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vocabulary Flashcards

1
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une prévision

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a forecast

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m meteo

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the weatherman

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un thermometre

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a thermometer

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un barometre

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a barometer

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le ciel

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the sky

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un nuage

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a cloud

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le soleil

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the sun

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le lever du soleil

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sunrise

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la rosée

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the dew

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le coucher du soleil

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sunset

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l’ensoleillement

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sunshine

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un rayon de soleil

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a sunbeam

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la canicule

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the dogdays

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une vague de chaleur

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a heatwave

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une secheresse

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a drought

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un climat

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a climate

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une depression

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a depression

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la pluie

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rain

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la saison des pluies

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the rainy season

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une goutte de pluie

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a raindrop

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les precipitations

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rainfall

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22
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un arc en ciel

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a rainbow

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une averse

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a shower

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une forte averse

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a downpour

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une flaque d’eau

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a puddle

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la mousson

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the monsoon

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une tempete

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a storm

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un orage

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a thunderstorm

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les eclairs, la foudre

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lightning

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un eclair

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a flash

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31
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une inondation

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a flood

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32
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la neige

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snow

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une chute de neige

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a snowfall

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un flocon de neige

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a snowflake

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une boule de neige

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a snowball

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un bonhomme de neige

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a snowman

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une tempete de neige

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a snowstorm

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une congère

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a snowdrift

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une avalanche

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an avalanche

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grésil, neige fondue

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sleet

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le degel

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the thaw

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la grele

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hail

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43
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un grelon

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a hailstone

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le gel

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frost

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le givre

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hoarfrost

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un petit glacon

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an icicle

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une brume legere

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a haze

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la brume

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mist

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le brouillard

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fog

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un courant d’air

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a draught

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le vent

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wind

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une brise

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breeze

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un coup de vent

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a gale

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un blizzard

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a blizzard

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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une tornade

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a tornado

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un typhon

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a typhoon

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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un tremblement de terre

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a earthquake

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un volcan

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a volcano

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une eruption

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an eruption

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la lave

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lava

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des cendres

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ashes

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une maree

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a tide

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un raz de maree

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a tidal wave

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ensoleillé

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sunny

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beau

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fine, fair

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magnifique

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glorious

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variable

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unsettled

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clair, radieux

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bright

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sec

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dry

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72
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nuageux

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cloudy

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couvert

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overcast

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gris, triste

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dull

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pluvieux

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rainy

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venteux

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windy

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il fait du vent

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it’s windy

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brumeux

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foggy

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il y a du brouillard

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it’s foggy

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neigeux, enneigé

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snowy

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orageux

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stormy, thundery

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lourd

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close

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étouffant

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stifling

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couvert de glace, glacial

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icy

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gele, glacial

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frosty

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frisquet

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chilly

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froid

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cold

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hivernal

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wintry

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frais

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cool

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chaud (agreable)

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warm

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doux

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mild

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tempere

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temperate

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chaud (forte chaleur)

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hot

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accablant

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sweltering

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torride

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scorching

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humide

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humid, damp

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la Terre

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the Earth

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le globe

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the globe

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une annee lumire

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a light-year

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un terrien

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an earthling

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un astronome

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an astronomer

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une planete

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a planet

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un satellite

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a satellite

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une galaxie

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a galaxy

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une revolution

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a revolution

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une orbite

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an orbit

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un cycle

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a cycle

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la lune

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the moon

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le clair de lune

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moonlight

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une etoile

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a star

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une constellation

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a constellation

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un meteore

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a meteor

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une meteorite

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a meteorite

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une comet

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a comet

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un asteroide

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an asteroid

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une boule de feu

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a fireball

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pluvieux

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rainy, wet

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affreux

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foul, dreadful

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trempe

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soaked

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foudroyé

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uhunderstruck

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prevenir

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to warn

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prévoir

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to forecast

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pleuvoir

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to rain

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vruiner

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to drizzle

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tomber a verse

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to pour down

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greler

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to hail

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eclater

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to break out

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gronder

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to rumble

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souffler

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to blow

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neiger

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to snow

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briller

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to shine

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ebouir

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to dazzle

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se lever

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to rise

134
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se coucher

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to set

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fondre

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to thaw, to melt

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geler

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to freeze

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tourbilloner

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to whirl

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s’eclaircir

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to clear up

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se degager

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to clear away

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se lever (brouillard)

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to lift

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s’attenuer (vent)

