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
a peak
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élevé
lofty
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enneigé
snow-capped, snow-covered
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se dresser
to tower
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un glacier
a glacier
30
un col
a pass
31
infranchissable
impassable
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une crête
a ridge
33
la pente
the slope
34
raide, escarpé
steep
35
une gorge, un ravin
a gorge, a glen
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surplomber
to overhang
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par monts et par vaux
over hill and dale
38
accidenté, escarpé
rugged, craggy
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une carrière
a quarry
40
cassant
brittle
41
la chaux
lime
42
le calcaire
limestone/limescale (dépôt)
43
un gisement
a deposit
44
un minerai
an ore
45
le grès
sandstone
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le granit
granite
47
la craie
chalk
48
le marbre
marble
49
le cuivre rouge
copper
50
le zinc
zinc
51
le nickel
nickel
52
l'étain
tin
53
l'aluminium
aluminium, aluminum
54
le plomb
lead
55
le mercure
mercury
56
le pétrole
oil, petroleum
57
découvrir du pétrole
to strike oil
58
un gisement pétrolifère
an oilfield
59
forer
to drill, to bore
60
le pétrole brut
crude oil
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un pétrolier
a tanker
62
l'essence
petrol, gas(oline)
63
une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole
an oil slick
64
boundless
sans limite
65
an astronomer
un astronome
66
to revolve
tourner, graviter
67
a crescent
un croissant
68
to glimmer
miroiter
69
an eclipse
une éclipse
70
to twinkle
scintiller
71
a shooting star
une étoile filante
72
the pole star
l'étoile polaire
73
a compass
une boussole
74
indented
découpé, dentelé
75
the coastline
le littoral
76
a cape
un cap
77
a headland
un promontoire
78
a cove, a creek
une crique
79
the mainland
le continent
80
an isthmus
un isthme
81
an archipelago
un archipel
82
the West Indies
les Antilles
83
a cliff
une falaise
84
a reef
un récif
85
plat, uni
level
86
mountainious
montagneux
87
a mountain range
une chaîne de montagnes
88
a peak
un pic
89
lofty
élevé
90
snow-capped, snow-covered
enneigé
91
to tower
se dresser
92
a glacier
un glacier
93
a pass
un col
94
impassable
infranchissable
95
a ridge
une crête
96
the slope
la pente
97
steep
raide, escarpé
98
a gorge, a glen
une gorge, un ravin
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to overhang
surplomber
100
over hill and dale
par monts et par vaux
101
rugged, craggy
accidenté, escarpé
102
a quarry
une carrière
103
brittle
cassant
104
lime
la chaux
105
limestone/limescale (dépôt)
le calcaire
106
a deposit
un gisement
107
an ore
un minerai
108
sandstone
le grès
109
copper
le cuivre rouge
110
zinc
le zinc
111
tin
l'étain
112
aluminium, aluminum
l'aluminium
113
oil, petroleum
le pétrole
114
to strike oil
découvrir du pétrole
115
an oilfield
un gisement pétrolifère
116
an oil slick
une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole
117
petrol, gas(oline)
l'essence
118
a tanker
un pétrolier
119
crude oil
le pétrole brut
120
to drill, to bore
forer
121
mercury
le mercure
122
lead
le plomb
123
nickel
le nickel
124
marble
le marbre
125
chalk
la craie
126
granite
le granit