The Physical World Flashcards

1
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le falaise

A

cliff

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2
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l’étang

A

(masc.) pond

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3
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l’affluent

A

tributary

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4
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le détour, le coude, la courbe, la boucle

A

bend, loop

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5
Q

la marée

A

tide

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6
Q

le reflux et le flux

A

ebb and flow

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7
Q

l’écume

A

(fem.) foam

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8
Q

la lame

A

wave, breaker

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9
Q

le flot

A

tide, billow

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10
Q

le galet

A

pebble

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11
Q

le caillou

A

pebble, stone

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12
Q

le col

A

(mountain) pass

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13
Q

la crête

A

ridge

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14
Q

la pente

A

slope

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15
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le versant

A

slope

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16
Q

le rocher

A

boulder, rock

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17
Q

le bosquet

A

grove

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18
Q

le taillis

A

copse

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19
Q

la clarière

A

clearing

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20
Q

la lande

A

heathe

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21
Q

la mousse

A

moss

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22
Q

la fougère

A

fern

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23
Q

le chêne

A

oak

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24
Q

le hêtre

A

beech

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25
Q

le frêne

A

ash

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26
Q

l’orme

A

(masc.) elm

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27
Q

le châtaignier

A

chestnut tree

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28
Q

le sapin

A

fir

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29
Q

le bouleau

A

birch

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30
Q

le marécage

A

fen, bog

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31
Q

le marais

A

swamp

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32
Q

la tourbe

A

peat

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33
Q

la tourbière

A

peat bog

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34
Q

le remous

A

eddy

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35
Q

le tourbillon

A

whirlpool

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36
Q

le gué

A

ford

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37
Q

la houle

A

swell

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38
Q

la lame de fond

A

groundswell

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39
Q

les rouleaux

A

(masc.) surf

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40
Q

le ressac

A

backwash

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41
Q

la déferlante, les brisants (masc.)

A

breaker(s)

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42
Q

les moutons

A

(masc.) sea-horses

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43
Q

le récif

A

reef

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44
Q

le récif corallien

A

coral reef

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45
Q

des galets

A

(masc.) shingle

46
Q

l’escarpement

A

(masc.) steep slope

47
Q

l’aiguille

A

(fem.) needle, peak

48
Q

les contreforts

A

(masc.) foothills

49
Q

l’élévation, l’éminence

A

(fem.) rise, knoll

50
Q

le monticule, le tertre

A

knoll, hillock

51
Q

vallonné

A

(adj.) undulating

52
Q

accidenté

A

(adj.) craggy

53
Q

escarpé

A

(adj.) steep

54
Q

l’à-pic

A

(masc.) sheer drop

55
Q

la fente

A

crack, crevice

56
Q

l’abîme

A

(masc.) abyss

57
Q

les broussailles

A

(fem.) brushwood

58
Q

le fourré

A

thicket

59
Q

la brindille

A

twig

60
Q

l’écorce

A

(fem.) bark

61
Q

la souche

A

stump

62
Q

le houx

A

holly

63
Q

le liere

A

ivy

64
Q

le gui

A

mistletoe

65
Q

l’aubépine

A

(fem.) hawthorn

66
Q

les fleurs d’aubépine

A

may blossom

67
Q

le genêt

A

broom (fucking plant)

68
Q

la noisette

A

hazelnut

69
Q

la crure

A

flood, spate

70
Q

en crue

A

(adj.) in spate

71
Q

la vase

A

mud

72
Q

le limon, la bourbe

A

silt, mud

73
Q

trouble, bourbeaux

A

(adj.) muddy

74
Q

le bourbier, la fondrière

A

quagmire

75
Q

les embruns

A

(masc.) spray

76
Q

le raz-de-marée

A

tidal wave

77
Q

le varech

A

wrack, kelp

78
Q

la cime

A

summit

79
Q

la faîte

A

mountain-top

80
Q

la corniche

A

ledge, cornice

81
Q

l’éboulis

A

(masc.) scree

82
Q

la rocaille

A

loose stones, stony ground

83
Q

la paroi rocheuse

A

rock face

84
Q

le défilé

A

mountain pass

85
Q

l’assise

A

(fem.) layer, stratum

86
Q

le belvédère

A

panoramic viewpoint

87
Q

la garrigue

A

scrubland

88
Q

à feuilles caduques

A

deciduous

89
Q

à feilles persistantes

A

evergreen

90
Q

la pinède

A

pine forest

91
Q

léglantier

A

(masc.) briar

92
Q

l’ébène

A

(masc.) ebony

93
Q

le palissandre

A

rosewood

94
Q

le saule

A

willow

95
Q

le saule pleureur

A

weping willow

96
Q

le coudrier

A

hazel

97
Q

l’érable

A

(masc.) maple

98
Q

le troène

A

privet

99
Q

l’if

A

(masc.) yew

100
Q

le sureau

A

elder

101
Q

l’aune

A

(masc.) alder

102
Q

le cynorhodon, le gratte-cul

A

rosehip

103
Q

le genévrier

A

juniper

104
Q

le mélèze

A

larch

105
Q

l’épicéa

A

(masc.) spruce

106
Q

rabougri

A

(adj.) stunted

107
Q

la sève

A

sap

108
Q

le gland

A

acorn

109
Q

la pomme

A

cone

110
Q

le jeune arbre

A

sapling

111
Q

le chaton

A

catkin