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to ease off

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se renforcer (vent)

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to pick up

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tomber (vent)

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to die down

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grossir (riviere)

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to swell

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deborder

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to overflow

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inonder

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to flood

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emporter

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to carry along

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trembler

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to quake

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secouer

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to shake

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entrer en eruption

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to erupt

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une collision

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a collision

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un impact

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an impact

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un cataclysme

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a cataclysm

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l’atmosphere

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the atmosphere

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la stratosphere

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the stratosphere

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l’espace interstellaire

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outer space

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le cosmos

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the cosmos

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la radiation

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radiation

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un observatoire

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an observatory

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un telescope

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a telescope

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une eclipse

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an eclipse

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un anneau

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a ring

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Mercure

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Mercury

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Venus

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Venus

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Pluton

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Pluto

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Saturne

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Jupiter

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Mars

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Mars

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un Martien

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a Martian

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Uranus

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Neptune

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la pesanteur

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gravity

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la gravitation

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gravitation

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l’apesanteur

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weightlessness

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un cosmonaute

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a cosmonaut

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un astronaute

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an astronaut

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un vaisseau spatial

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a spaceship

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une fusee

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a rocket

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une navette

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a shuttle

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un bouclier thermique

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a heat shield

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un vol spatial

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a space flight

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un module lunaire

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a lunar module

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une marche sur la lune

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a moon walk

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mondial, planetaire

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global

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universel

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universal

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gravitationnel

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gravitational

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cosmique

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cosmic

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solaire

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solar

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sans limites

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boundless

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infini

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infinite

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en direction de la terre

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earthbound

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extraterrestre

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extra-terrestrial

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electromagnetique

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electroagnetic

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tourner

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to spin

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graviter

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to revolve

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attirer

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to attract

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scintiller

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to twinkle

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entrer en collision

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to collide

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se consumer

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to burn

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se fragmenter

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to break up

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se developper, grandir

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to expand

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lancer

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to launch

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un satellite d observation

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an observation sattellite

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la temperature moyenne

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the mean temperature

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haute pression

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high pressure

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basse pression

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low pressure

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un bulletin meteorologique

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a weather report

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les conditions meteorologiques

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weather conditions

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un climat rude

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a harsh climate

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une preiode ensoleillee

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a sunny spell

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une eclaircie

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a bright/sunny interval

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le verglas

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black ice

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en dessous de zero

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below freezing point

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un eclair

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a flash of lightning

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un coup de tonnerre

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a peal/ clap of thunder

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foudroyé

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struck by lightning

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un paratonnere

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a lightning conductor

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pleuvoir fortement

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to rain heavily

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une forte averse

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a heavy shower

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pleuvoir a verse

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to be pouring with rain

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se faire mouiller

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to get wet

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se faire tremper

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to get soaked

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trempe jusqu’aux os

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saked to the skin

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une vague de chaleur

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a heatwave

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des periodes ensoleilles

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sunny periods

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de belles eclaircies

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bright intervals

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un avis d’enneigement

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a snow report

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de la neige tassee

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hard packed snow

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des hautes/ basses temperature

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high/low temperatures

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un coup de vent, une bourrasque

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a gust of wind

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un vent d’est/ d’ouest

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an easterly/ westerly wind

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un avis de tempete

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a gale warning

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un vent de force 8

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a force 8 gale

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le big bang

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the big bang

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un trou noir

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a black hole

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un systeme solaire

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the solar system

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une eclipse solaire

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a solar eclipse

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une eclipse de lune

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a lunar eclipse

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un astre

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a celestial body

240
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la voie lactee

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the Milky Way

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la grande ourse

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the great bear, the Plough

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la petite ourse

A

the lesser bear

243
Q

une etoile filante

A

a shooting star

244
Q

l’ere spatiale

A

the space age

245
Q

un programme spatial

A

a space program

246
Q

une aire de lancement

A

a launch pad

247
Q

un laboratoire spatial

A

a space laboratory, a skylab

248
Q

partir a la conquete de l’espace

A

to reach for the stars

249
Q

l’espace intersideral

A

interstellar space

250
Q

se mettre en orbite

A

to go into orbit

251
Q

un bouclier thermique

A

a heat shield

252
Q

un amerrissage

A

a heat shield

253
Q

une soucoupe volante

A

a flying saucer

254
Q

des petits hommes verts

A

little green men

255
Q

un OVNI

A

a U.F.O

meteorology and space (1 decks)

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