Theme 9: Science and space Flashcards

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la science

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science

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un scientifique

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a scientist

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connaissances scientifiques

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scientific knowledge

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un laboratoire

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a laboratory/ a lab

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centre de recherche

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a research institute

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la recherche, des recherches

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research

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un mathématicien

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a mathematician

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un physicien

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a physicist

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la physique

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physics

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un chimiste

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a chemist

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la chimie

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chemistry

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un produit chimique

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a chemical product

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un domaine de recherche

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a field of research

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financer la recherche

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to fund research

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le financement public/privé

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public/private funding

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réduire un budget

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to cut a budget

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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étudier qch

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to study stg

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un phénomène

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a phenomenon

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prouver

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to prove

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réfuter une théorie

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to disprove a theory

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émettre une théorie

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to put forward/ build a theory

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mettre au point

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to develop

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résoudre un problème

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to solve a problem

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analyser

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to analyse

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faire de la recherche en

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to do/carry out research in

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mener des expériences

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to carry out experiments

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un cobaye/ un cochon d’Inde

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a guinea pig

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un échantillon

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a sample

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une découverte

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a discovery, a finding

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faire une erreur

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to make a mistake

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faire des progrès

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to make progress

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un progrès

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an advance

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un progrès décisif

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a breakthrough

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une augmentation sensible de l’utilisation de drones

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a surge in drone use

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ếtre qch qui change la donne

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to be a game-changer

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engins aériens télécommandés

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remote-controlled aircraft

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encombrer l’espace aérien

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to clutter airspace

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la législation sur les drones

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drone laws

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débris spatiaux

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space debris/ junk

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l’orbite cimetière

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the graveyard orbit

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s’écraser (sur qch)

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to crash (into stg)

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l’industrie aérospatiale

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the aerospace industry

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l’exploration spaciale

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space exploration

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l’agence spatiale européenne

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the european space agency (ESA)

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la NASA

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NASA

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l’espace

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outer space

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un téléscope spatial

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a space telescope

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un observatoire

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an observatory

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un fana de l’espace

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a space buff

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la Station Spatiale Internationale

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The ISS

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une puissance spatiale

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a space faring nation

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l’équipage

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the crew

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sélectionner soigneusement une équipe

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to hand pick a team

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un astronaute

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an astronaut

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un engin spatial

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a spacecraft

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vaisseau spatial

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a spaceship

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habité/ inhabité

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manned/ unmanned

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une navette

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a space shuttle

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réutilisable

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reusable

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faire voler une fusée

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to fly a rocket

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voyager dans l’espace

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to travel to space

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une sonde spatiale

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a space probe

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un robot d’exploration autonome

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a roving robot/ a rover

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un satellite de télécommunications

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a communications satellite

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télécommandé

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remote-controlled

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transmettre des prévisions météo

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to transmit weather forecast

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l’apesanteur

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weightlessness

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faire une sortie dans l’espace

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to spacewalk

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le tourisme spatial

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space tourism

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un astéroide

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an asteroid

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des ovnis

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unidentified flying object (ufos)

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des formes de vie extraterrestre

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extra-terrestrial life forms

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une aire de lancement

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a launch pad

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lancer le compte à rebours

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to count down

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décoller

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to take off

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s’arrimer à

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to dock with

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désamarrer

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to undock

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entrer en collision avec

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to collide with

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se désintégrer

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to disintegrate

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faire un atterrissage forcé

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to crash-land

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un atterrissage

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a touchdown

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tourner autour de la terre

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to circle the earth

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placer un satellite en orbite

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to orbit a satellite

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prélever des échantillons du sol

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to sample the soil

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cartographier la surface d’une planète

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to map the surface of a planet

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futuriste

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futuristic