The sky and the earth Flashcards

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1
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sans limite

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boundless

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un astronome

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an astronomer

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tourner, graviter

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to revolve

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un croissant

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a crescent

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miroiter

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to glimmer

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une éclipse

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an eclipse

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scintiller

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to twinkle

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une étoile filante

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a shooting star

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l’étoile polaire

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the pole star

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une boussole

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a compass

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découpé, dentelé

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indented

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le littoral

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the coastline

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un cap

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a cape

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un promontoire

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a headland

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une crique

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a cove, a creek

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le continent

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the mainland

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un isthme

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an isthmus

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un archipel

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an archipelago

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les Antilles

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the West Indies

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une falaise

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a cliff

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un récif

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a reef

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level

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plat, uni

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montagneux

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mountainious

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une chaîne de montagnes

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a mountain range

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un pic

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a peak

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élevé

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lofty

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enneigé

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snow-capped, snow-covered

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se dresser

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to tower

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un glacier

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a glacier

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un col

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a pass

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infranchissable

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impassable

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une crête

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a ridge

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la pente

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the slope

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raide, escarpé

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steep

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une gorge, un ravin

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a gorge, a glen

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surplomber

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to overhang

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37
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par monts et par vaux

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over hill and dale

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accidenté, escarpé

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rugged, craggy

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une carrière

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a quarry

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cassant

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brittle

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la chaux

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lime

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le calcaire

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limestone/limescale (dépôt)

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un gisement

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a deposit

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un minerai

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an ore

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le grès

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sandstone

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le granit

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granite

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la craie

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chalk

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le marbre

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marble

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le cuivre rouge

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copper

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le zinc

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zinc

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le nickel

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nickel

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l’étain

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tin

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l’aluminium

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aluminium, aluminum

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le plomb

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lead

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le mercure

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mercury

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le pétrole

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oil, petroleum

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découvrir du pétrole

A

to strike oil

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un gisement pétrolifère

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an oilfield

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forer

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to drill, to bore

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le pétrole brut

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crude oil

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un pétrolier

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a tanker

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l’essence

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petrol, gas(oline)

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une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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boundless

A

sans limite

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an astronomer

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un astronome

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to revolve

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tourner, graviter

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a crescent

A

un croissant

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to glimmer

A

miroiter

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an eclipse

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une éclipse

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to twinkle

A

scintiller

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a shooting star

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une étoile filante

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the pole star

A

l’étoile polaire

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a compass

A

une boussole

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indented

A

découpé, dentelé

75
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the coastline

A

le littoral

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a cape

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un cap

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a headland

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un promontoire

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a cove, a creek

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une crique

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the mainland

A

le continent

80
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an isthmus

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un isthme

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an archipelago

A

un archipel

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the West Indies

A

les Antilles

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a cliff

A

une falaise

84
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a reef

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un récif

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plat, uni

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level

86
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mountainious

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montagneux

87
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a mountain range

A

une chaîne de montagnes

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a peak

A

un pic

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lofty

A

élevé

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snow-capped, snow-covered

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enneigé

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to tower

A

se dresser

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a glacier

A

un glacier

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a pass

A

un col

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impassable

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infranchissable

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a ridge

A

une crête

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the slope

A

la pente

97
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steep

A

raide, escarpé

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a gorge, a glen

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une gorge, un ravin

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to overhang

A

surplomber

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over hill and dale

A

par monts et par vaux

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rugged, craggy

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accidenté, escarpé

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a quarry

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une carrière

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brittle

A

cassant

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lime

A

la chaux

105
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limestone/limescale (dépôt)

A

le calcaire

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a deposit

A

un gisement

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an ore

A

un minerai

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sandstone

A

le grès

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copper

A

le cuivre rouge

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zinc

A

le zinc

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tin

A

l’étain

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aluminium, aluminum

A

l’aluminium

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oil, petroleum

A

le pétrole

114
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to strike oil

A

découvrir du pétrole

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an oilfield

A

un gisement pétrolifère

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an oil slick

A

une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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petrol, gas(oline)

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l’essence

118
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a tanker

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un pétrolier

119
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crude oil

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le pétrole brut

120
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to drill, to bore

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forer

121
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mercury

A

le mercure

122
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lead

A

le plomb

123
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nickel

A

le nickel

124
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marble

A

le marbre

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chalk

A

la craie

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granite

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le granit