Voca Nature Flashcards

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Une éruption

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An eruption

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Un climat humide et chaud

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A humid climate

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Un climat tempéré

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A temperate climate

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Un climat rude

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A harsh climate

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Une brume de chaleur

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A heat haze

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Brumeux

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Misty

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La brume

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Mist

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Une plaque de verglas

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An icy patch

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Le verglas

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Black ice

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Glace

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Ice

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Le grésil

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Sleet

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Grêler

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To hail

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La grêle

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Hail

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15
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Le dégel

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The thaw

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Geler

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To freeze

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Gelé

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Frosty

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Gel

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Frost

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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

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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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Un flocon de neige

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A snowflake

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22
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Un éclair

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A flash of lightning

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23
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La foudre

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Lightning

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24
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Un coup de tonerre

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A thunderclap

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25
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Le tonnerre

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Thunder

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26
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Un orage

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A thunderstorm

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27
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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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29
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Ouragan

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A hurricane

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30
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Une tempete

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A storm

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31
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Un vent fort

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A gale

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32
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Un coup de vent

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A gust of wind

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33
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Un courant d’air

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A draught

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34
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Une brise

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A breeze

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35
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Tourbilloner

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To whirl

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36
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Souffler

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To blow

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37
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Une mousson

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A monsoon

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38
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Une inondation

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A flood

39
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Un ciel ouvert

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An overcast sky

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La rosée

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Dew

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Humide

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Damp

42
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Mouillé

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Wet

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Une averse

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A shower

44
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Bruiner

A

To Drizzle

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Pleuvoir

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To rain

46
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Une goutte de pluie

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A raindrop

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Une éclaircie

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A bright interval

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Sec

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Dry

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Secher

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To dry

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Le sécheresse

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Drought

51
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Ciel

A

The sky

52
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Ensolleilé

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Sunny

53
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Briller

A

To shine

54
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Les prévisions météorologiques

A

The weather forecast

55
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A thermometer

A

Un thermometer

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La chaleur

A

The heat

57
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Doux

A

Mild

58
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Le rechauffement de la planète

A

Global warming

59
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L’amiante

A

Asbestos

60
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Un aérosol

A

A spray

61
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L’effet de serre

A

The greenhouse effect

62
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Les pluies acides

A

Acid rain

63
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Les gaz d’echappement

A

Exhaust fumes

64
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Diminuer la couche d’ozone

A

To deplete the ozone layer

65
Q

Se debarasser de dechets toxiques

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To dispose of toxic waste

66
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Une marée noire

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An oil slick / an oil spill

67
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Le dvp durable

A

Sustainable development

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Mettre en danger

A

To jeopardize

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Jeter

A

To dump

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Un gaz nocif

A

A noxious gas

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Une catastrophe naturelle

A

A natural disaster

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Polluer

A

To pollute

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Biodegradable

A

Biodegradable

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Nuisible pour l’environnement

A

Harmful to the environment

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Les Verts

A

The Greens

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La protection de l’environnement

A

Environmental protection

77
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Un gouffre

A

An abyss, a chasm

78
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Un marais

A

A marsh, a swamp, a bog

79
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De la lande

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Moorland

80
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Une lande

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A moor

81
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Une grotte

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A cave

82
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La foret tropicale

A

The rainforest

83
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La brousse

A

The bush

84
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Un promontoire

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A headland

85
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Le rivage

A

The shore

86
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Un galet

A

A pebble

87
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Les galets

A

The shingle

88
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Les brisants, le ressac

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The surf

89
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La marée

A

The tide

90
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S’enfler

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To surge

91
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Les embruns

A

Spray

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L’écume

A

Foam

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Un courant

A

A current