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Unit 2, Level 1 Flashcards

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la terre ferme

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dry land, the mainland

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le littoral

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coastline

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le golf

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gulf

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le promontoire

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headland

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la falaise

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cliff

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l’estuaire

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estuary

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l’étang

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pond

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la mare

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pool

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l’eau douce

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freshwater

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l’eau salée

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salt water

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l’affluent

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tributary

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le lit de rivière

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river-bed

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le bord

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bank (river, lake)

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la rive

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bank (river)

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la berge

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bank (canal)

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le détour

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bend, loop

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le coude

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bend, loop

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la courbe

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bend, loop

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la boucle

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bend, loop

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la cascade

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waterfall

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le courant

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current

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agité

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rough

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une mer agitée

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rough sea

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une mer calme

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smooth sea

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le fond de mer

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seabed

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la marée haute

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high tide

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la marée basse

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low tide

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le reflux et flux

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ebb and flow

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l’écume

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foam

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vague

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wave

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la lame

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wave, breaker

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le flot

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tide, billow

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la péninsule

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peninsula

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le cap

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cape

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la crique

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cove

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la baie

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bay

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le galet

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pebble

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le caillou

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pebble, stone

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la coquille

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shell

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le coquillage

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shell, shellfish

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la chaîne de montagnes

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mountain range

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le col

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pass

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la crête

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ridge

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la pente

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slope

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le versant

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slope

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le précipice

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precipice

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la caverne

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cave

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la grotte

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cave

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le bloc

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slab, block

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roche

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rock

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un rocher

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boulder, rock

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le bosquet

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grove

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le taillis

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copse

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la clairière

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clearing

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le sous-bois

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undergrowth

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la lande

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heath

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la mousse

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moss

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la fougére

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fern

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la chêne

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oak

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le hêtre

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beech

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le frêne

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ash

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l’orme

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elm

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le châtaigner

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chestnut tree

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le pin

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pine

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sapin

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fir

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le bouleau

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birch

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l’insecte

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insect

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la chenille

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caterpillar

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le papillon de nuit

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moth

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le scarabée

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beetle

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la moustique

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mosquito

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la mouche domestique

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house fly

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la mouche bleue

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bluebottle

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le moucheron

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midge, gnat

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l’essaim

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swarm

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une toile

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web

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la ruche

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hive

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la fourmiliére

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ant-hill

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une fourmi

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ant

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le rongeur

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rodent

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le hamster

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hamster

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le hérisson

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hedgehog

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la belette

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weasel

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le blaireau

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badger

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l’éccureil

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squirrel

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le renard

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fox

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le renard polaire

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arctic fox

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l’hermine (f)

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stoat

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le lièvre

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hare

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le cerf

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stag

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les grands fauves (m)

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big game

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le grand singe

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ape

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le gorille

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gorilla

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le babouin

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baboon

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le chimpanzé

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chimpanzee

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l’ hippopotame (m)

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hippopotamus

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kangaroo

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kangaroo

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le guépard

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leopard

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le panthère

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panther

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le puma

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puma

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le cougar

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cougar

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les grands félins (m)

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big cats

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le dingo

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dingo, Australian wild dog

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l’ours

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bear

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l’ours brun

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brown bear

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l’ours blanc

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polar bear

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le panda

A

panda

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le grand panda

A

giant panda

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le chameau

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camel

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le dromadaire

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camel

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le buffle

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buffalo

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l’antilope

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antelope

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la baleine

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whale

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dauphin

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dolphin

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le morse

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walrus

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le phoque

A

seal

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le lion de mer

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sea lion

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l’oiseau migrateur

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migratory bird

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l’oiseau de mer

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sea bird

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l’oiseau chanteur

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song bird

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le merle

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blackbird

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la grive

A

thrush

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le rouge-gorge

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robin

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le moineau

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sparrow

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corneille

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crow

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corbeau

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crow

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le grand corbeau

A

raven

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freaux

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rook

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la pie

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magpie

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l’hirondelle (f)

