Vocabulaire de l'anglais/Français Flashcards by Paul Alexandre

land

la terre (terrain/propriété foncière)

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la terre (terrain/propriété foncière)

land

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the globe → global

le globe → mondial

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le globe → mondial

the globe → global

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a hemisphere

un hémisphère

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un hémisphère

a hemisphere

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the equator

l’équateur

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l’équateur

the equator

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landscape

paysage

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paysage

landscape

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tropique du Cancer/Capricorne

Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn

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Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn

tropique du Cancer/Capricorne

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a country

un pays

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un pays

a country

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a country

un pays

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the country

→ the countryside

la campagne par rapport a la ville

→ paysage

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la campagne par rapport à la ville

→paysage

the country

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an island / an isle

une île

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a peninsula

une peninsule

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une peninsule

a peninsula

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a countinent → coutinental

un continent → coutinental/e

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mainland

un continent ( par rapport a une île)

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un continent ( par rapport a une île)

mainland

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territory → territorial

un territoire → territorial/e

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un territoire → territorial/e

territory → territorial

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a moor → moorland

une lande → la lande

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scrub

→ scrubland = brushwood

les brouissalles

→ région brouissailleuse

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a moor → moorland

une lande → la lande

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les brouissalles

→ région brouissailleuse

scrub

→ scrubland = brushwood

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woodland

région boisée

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région boisée

woodland

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un marécage

a marsh / bog / swamp

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a marsh / bog / swamp

un marécage

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marécageux

marshy / boggy /swampy

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marshy / boggy / swampy

marécageux

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un isthme

an isthmus

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an isthmus

un isthme

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un promontoire

cap élevé au dessus de la mer

a promontory

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a promontory

un promontoire

cap élevé au dessus de la mer

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un cap

a cap / a headland

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a cap / a headland

un cap

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un archipel

an archipelago

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an archipelago

un archipel

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an atoll

un atoll (île du Pacifique bordée de corail)

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un atoll (île du Pacifique bordée de corail

an atoll

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a cave →caving = speleology

une grotte → la spéléologie

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une grotte → la spéléologie

a cave → caving = speleology

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an island / an isle

une île

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un gouffre

an abyss / a gulf

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an abyss / a gulf

un gouffre

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le désert

a desert

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a desert

le désert

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les dunes de sable

sand dunes

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sand dunes

les dunes de sable

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une oasis

an oasis

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an oasis

une oasis

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la savanhe

the savanna

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the savanna

la savane

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a statesman/woman

homme/femme d’état

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homme/femme d’état

a statesman/woman

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statesmanship

les qualités d’un homme d’état

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les qualités d’un homme d’état

statesmanship

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a nation → national → nationalism ,

a nationalist –> a nation-state

une nation → national/e → nationalisme,

un nationaliste, un état-nation

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une nation → national/e → nationalisme,

un nationaliste, un état-nation

a nation →national → nationalism ,

a nationalist, a nation-state

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to rule a country → a ruler

diriger un pays → un dirigeant

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diriger un pays → un dirigeant

to rule a country → a ruler

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régner, un règne

to reign, a reign

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to reign, a reign

régner, un règne

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duty, dutiful

le devoir, qui a le sens du devoir

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le devoir, qui a le sens du devoir

duty, dutiful

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responsable, une responsabilité

responsible, a responsibility

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responsible, a responsibility

responsable, une responsabilité

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le pouvoir, la puissance

power, might

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power/might

le pouvoir/la puissance

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powerful / mighty

puissant/e

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puissant/e

powerful/mighty

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a sovereign state

un état souverain

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un état souverain

a sovereign state

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a totalitarian state

un état totalitaire

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un état totalitaire

a totalitarian state

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a head of state

un chef d’état

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un chef d’état

a head of state

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the state

l’état

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l’état

the state

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political power

le pouvoir politique

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le pouvoir politique

political power

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accéder au pouvoir

to come to power

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to come to power

accéder au pouvoir

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to seize = to take power

s’emparer du pouvoir

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s’emparer du pouvoir

to take = to seize power

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to jostle for / scramble for power

batailler pour obtenir le pouvoir

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batailler pour obtenir le pouvoir

to jostle for / scramble for power

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to exercice=exert / usurp power

exercer / usurper le pouvoir

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exercer / usurper le pouvoir

to exercice=exert / usurp power

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to give up

abandonner le

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abandonner le

to give up

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to minuse

abuser de

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abuser de

to minuse

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to hold on

s’accrocher au

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s’accrocher au

to hold on

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to hand over the power to

transmettre le pouvoir à

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transmettre le pouvoir à

to hand over the power to

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the transfer / the handover of power

la passation des pouvoirs

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la passation des pouvoirs

the transfer / the handover of power

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the trappings of

les signes exterieurs du

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les signes exterieurs du

the trappings of

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un régime

a regime

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a regime

un régime

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une confédération

a confederation

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a confederation

une confédération

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republic → republican

→ the president of the republic

une république → un républicain

→ le président de la république

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une république → un républicain

