The sky and the earth Flashcards

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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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12
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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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22
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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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29
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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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32
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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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36
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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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40
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cassant

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brittle

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41
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la chaux

A

lime

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42
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le calcaire

A

limestone/limescale (dépôt)

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43
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un gisement

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a deposit

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44
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un minerai

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an ore

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45
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le grès

A

sandstone

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46
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le granit

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granite

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47
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la craie

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chalk

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48
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le marbre

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marble

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49
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le cuivre rouge

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copper

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50
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le zinc

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zinc

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51
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le nickel

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nickel

52
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l’étain

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tin

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l’aluminium

A

aluminium, aluminum

54
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le plomb

A

lead

55
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le mercure

A

mercury

56
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le pétrole

A

oil, petroleum

57
Q

découvrir du pétrole

A

to strike oil

58
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un gisement pétrolifère

A

an oilfield

59
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forer

A

to drill, to bore

60
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le pétrole brut

A

crude oil

61
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un pétrolier

A

a tanker

62
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l’essence

A

petrol, gas(oline)

63
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une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

A

an oil slick

64
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boundless

A

sans limite

65
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an astronomer

A

un astronome

66
Q

to revolve

A

tourner, graviter

67
Q

a crescent

A

un croissant

68
Q

to glimmer

A

miroiter

69
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an eclipse

A

une éclipse

70
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to twinkle

A

scintiller

71
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a shooting star

A

une étoile filante

72
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the pole star

A

l’étoile polaire

73
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a compass

A

une boussole

74
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indented

A

découpé, dentelé

75
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the coastline

A

le littoral

76
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a cape

A

un cap

77
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a headland

A

un promontoire

78
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a cove, a creek

A

une crique

79
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the mainland

A

le continent

80
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an isthmus

A

un isthme

81
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an archipelago

A

un archipel

82
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the West Indies

A

les Antilles

83
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a cliff

A

une falaise

84
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a reef

A

un récif

85
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plat, uni

A

level

86
Q

mountainious

A

montagneux

87
Q

a mountain range

A

une chaîne de montagnes

88
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a peak

A

un pic

89
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lofty

A

élevé

90
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snow-capped, snow-covered

A

enneigé

91
Q

to tower

A

se dresser

92
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a glacier

A

un glacier

93
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a pass

A

un col

94
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impassable

A

infranchissable

95
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a ridge

A

une crête

96
Q

the slope

A

la pente

97
Q

steep

A

raide, escarpé

98
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a gorge, a glen

A

une gorge, un ravin

99
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to overhang

A

surplomber

100
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over hill and dale

A

par monts et par vaux

101
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rugged, craggy

A

accidenté, escarpé

102
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a quarry

A

une carrière

103
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brittle

A

cassant

104
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lime

A

la chaux

105
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limestone/limescale (dépôt)

A

le calcaire

106
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a deposit

A

un gisement

107
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an ore

A

un minerai

108
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sandstone

A

le grès

109
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granite

A

le granit

109
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chalk

A

la craie

109
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marble

A

le marbre

109
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copper

A

le cuivre rouge

110
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zinc

A

le zinc

111
Q

nickel

A

le nickel

111
Q

tin

A

l’étain

112
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aluminium, aluminum

A

l’aluminium

113
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lead

A

le plomb

113
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mercury

A

le mercure

113
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oil, petroleum

A

le pétrole

114
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to strike oil

A

découvrir du pétrole

115
Q

an oilfield

A

un gisement pétrolifère

116
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to drill, to bore

A

forer

116
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crude oil

A

le pétrole brut

116
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a tanker

A

un pétrolier

116
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petrol, gas(oline)

A

l’essence

116
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an oil slick

A

une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole