Vocabulaire - Chap 1 Flashcards by Livia Nuzzo | Brainscape

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La terre (terrain)

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Land

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Polaire

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Polar

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Le continent (Île)

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The mainland

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La campagne

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The country (the countryside)

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Une lande

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A moor

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La lande

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Moorland

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Les broussailles / région broussailleuse

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Scrub / scrubland (brushwood)

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Une région boisée

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Woodland

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Un marécage / marécageux

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Marsh/bog/swamp

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Une presqu’île

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A peninsula

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Une péninsule

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A peninsula

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Un isthme

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An isthmus

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Un promontoire

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A promontory

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Un cap

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A cape / a headland

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Un archipel

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An archipelago

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Un atoll

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An atoll

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Une grotte

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A cave

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Spéléologie

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Caving spéléologie

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Un gouffre

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An abyss / a gulf

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La savane

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The savanna(h)

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La banquise

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The ice floe / pack ice

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Un fuseau horaire

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À time zone

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La 45eme parallèle

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The 45th parallel

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Dresser la carte d’un pays

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To map a country

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Une carte marine

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A chart

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Établir une carte

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To chart

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Une courbe de niveau

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A contour line

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La boussole

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The compass

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Une rose des vents

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A compass card / rose

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Du nord

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Northern northerly

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Au nord

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Northerly

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Vers le nord

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Southwards

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Le plus au nord

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Southernmost

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Nord-est

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Northeast

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Là-bas

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Over there

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À l’avant de

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In the front of

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À l’arrière de

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At the back of

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Dans (avec mouvement)

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Into

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Dans les limites de

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Within

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Sur (avec mouvement)

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Onto

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Sous

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Below under

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En dessous

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Underneath beneath

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Dans les parages (de)

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Somewhere about

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Au delà de

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Beyond

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Près de

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Beside / next to

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Vers

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Toward(s)

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En avant / vers l’avant

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Forward(s)

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En arrière vers l’arrière

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Backward(s)

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De côté

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Sideways

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En biais

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Diagonally

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En diagonale

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Crosswise

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Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

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Clockwise (antickockwise)

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S’élever

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To rise (up)

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Dominer

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To tower over

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Une colline

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A hill

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Une butte

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A hilltop

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Le contrefort

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The foothill