→ le président de la république

republic → republican

→ the president of the republic

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a democrat → democracy

democratic → democratically

un démocrate → la démocratie

democratique → démocratiquement

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un démocrate → la démocratie

democratique → démocratiquement

a democrat → democracy

democratic → democratically

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a citizen → citizenship

un citoyen → citoyenneté

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un citoyen → citoyenneté

a citizen → citizenship

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a sovereign / a monarch

→ a monarchy

un souverain/e un monarque

→ la monarchie

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un souverain/e un monarque

→ la monarchie

a sovereign / a monarch

→ a monarchy

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a queen / a king → a kingdom

une reine / un roi → un royaume

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un reine / un roi → un royaume

a queen / a king → a kingdom

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a dynasty

une dynastie

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une dynastie

a dynasty

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a prince → a princess, a principality

un prince → une princesse, une principauté

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un prince → une princesse, une principauté

a prince → a princess, a principality

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an empire → an emperor, an empress

un empire → un empereur, une impératrice

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un empire → un empereur, une impératrice

an empire → en emperor, an empress

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a dictator → dictatorial , a dictatorship

un dictateur → dictatorial/e, une dictature

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un dictateur → dictatorial/e, une dictature

a dictator → dictatorial, dictatorship

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a despot → despotic → despotism

un despote → despotique → despotism

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un despote → despotique → despotism

a despot despotic→ despotism

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a tyrant → tyranny

tyrannic → tyranically

un tyran → la tyrannie,

tyrannique → de manière tyrannique

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un tyran → tyrannie

tyrannique → de manière tyrannique

a tyrant → tyranny

tyrannic → tyranically

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science, a science →a scientist

la science , une science → un/e scientifique

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la science , une science → un/e scientifique

science, a science →a scientist

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a laboratory/ a lab

→ a lab assistant, a lab bench

une laboratoire

→un/e laborantin/e une paillasse

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an experiment

to experiment with / on

une expérience

faire des expériences sur

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a hypothesis

une hypothèse

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to observe → observation

observer → l’observation

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to infer sth from/ that

→ infer sth from / that

inférer qqch de / que (tirer des conclusions a partir d’une proposition admise comme vraie)
→ l’inférence / la déduction

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to deduce sth from / that → a deduction

déduire qqch de / que → une déduction

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to analyse → an analysis

analyser → une analyse

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to discover → a discovery

découvrir → une découverte

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to find

trouver

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a breakthrough

une découverte capitale

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a pioneer → pioneering

un/e pionnier/ère (de) → novateur/ trice

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to collate facts

collationner des faits

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to crosschek, a crosscheck

→ by crosschecking

faire des recoupements, un recoupement

→ par recoupement(s)

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a procedure = a protocole

un protocole

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to search for → research

→ a researcher

rechercher ← la recherche

un/e chercheur/e

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an abstract

un résumé

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a publication

une publication / un article

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les sciences appliquées

applied sciences

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an audacious

audacieuse

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useful

utile

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to set up

préparer

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to carry out = to conduct an experiment

mener une expérience

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a bold hypothesis

une hypothèse hardie

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to ruin an

faire échouer

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fanciful

fantaisiste

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mistaken

erronée

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a plausible hypothesis

une hypothèse vraisemblable

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a unlikely hypothesis

une hypothèse invraisemblable

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a tentative hypothesis

une hypothèse provisoire

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to construct = to form

élaborer

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to formulate

formuler

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to advance = to forward = to propound

avancer = émettre

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to prove

vérifier = prouver

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to favor = to support

soutenir une

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to challenge = to oppose

contester/ invalider

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to refute

réfuter

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to reject

rejeter

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to rule out a

exclure une

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to analyse sth carrefully / closely

/ in detail / objectively / systematically / thoroughly

analyser qqch avec attention / de près / en détail / objectivement / de manière systématique / soigneusement

