19
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Mettre en péril

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To jeopardize

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Etre en péril

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To be in jeopardy

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21
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Chasser (=faire fuir)

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To drive away

To frighten away

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22
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Diminuer en nombre

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To dwindle

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Disparaître

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To disappear

To become extinct

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24
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Se raréfier

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To become/get scarce

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25
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Sans défense

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Helpless

Defenceless

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L’écosystème

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The ecosystem

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27
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Le milieu

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The environment

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28
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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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29
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Déboiser

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To deforest

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30
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Le défrichage

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Land-clearing

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31
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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

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32
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L’appauvrissement / La diminution

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Depletion

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33
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Appauvrir

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To deplete

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34
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Les pluies acides

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Acid rains

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35
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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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36
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Se réchauffer

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To heat up

To warm up

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37
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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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38
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Les gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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39
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Epuiser

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To exhaust

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40
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Contaminer

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To contaminate

41
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Gaspiller

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To squander

To waste

42
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Endommager / Nuire à

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To damage

43
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Dévaster / Ravager

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To devaste

To wreak Havoc

44
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La circulation automobile

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Road trafic

45
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Les gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust fumes

46
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Les fumées industrielles

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Industrial smoke/fumes

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Dégager de la fumée

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To release smoke

To let out smoke

48
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Le brouillard polluant

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Smog

49
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Avoir du mal à respirer

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To gasp for breath

50
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Une intoxication

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Poisoning

51
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Nocif

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Hazardous

52
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Risqué / Dangereux

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Noxious

53
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Cancérigène

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Cancer-causing

Carcinogenic

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Malsain

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Unwholesome

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Se dessécher

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To dry up

To dry out

57
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La nappe phréatique

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Ground water

58
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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

59
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Une marée noire / Une nappe de pétrole

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A oil spill

An oil slick

60
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Déverser

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To dump

To discharge

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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Les produits jetables

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Disposable products

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Les déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

64
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Un dépotoir / Une décharge

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A dump

A tip

65
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Se débarrasser de

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To dispose of

66
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Jeter / Mettre au rebut

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To discard

67
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Préserver

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To preserve

68
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La protection

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Protection

Conservation

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Recycler

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To recycle

70
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Réutiliser

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To reuse

71
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Le tri

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Sorting out

72
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Un collecteur de verre usagé

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A bottle bank

73
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Un produit écologique

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A green product

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Le ramassage des déchets

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Rubbish-collecting

Garbage-collecting

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Traiter les déchets

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To manage waste

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Assainir

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To clean up

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Inoffesif

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Harmless

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Etre conscient de

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To be aware of

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Prendre conscience de

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To become aware of

80
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Etre conscient des enjeux écologiques

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To be ecologically-minded / environmentally-minded

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Sensibiliser le public

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To sensitize the public

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Attaquer en justice

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To sue

83
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Intenter un procès à

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To bring a law suit against

84
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Une amende

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A fine

85
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Respectueux des lois

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To be law-abiding

86
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Faire respecter la loi

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To implement the law

87
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Appliquer la loi

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To enforce the law

88
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Les économies d’énergie

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Energy efficiency

89
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Un panneau solaire

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A solar panel

90
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L’énergie éolienne

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Wind power

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Une éolienne

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A wind mill

92
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L’énergie marémotrice

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Tidal power / Wave power

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Propre / Non polluant

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Clean

Green

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La nature a horreur du vide

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Nature abhors a vacuum

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La nature reprend ses droits

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Nature will have her course

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Etre dans la nature des choses

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To be in the nature of things

97
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Etre d’un naturel calme

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To be calm in one’s nature

98
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Chasser le naturel et il revient au galop

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What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh

Leopards do not change their spots

Vocabulary 2015/2016 (8 decks)

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