The World - Space, the Weather Flashcards

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1
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un rayon de lune

A

a moonbeam

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le clair de lune

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the moonlight

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3
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éclairé par la lune

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moonlit

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4
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étoilé

A

starlit / starry

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5
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la Grande Ours

A

the Great Bear

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une nébuleuse

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a nebula

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la météo

A

the weather forecast

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8
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tempéré

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temperate

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9
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un rayon de soleil

A

a sunbeam / sunray

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10
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des éclaircies

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bright intervals

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11
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couvert

A

overcast

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12
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se couvrir

A

to cloud over

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13
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la brume ≠ brouillard

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the mist ≠ fog

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14
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une légère brume

brumeux

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haze

hazy

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15
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une goutte de pluie

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a raindrop

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16
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les précipitations

A

rainfall

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17
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un déluge

A

a downpour

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18
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la bruine / le crachin

A

drizzle

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19
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bruiner

A

to drizzle

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20
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bloqué par la neige

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snowbound

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21
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une flocon de neige

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a snowflake

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22
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la neige fondue

fondu

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slush

slushy

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23
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le dégel

dégeler

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the thaw

to thaw

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24
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la grêle
grêler
un grêlon

A

the hail
to hail
a hailstone

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25
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balayé par les vents

A

windswept

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26
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un tourbillon

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a whirlwind

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27
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une rafale

A

a gust of wind

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souffler en rafales

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to gust / to bluster

29
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se déchaîner

A

to rage

30
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se calmer / tomber

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to abate

31
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une brise

A

a breeze

32
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un grand vent

A

a gale

33
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une bourrasque

A

a squall

34
Q

la mousson

A

the monsoon

35
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un tempête (en mer)

A

a tempest

36
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un orage / une tempête

A

a storm

37
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un orage

A

a thunderstorm

38
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les éclairs / la foudre

A

lightning

39
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un éclair

A

a flash of lightning

40
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le tonnerre

A

thunder

41
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un coup de tonnerre

A

a clap of thunder

42
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le gel

gelé / givré

A

frost

frosty

43
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(se) givrer

A

to frost up / over / to ice up

44
Q

geler

A

to frost / to freeze

45
Q

glacé, verglacé

A

icy

46
Q

le verglas

A

black ice

47
Q

une vague de chaleur

A

a heatwave

48
Q

la canicule

A

dog days

49
Q

brûler

A

to scorch

50
Q

torride

A

scorching hot

51
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une journée de canicule

A

a scorcher

52
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instable

A

unsettled

53
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maussade

A

dull

54
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une étoile filante

A

a shooting star

55
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prévisions pour la journée

A

the outlook for the day

56
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un temps étouffant

A

stifling weather

57
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un temps variable

A

a changeable weather

58
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un temps lourd

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close / humid / sultry weather

59
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un temps doux

A

a mild / balmy weather

60
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des inverses intermittentes

A

scattered showers

61
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une pluie légère

A

gentle / soft rain

62
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une pluie constante

A

a steady rain

63
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une pluie battante

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heavy / pouring rain

64
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une pluie torrentielle

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driving / pelting / torrential rain

65
Q

une giboulée de mars

A

an April shower

66
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un vent glacial

A

an icy wind

67
Q

des routes verglacées

A

black-iced roads

68
Q

une chaleur accablante

A

sweltering heat