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to be iengaged in = to carry out = to conduct research

faire de la recherche

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to finance = to fund = to put money into = to sponsor = to back research

financer la recherche

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to alter

changer

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une laboratoire

→un/e laborantin/e une paillasse

a laboratory/ a lab

→ a lab assistant, a lab bench

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une expérience

faire des expériences sur

an experiment

to experiment with / on

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changer

to alter

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financer la recherche

to finance = to fund = to put money into = to sponsor = to back research

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faire de la recherche

to be iengaged in = to carry out = to conduct research

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analyser qqch avec attention / de près / en détail / objectivement / de manière systématique / soigneusement

to analyse sth carrefully / closely

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exclure une

to rule out a

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rejeter

to reject

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réfuter

to refute

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contester/ invalider

to challeng = to oppose

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to favor = to support

soutenir une

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vérifier = prouver

to prove

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avancer = émettre

to advance = to forward = to propound

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formuler

to formulate

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élaborer

to construct = to form

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une hypothèse provisoire

a tentative hypothesis

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une hypothèse invraisemblable

a unlikely hypothesis

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une hypothèse vraisemblable

a plausible hypothesis

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erronnée

mistaken

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fantaisiste

fanciful

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faire échouer

to ruin on

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une hypothèse hardie

a bold hypothesis

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mener une expérience

to carry out = to conduct an experiment

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préparer

to set up

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utile

useful

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audacieux

audacious

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les sciences appliquées

applied sciences

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une publication / un article

a publication

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un résumé

an abstrac

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rechercher ← la recherche

un/e chercheur/e

to search for → research

→ a researcher

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un protocole

a procedure = a protocole

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faire des recoupements, un recoupement

→ par recoupement(s)

to crosschek, a crosscheck

→ by crosschecking

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un/e pionnier/ère (de) → novateur/ trice

a pioneer → pioneering

collecter des faits

to collect facts

une découverte capitale

a breakthrough

trouver

to find

découvrir → une découverte

to discover → a discovery

analyser → une analyse

to analyse → an analysis

déduire qqch de / que → une déduction

to deduce sth from / that → a deduction

inférer qqch de / que (tirer des conclusions a partir d’une proposition admise comme vraie)
→ l’inférence / la déduction

to infer sth from/ that

→ infer sth from / that

observer → l’observation

to observe → observation

une hypothèse

an hypothesis

the bush

la brousse

the bush

la jungle

the jungle

la jungle

the ice floe pack ice

la banquise

the ice floe / pack ice

an iceberg

un iceberg

flat

plat

flat

vallonné / accidenté

undulating / uneven = bumpy

cartography

la cartographie

cartography

an atlas

un atlas

an atlas

latitude

la latitude

latitude

longitude

la longitude

longitude

a meridian

un méridien

a meridian

un fuseau horaire

a time zone

un fuseau horaire

the 45th parallel

le 45e parallèle

le 45e parrallèle

the 45th parallel

a map, to map a country

une carte, dresser la carte d’un pays

a map, to map a country

a chart, to chart

une carte marine, établir une carte

a chart, to chart

relief

le relief

relief

a contour line

une courbe de niveau

a contour line

the compass → a compass card / rose

la boussole / une rose des vents

the compass → a compass cartd / rose

a degree

un degré

the north → north(ern), northerly, northward(s), northernmost

le nord → du nord = septentrional, (situé) au nord, vers le nord / au nord, le plus au nord

the north → north(ern), northerly, northward(s), northernmost

the south → south(ern), southerly, southward(s), southernmost

le sud → du sud = méridional, du sud, vers le sud, le plus au sud

the south → south(ern), southerly, southward(s), southernmost

the east → east(ern), easterly, eastward(s),easternmost

l’est → de l’est = oriental, de l’est, vers l’est, le plus a l’est

the east → east(ern), easterly, eastward(s),easternmost

the west → west(ern), westerly,westward(s),

l’ouest / l’Occident → de l’ouest = occidental

the west → west(ern), westerly,westward(s),

westward(s), westernmost

de l’ouest, vers l’ouest, le plus à l’ouest

westward(s), westernmost

the northeast

le nord-est

the northeast

the northeast etc

le nord-est etc

here

ici

here

there → over there, from there

là → là bas, de là

là, là bas, de là

there → over there, from there

behind

derrière

behind

in front of

devant

in front of

in the front of / at the back of

al’avant de / a l’arrière de

a l’avant de / a l’arrière de

in the front of / at the back of

al’avant de / al ‘arrière de

in / into

dans (sans mouvement / avec mouvement )

in / into

inside / outside

à l’interieur / al’exterieur

inside / outside

within

dans les limites de

within

on / onto

sur (sans mouvement / avec mouvement)

