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
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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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le frêne
ash
26
l'orme
(masc.) elm
27
le châtaignier
chestnut tree
28
le sapin
fir
29
le bouleau
birch
30
le marécage
fen, bog
31
le marais
swamp
32
la tourbe
peat
33
la tourbière
peat bog
34
le remous
eddy
35
le tourbillon
whirlpool
36
le gué
ford
37
la houle
swell
38
la lame de fond
groundswell
39
les rouleaux
(masc.) surf
40
le ressac
backwash
41
la déferlante, les brisants (masc.)
breaker(s)
42
les moutons
(masc.) sea-horses
43
le récif
reef
44
le récif corallien
coral reef
45
des galets
(masc.) shingle
46
l'escarpement
(masc.) steep slope
47
l'aiguille
(fem.) needle, peak
48
les contreforts
(masc.) foothills
49
l'élévation, l'éminence
(fem.) rise, knoll
50
le monticule, le tertre
knoll, hillock
51
vallonné
(adj.) undulating
52
accidenté
(adj.) craggy
53
escarpé
(adj.) steep
54
l'à-pic
(masc.) sheer drop
55
la fente
crack, crevice
56
l'abîme
(masc.) abyss
57
les broussailles
(fem.) brushwood
58
le fourré
thicket
59
la brindille
twig
60
l'écorce
(fem.) bark
61
la souche
stump
62
le houx
holly
63
le liere
ivy
64
le gui
mistletoe
65
l'aubépine
(fem.) hawthorn
66
les fleurs d'aubépine
may blossom
67
le genêt
broom (fucking plant)
68
la noisette
hazelnut
69
la crure
flood, spate
70
en crue
(adj.) in spate
71
la vase
mud
72
le limon, la bourbe
silt, mud
73
trouble, bourbeaux
(adj.) muddy
74
le bourbier, la fondrière
quagmire
75
les embruns
(masc.) spray
76
le raz-de-marée
tidal wave
77
le varech
wrack, kelp
78
la cime
summit
79
la faîte
mountain-top
80
la corniche
ledge, cornice
81
l'éboulis
(masc.) scree
82
la rocaille
loose stones, stony ground
83
la paroi rocheuse
rock face
84
le défilé
mountain pass
85
l'assise
(fem.) layer, stratum
86
le belvédère
panoramic viewpoint
87
la garrigue
scrubland
88
à feuilles caduques
deciduous
89
à feilles persistantes
evergreen
90
la pinède
pine forest
91
léglantier
(masc.) briar
92
l'ébène
(masc.) ebony
93
le palissandre
rosewood
94
le saule
willow
95
le saule pleureur
weping willow
96
le coudrier
hazel
97
l'érable
(masc.) maple
98
le troène
privet
99
l'if
(masc.) yew
100
le sureau
elder
101
l'aune
(masc.) alder
102
le cynorhodon, le gratte-cul
rosehip
103
le genévrier
juniper
104
le mélèze
larch
105
l'épicéa
(masc.) spruce
106
rabougri
(adj.) stunted
107
la sève
sap
108
le gland
acorn
109
la pomme
cone
110
le jeune arbre
sapling
111
le chaton
catkin