Unit 15, Level 1 Flashcards

1
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l’agriculteur/l’agricultrice

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farmer

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le cultivateur/la cultivatrice

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farmer

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3
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l’horticulture (f)

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horticulture

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l’horticulteur/l’horticultrice

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horticulturalist

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5
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le maraîcher/la maraîchère

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market gardener

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6
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la viticulture

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vine-growing

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7
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le viticulteur/la viticultrice

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vine-grower

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8
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le métayer/la métayère

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tenant farmer

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9
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l’éleveur de porcs

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pig-farmer

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10
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la polyculture

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mixed farming

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11
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l’agriculture mixte

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mixed farming

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12
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la pisciculture

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fish farming

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13
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le pisciculteur/la piscicultrice

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fish farmer

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14
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des terres cultivées

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farmland

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15
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la petite exploitation

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smallholding

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16
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le petit exploitant

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smallholder

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17
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l’exploitation collective (f)

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co-operative

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18
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l’exploitation laitière (f)

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dairy farm

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19
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la ferme d’élevage de boeufs

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beef farm

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20
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la ferme d’élevage de moutons

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sheep farm

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21
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la ferme d’élevage de porcs

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pig farm

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22
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la ferme d’élevage de poules

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poultry farm

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23
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la ferme d’élevage industriel

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factory farm

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24
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l’exploitation agricole (f)