on / onto

below / under – underneath / beneath

sous / en dessous (de)

below / under – underneath / beneath

near / far – farther / further

près / loin – plus loin

near / far – farther / further

somewhere about

dans les parages (de)

beyond

au delà (de)

beyond

between

entre

between

beside = next to

près de

beside = next to

from … to …

de … à …

from … to …

the direction

la direction

the direction

towards

vers

towards

forward(s)

en avant / vers l’avant

forward(s)

backward(s)

en arrière / vers l’arrière

backward(s)

sideways

de coté

sideways

diagonally / crosswise

en biais / en diagonale

diagonally / crosswise

clockwise

dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

clockwise

anticlockwise

dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d’une montre

anticlockwise

to lose one’s bearings

être désorienté / perdre le nord

to lose one’s bearings

altitude

l’altitude

altitude

to rise (up)

s’élever

to rise

to tower over

dominer

to tower over

a mountain – mountainous

– a moutain chain / range, a mountain top

une montagne – montagneux

– une chaîne de montagnes, un sommet de

une montagne – montagneux

– une chaîne de montagnes, un sommet de

a mountain – mountainous

– a moutain chain / range, a mountain top

a hill – a hillock = a mound

une colline – une butte

a hilltop / the foothill/ s

un sommet de colline, le/s contrefort/s

montagne d’altitude réduite précédant un massif montagneux

un sommet de colline, le/s contrefort/s

montagne d’altitude réduite précédant un massif montagneux

a hilltop / the foothill/ s

a massif

un massif

a massif

une arête

a ridge

une arête (ligne séparant les versants d’une montagne)

a ridge

the summit

le sommet

the summit

the crest

la crête

the crest

a peak

un pic

a peak

a glacier

un glacier

a glacier

a valley / vale

une vallée

a valley / a vale

a dale

un vallon ( petite vallée, petite dépression de forme allongée creusée par un cours d’eau ou un glacier)

a dale

a defile

un défilé

a defile

a gorge = US a canyon

une gorge

a gorge = US a canyon

a plateau

un plateau

a plateau

a hollow

un creux

a hollow

a basin

un bassin

a basin

a cliff

une falaise

a cliff

a ravine

un ravin

a ravine

a precipice

un précipice

a precipice

a chasm

un gouffre

a chasm

a crevice / fissure / split

une crevasse (dans le sol ou la roche)

a crevice / fissure / split

a crevasse

une crevasse (sur un glacier)

a crevasse

a ledge

une corniche / saillie

a pass

un col

a pass

a sheer drop

un à-pic

a sheer drop

a slope, to slope down

une pente, descendre une pente

a slope, to slope down

the Rocky Mountains = the Rockies

les Montagnes Rocheuse

the Rocky Mountains = the Rockies

Mount Rushmore

le mont Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

the Alps

les Alpes

the Alps

Mount Everest

l’Everest

Mount Everest

the Himalayas

l’Himalaya

the Himalayas

Mountain ranges

Chaînes de montagnes

Mountain ranges

le mont Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

le mont Rushmore

the Appalachian Mountains = the Appalachians

les Appalaches

the Appalachian Mountains = the Appalachians

the sea

la mer

the sea

sea water, the seabed, the sea level, the (sea)shore, the seaside

l’eau de mer, le fond de la mer, le niveau de la mer, le rivage, le bord de (la) mer

sea water, the seabed, the sea level, the (sea)shore, the seaside

an ocean

un océan

an océan

the tide

la marée

the tide

a wave

une vague

a wave

the surf

les vagues déferlantes

the surf

the swell – a groundswell

la houle – une lame de fond

the swell – a groundswell

the backwash

le ressac (choc des vagues qui se brisent sur elles-mêmes après avoir heurté un obstacle)

the backwash

the undertow

le courant de retour

the undertow

spray

les embruns ( poussières d’eau projetées par les vagues qui se brisent et qui sont emportées par le vent)

spray

foam

l’écume

foam

white horses

les moutons ( sur la mer)

white horses

a bay

une baie

a bay

a gulf

un golfe

a gulf

a cove / an inlet = UK creek

une anse / crique ( petit renfoncement naturel dans le littoral)

a cove / an inlet = UK creek

a strait/ straits

un détroit

a strait / straits

a channel

un chenal

a channel

the coast – coastal

la côte – côtier

the coast – coastal

the beach

la plage

the beach

sand – a sandbank

le sable – un banc de sable

sand – a sandbank

shingle = pebble

les galets

shingle = pebble

a reef

un récif

a reef

a lagoon

un lagon / une lagune (espace de mer entouré par des récifs coralliens, notamment à l’intérieur d’un atoll)