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swallow

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l’alouette (f)

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lark

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le perroquet

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parrot

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le coucou

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cuckoo

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l’hibou (m)

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owl

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la mouette

A

seagull

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le cygne

A

swan

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le pingouin

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penguin

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l’aigle (m)

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eagle

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la morue

A

cod

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le hareng

A

herring

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la sole

A

sole

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le thon

A

tuna

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la truite

A

trout

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le saumon

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salmon

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l’aiglefin

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haddock

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le merlan

A

whiting

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le requin

A

shark

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le squale

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shark

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un serpent

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snake

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la couleuvre

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grass-snake

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le serpent d’eau

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water-snake

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serpent à lunettes

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cobra

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serpent à sonnettes

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rattle-snake

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une vipère

A

viper

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le boa

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boa

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la tortue

A

tortoise

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le lézard

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lizard

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un salamandre

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newt

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un alligator

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alligator

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le crocodile

A

crocodile

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le mollusque

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mollusc

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une limace

A

slug

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un crabe

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crab

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un têtard

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tadpole

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un crapeau

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toad

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une grenouille

A

frog

167
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les conditions atmosphériques

A

weather conditions

168
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la carte météorologique

A

weather chart

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les pressions atmosphériques

A

atmospheric pressures

170
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le bulletin météorologique

A

weather forecast

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l’observatoire météorologique

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weather station

172
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le navire météo

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weather ship

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une ligne de hautes pressions

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a ridge of high pressure

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un orage

A

thunderstorm

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une tempête

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a storm

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un ouragan

A

hurricane

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un tourbillon

A

whirlwind

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un typhon

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typhoon

179
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le tonnerre

A

thunder

180
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du foudre

A

lightning

181
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un éclair

A

lightning flash

182
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le brouillard

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fog

183
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la brume

A

mist

184
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un léger brouillard

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mist

185
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un brouillard de chaleur

A

heat haze

186
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la brume de chaleur

A

heat haze

187
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une brume léger

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slight haze

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brumeux

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misty, foggy

189
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brumailleux

A

foggy

190
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planer sur

A

to hang over

191
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l’averse (f)

A

shower

192
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il pleut à verse

A

it’s pouring down

193
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il pleut à cordes

A

it’s pouring down

194
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il pleut à torrents

A

it’s pouring down

195
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il pleut à seaux

A

it’s pouring down

196
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une pluie drue

A

heavy rain

197
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une pluie battante

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pelting rain

198
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une pluie diluvienne

A

downpour

199
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un vent modéré

A

moderate wind

200
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un vent glaciale

A

icy wind

201
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soufflé en tempête

A

to blow a gale

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faire rage

A

to rage

203
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la grêle

A

hail

204
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le grêlon

A

hailstone

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le grésil

A

hail

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la glace

A

ice

207
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glacé

A

frozen

208
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la gelée

A

frost

209
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le gel

A

the freezing

210
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le dégel

A

thaw

211
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dégeler

A

to thaw

212
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la fonte

A

the thaw

213
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fondre

A

thaw, melt

214
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la neige fraîche

A

fresh snow

215
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la neige poudreuse

A

powdery snow

216
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le flocon de neige

A

snowflake

217
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la rosée

A

dew

218
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un ciel couvert

A

overcast sky

219
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un ciel menaçant

A

a threatening sky

220
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le ciel se couvre

A

the sky clouds over

221
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un ciel sans nuages

A

a cloudless sky

222
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le nuage orageux

A

storm cloud

223
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l’éclaircie

A

bright spell

224
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l’accalmie

A

lull

225
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ensoleillé

A

sunny

226
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prendre un bain de soleil

A

to sunbathe

227
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un ciel bleu et clair

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a clear blue sky

228
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la vague de chaleur

A

heat wave

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