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farm, farmstead

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les dépendances (f)
outbuildings
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l'étable (f)
cowshed
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la vacherie
cowshed
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la bergerie
sheepfold, sheep-pen
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la porcherie
pig-sty
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le poulailler
hen-house
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la grange
barn
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la basse-cour
poultry yard
33
travailler la terre
to work the land
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la matériel agricole
farm machinery
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l'outillage agricole (m)
farm implements
36
labourer
to plough
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le labour
ploughed field
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le laboureur
ploughman
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labourable
arable (descriptor for land that is suitable for cultivating crops)
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le cheval de labour
plough horse
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la charrue
plough
42
la moissonneuse-batteuse
combine-harvester
43
la trayeuse mécanique
milking machine
44
la récolte
harvest
45
les céréales (f)
cereals
46
le blé
wheat
47
l'orge (f)
barley
48
l'avoine (f)
oats
49
le seigle
rye
50
le maïs
maize
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les plantes à racines (f)
root crops
52
la paille
straw
53
le foin
hay
54
la meule de foin
haystack
55
rentrer
to bring in (crops)
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le grain
grain
57
la graine
seed
58
la semence
seed
59
le cheptel
livestock
60
l'élevage du bétail
breeding
61
l'élevage semi-industrialisé
battery farming
62
le vacher/la vachère
cowherd
63
le berger/la bergère
shepherd/shepherdess
64
le gardeur/la gardeuse de chèvres
goatherd
65
les ovins (m)
sheep
66
le bélier
ram
67
la brebis
ewe
68
le mouton
sheep
69
l'agneau (m)
lamb
70
le bouc
billy goat
71
la chèvre
nanny goat
72
la bique
nanny goat
73
le chevreau
kid (goat)
74
le cheval
horse
75
l'étalon (m)
stallion
76
la jument
mare
77
le poulain
foal
78
la pouliche
filly
79
la poulinière
(brood) mare (a female horse, specifically kept for breeding purposes. It's a mare that is intentionally used to produce offspring, often in a breeding operation)
80
pouliner
to foal
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l'âne (m)
donkey
82
le mulet/la mule
mule
83
le taureau
bull
84
la vache
cow
85
la génisse
heifer (A heifer is a young female bovine (cattle) that has not yet given birth to a calf.)
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le veau
calf
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le porc
pig
88
la truie
sow
89
le porcelet
piglet
90
la volaille
poultry
91
la poule
hen
92
le coq
cock
93
le poussin
chick
94
la poule pondeuse
laying hen
95
la poule couveuse
brood hen
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le dindon
turkey
97
la dinde
turkey
98
le canard
duck
99
le caneton
duckling
100
l'oie (f)
goose
101
le jars
gander (male goose)
102
l'oison (m)
gosling
103
l'industrie nationalisée (f)
nationalised industry
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l'industrie privée (f)
private sector industry
105
l'industrie lourde (f)
heavy industry
106
l'industrie légère (f)
light industry
107
industrialiser
to industrialise
108
l'industrialisation (f)
industrialisation
109
la marchandise
merchandise
110
le produit
product
111
le tissu industriel
industrial base
112
la base industrielle
industrial base
113
le secteur privé
private sector
114
le secteur publique
public sector
115
le secteur primaire
primary sector
116
le secteur secondaire
manufacturing sector
117
le secteur manufacturier
manufacturing sector
118
le secteur en expansion
growth area
119
le secteur tertiaire
service industries
120
les industries de fabrication (f)
manufacturing industries
121
les nouvelle technologies (f)
new technologies
122
les technologies de pointe (f)
leading edge technologies
123
l'industrie automobile (f)
car industry
124
l'industrie textile (f)
textile industry
125
le secteur de textile
textile industry
126
l'industrie lainière (f)
wool industry
127
le commerce de la laine
wool trade
128
les industries houillères (f)
coal industries
129
l'industrie chimique (f)
chemical industry
130
la sidérurgie
iron and steel industry
131
la métallurgie
metal industry
132
le génie civil
civil engineering
133
la construction mécanique
mechanical engineering
134
l'électronique (f)
electronics
135
l'électrotechnique (f)
electrical engineering
136
l'industrie aérospatiale (f)
aerospace industry
137
la construction navale
shipbuilding
138
l'industrie du bâtiment (f)
building industry
139
l'industrie alimentaire (f)
food industry
140
l'industrie informatique (f)
computing industry
141
le secteur nucléaire
nuclear industry
142
le secteur pétrolier
oil industry
143
le secteur du tourisme
tourist industry
144
le tourisme
tourist industry
145
l'hôtellerie
hotel industry
146
l'industrie hôtelière (f)
hotel industry
147
le fabriquant
manufacturer
148
le manufacturier
manufacturer
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l'industriel (m)
industrialist
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le cadre
executive
151
l'employé(e) de bureau
white-collar worker
152
l'agent de maîtrise (m)
supervisor
153
le contremaître
foreman
154
le technician/la technicienne
technician
155
l'ouvrier/l'ouvrière
worker
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le travailleur manuel
manual worker
157
le manœuvre
labourer
158
la main d'œuvre
labour force
159
l'usine (f)
factory
160
usiner
to machine, manufacture
161
la fabrique
factory (small)
162
fabriquer
to manufacture
163
manufacturer
to manufacture
164
manufacturier/-ère
manufacturer, factory owner
165
le produit fini
end product, finished product
166
le sous-produit
by-product
167
le dérivé
by-product
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l'usine d'automobiles (f)
car factory
169
l'usine textile (f)
textile factory
170
l'usine atomique (f)
atomic plant
171
l'usine à gaz (f)
gasworks
172
l'usine métallurgique (f)
ironworks
173
l'usine sidérurgique (f)
steelworks
174
la fonderie
smelting works, foundry
175
la forge
ironworks
176
l'aciérie (f)
steelworks
177
le chantier naval
shipyard
178
la centrale électrique
electric power station
179
la centrale hydroélectrique
hydro-electric power station
180
la manufacture d'armes
munitions factory
181
la manufacture de porcelaine
porcelain factory
182
la manufacture de tabac
tobacco factory
183
le bassin houiller
coalfield
184
l'houillère (f)
colliery
185
la mine
mine
186
le charbon
coal
187
les charbonnages (m)
collieries, coal-mines
188
le gisement pétrolifère
oil field
189
la carrière
quarry (open pit mine)
190
la fouille
excavation
191
le haut fourneau
blast-furnace
192
la raffinerie
refinery
193
raffiner
to refine (to make (a substance eg sugar) pure by taking out dirt, waste substances etc)
194
la filature de coton
cotton mill
195
filer
to spin
196
la distellerie
distillery
197
la brasserie
brewery
198
brasser
to brew
199
le brassage
brewing
200
la conserverie
cannery
201
conserver
to preserve
202
la poterie
pottery
203
la scierie
saw-mill
204
scier
to saw
205
la papeterie
paper-mill
206
la fabrique de papier
paper-mill
207
l'imprimerie (f)
printing press
208
imprimer
to print
209
les ateliers (m)
shop floor
210
manœuvrer
to operate (a machine)
211
la fabrication en série
mass production
212
la chaîne de montage
assembly line
213
la production
output
214
la surproduction
overproduction
215
perfectionner
to refine
216
automatisé
automated
217
la cantine
canteen
218
le vestiaire
cloakroom