a lagoon

the open sea

la pleine mer

the open sea

on the high seas

en pleine mer

on the high seas

democracy

la démocratie

free – freedom = liberty

libre – la liberté

free – freedom = liberty

a constitution – constitutional

une constitution – constitutionnel/le

a constitution – constitutional

politics

la politique (profession)
les opnions politiques

la politique (profession)
les opnions politiques

politics

a policy

– a politician

une (ligne) politique

un/e homme / femme politique

une (ligne) politique

un/e homme / femme politique

a policy

– a politician

a (political) party

un parti (politique)

a (political) party

a spokesman / woman = spokesperson

une porte-parole

an adviser

un/e conseiller/-ère

an adviser

a candidate

un/e candidat/e

a candidate

popular – popularity

/ unpopular – unpopularity

populaire – la popularité

impopulaire – l’impopularité

populaire – la popularité

impopulaire – l’impopularité

popular – popularity

/ unpopular – unpopularity

une porte-parole

a spokesman / woman = spokesperson

to canvass

– canvassing, a canvasser

solliciter des voix

– le démarchage, un agent électoral

solliciter des voix

– le démarchage, un agent électoral

to canvass

– canvassing, a canvasser

a campaign

une campagne

a campaign

a (political) platform

un programme (politique)

a (political) platform

to vote – a voter, voting age

-the right to vote = franchise
- - universal franchise
- -to enfranchise sb

voter – un électeur, la majorité électoral
le droit de vote
le suffrage universel
accorder le droit de vote a qqn

to vote – a voter, voting age

-the right to vote = franchise
- - universal franchise
- -to enfranchise sb

to elect – an elector – the electorate, an election – a by-election

élire – un électeur – l’électorat,

une élection – une élection partielle

élire – un électeur – l’électorat,

une élection – une élection partielle

to elect – an elector – the electorate, an election – a by-election

to abstain – an abstainer = a non voter

s’abstenir – un/e abstentionniste

to abstain – an abstainer = a non voter

to ratify

ratifier

to ratify

to be involved in

se méler de

to be involved in

les institutions britanniques

British institutions

les institutions britanniques

The british Parliament

le parlement britannique

The british Parliament

The house of Lords

la chambre des lords

The house of Lords

the lord Chancelor

le président de la chambre des Lords

the lord Chancelor

the woolsack

le siège du Lord Chancellor

the woolsack

the Lords Spiritual

les archevêques membres de la Chambre des Lords

the Lords Spiritual

the Lords Temporal

les membres de la Chambre des Lords n’appartenant pas au clergé

the Lords Temporal

a peer / peeress of the realm – peerage

un/e pair/esse du rouyaume – la pairie

a peer / peeress of the realm – peerage

House of Commons = the Commons

la Chambre des communes

House of Commons = the Commons

the Leader of the Opposition

le chef de l’opposition

the Leader of the Opposition

le chef de l’opposition

the Mace

la Masse d’armes ( symbole du pouvoir aux Communes

the Mace

a Member of Parliament

un/e député

a Member of Parliament

the frontbenches

a frontbencher

les bancs du gouvernement

un membre du gouvernement

les bancs du gouvernement

un membre du gouvernement

the frothe frontbenches

a frontbencherntbenches

the backbenches

a backbencher

les bancs du gouvernement

un membre du gouvernement

les bancs du gouvernement

un membre du gouvernement

the backbenches

a backbencher

the crossbenches – a crossbencher

les bancs des non-inscrits – un non-inscrit

the crossbenches – a crossbencher

a whip

un/e parlementaire chargé de veiller aà la discipline du groupe

a whip

le/la président/e du groupe

the Chief Whip

le/la président/e du groupe

a two-line whip / a three -line whipp

une convocation / une - impérative pour un débat ou un vote

a two-line whip / a three -line whipp

to sit – a (parliamentary) sitting

siéger – une séance (parlementaire)

to sit – a (parliamentary) sitting

question time

la séance des questions au gouvernement

question time

to heckle – heckling

a heckler

interpeller / harceler – harcèlement

un/e chahuteur/-se

interpeller / harceler – harcèlement

un/e chahuteur/-se

to heckle – heckling

a heckler

a speech – an MP’s maiden speech

un discours – le premier discours d’un/e parlementaire – harcèlement

a speech – an MP’s maiden speech

to cheer , cheers / to boo

acclamer, des acclamations / huer

to cheer, cheers / to boo

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