The Sea Chap 74 Flashcards

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1
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L’eau de mer

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sea water

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le fond de la mer

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the seabed

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le niveau de la mer

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the sea level

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le rivage

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the seashore

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le bord de (la) mer

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the seaside

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la marée

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the tide

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une vague

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a wave

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les vagues déferlantes

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the surf

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la houle

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the swell

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une lame de fond

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a groundswell

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le flux

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the flow

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le reflux

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the ebb

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le ressac

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the backwash

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les embruns

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spray

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l’écume

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foam

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le courant de retour

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the undertow

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les moutons (vagues)

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white horses

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une baie

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a bay

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un golfe

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a gulf

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une anse/ une crique

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a cove/ a creek/ an inlet

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un détroit

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a strait

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un chenal

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a channel

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la côte

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the coast

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côtier

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coastal

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la plage

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the beach

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le sable

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sand

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un banc de sable

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a sandbank

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une dune de sable

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a sand dune

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les galets

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shingle/ pebbles

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un récif de corail

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a coral reef

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un lagon, une lagune

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a lagoon

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32
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l’Atlantique

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the Atlantic (Ocean)

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le Pacifique

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the Pacific (Ocean)

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l’océan Indien

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the Indian Ocean

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la Manche

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the Channel

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la Mer du Nord

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the North Sea

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la Mer Méditerranée

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The mediterranean Sea

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la mer Égée

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the Aegean Sea

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l’Adriatique

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the Adriatic

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la Baltique

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the Baltic Sea

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41
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la mer morte

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the Dead Sea

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42
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les mers du Sud

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South Seas

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43
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le détroit de Gibraltar

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the Straits of Gibraltar

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le golfe de Gascogne

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the Bay of Biscay

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la baie d’Hudson

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the Hudson Bay

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le golfe Persique

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the Persian Gulf

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47
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les 40es rugissants

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the roaring forties

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l’eau douce

A

fresh water

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49
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une source

A

a spring

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50
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jaillir

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to spring

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51
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un fleuve/ une rivière

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a river

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52
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le bord

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the riverside

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53
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une rive/ une berge

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the river bank

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54
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le lit de la rivière

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the riverbed

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55
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un ruisseau

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a stream, a brook

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56
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un torrent

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a torrent

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57
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le courant

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the stream/ the current

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58
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en amont

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upstream

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59
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en aval

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downstream

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un estuaire

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an estuary

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un delta

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a delta

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62
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un affluent

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a tributary

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63
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une voie navigable

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a waterway

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un canal

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a canal

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l’écluse

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a sluice, a lock

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les portes d’écluse

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the lock gates, the sluice gates

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un barrage

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a dam

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des méandres

A

meanders

69
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faire des méandres

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to meander, to wind

70
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une ride

A

a ripple

71
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se rider

A

to ripple

72
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couler

A

to flow

73
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se jeter

A

to flow into/ to run into

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la ligne de partage des eaux

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the watershed/ the divide (US)

75
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le limon

A

the silt

76
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s’envaser/ s’ensabler

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to silt up

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la vase

A

slime

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vaseux

A

slimy

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la boue

A

mud

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boueux

A

muddy

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une cascade

A

a waterfall

82
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des rapides

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rapids

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un gué

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a ford

84
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passer à gué

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to ford a river

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une digue

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a dyke/ a levee

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un fossé

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a ditch

87
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un lac

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a lake

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une mare

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a pond

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un étang

A

a pool

90
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la tamide

A

the River Thames

91
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le Mississippi

A

the Mississippi River

92
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les grands lacs

A

the Great Lakes

93
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les chutes du niagara

A

the Niagara Falls

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l’Amazone

A

the Amazon

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le Jourdain

A

the River Jordan

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le Gange

A

the Ganges

97
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le lac de Côme

A

Lake Como

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un volcan

A

a volcano

99
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volcanique

A

volcanic

100
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entrer en éruption

A

to erupt

101
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une éruption

A

an eruption

102
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un cratère

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a crater

103
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une coulée de lave

A

a lava flow

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les scories

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scoriae/ cinders

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une faille

A

a fault

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un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

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une inondation, une crue

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a flood

108
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inonder

A

to flood

109
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une coulée de boue

A

a mudslide

110
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une pluie diluvienne

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a deluge

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un raz-de-marée

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a tidal wave, a tsunami

112
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sec

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dry

113
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sécher

A

to dry out

114
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la sécheresse

A

drought

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un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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une tempête de neige

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a blizzard

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une avalanche

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an avalanche

118
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un typhon

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a typhoon

119
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un ouragan

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a hurricane

120
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une tempête de sable

A

DARUDE SANDSTORM

121
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une mer calme

A

a calm sea

122
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une mer agitée

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a rough/ choppy sea

123
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en mer profonde

A

in deep sea

124
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en mer peu profonde

A

in shallow sea

125
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la pleine mer

A

the open sea

126
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un bras de mer

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an arm of the sea

127
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sur le rivage

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by the seashore

128
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au bord de la mer

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by/ at the seaside

129
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au dessus du niveau de la mer

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above sea level

130
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en dessous du niveau de la mer

A

below sea level

131
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la flore marine

A

sea flora

132
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la faune marine

A

sea fauna

133
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la marée montante

A

the rising tide

134
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la marée descendante

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the falling tide

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à marée haute

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at high tide

136
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à marée basse

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at low tide

137
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la crête d’une vague

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the crest of a wave

138
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faire des vagues

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to make waves

139
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une plage de sable blanc

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a white-sand beach

140
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une plage ensoleillée

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a sunny beach

141
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une plage de galets

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a shingle beach

142
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une plage déserte

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a deserted bleach

143
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une plage isolée

A

a secluded beach

144
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une plage privée

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a private beach

145
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une plage naturiste

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a nudist beach

146
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à la plage

A

at the beach

147
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une brise marine

A

a sea breeze

148
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une fleuve rapide

A

fast-flowing river, a swift river

149
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un fleuve sinueux

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a winding river

150
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un fleuve lent

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a slow river

151
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une rive boueuse

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a muddy bank

152
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la rive opposée

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the opposite bank

153
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une rive escarpée

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a steep bank

154
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une éruption volcanique

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a volcanic eruption

155
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des nuages volcaniques

A

volcanic clouds

156
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l’érosion du sol

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soil erosion