Weather Flashcards

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1
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les conditions atmosphériques (f)

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weather conditions

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la carte météorologique

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weather chart

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les pressions atmosphériques (f)

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atmospheric pressure

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le bulletin météorologique

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weather forecast

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l’observatoire météorologique (m)

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weather station

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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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l’orage (m)

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thunderstorm

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la tempête

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storm

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l’ouragan (m)

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hurricane

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le tourbillon

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whirlwind

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le typhon

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typhoon

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le tonnerre

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thunder

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la foudre

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lightning

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l’éclair (m)

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flash of lightning

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le brouillard

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fog

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la brume

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mist

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un léger brouillard

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mist

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un brouillard de chaleur

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heat haze

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la brume de chaleur

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heat haze

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une brume légère

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slight haze

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brumeux

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misty, foggy

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brumailleux

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foggy

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24
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planer sur

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to hang over

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l’averse (f)

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shower

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il pleut à verse

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it is pouring down

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il pleut à torrents

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it is pouring down

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il pleut à seaux

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it is pouring down

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il pleut à cordes

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it is pouring down

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une pluie drue

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heavy rain

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une pluie battante

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pelting rain

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une pluie diluvienne

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downpour

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33
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un vent modéré

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a moderate wind

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un vent glacial

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an icy wind

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35
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souffler en tempête

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to blow a gale

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36
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faire rage

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to rage

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la grêle

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hail

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le grêlon

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hailstone

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le grésil

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hail

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40
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la glace

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ice

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glacé

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frozen

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42
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la gelée

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frost

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le gel

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freezing

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le dégel

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thaw

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45
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dégeler

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to thaw

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46
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la fonte

A

thaw

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47
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fondre

A

to thaw, melt

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48
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la neige fraîche

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new snow

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la neige poudreuse

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powdery snow

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le flocon de neige

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snowflake

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51
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la rosée

A

dew

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52
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un ciel couvert

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an overcast sky

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53
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un ciel menaçant

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a threatening sky

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54
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le ciel se couvre

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the sky clouds over

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55
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un ciel sans nuages

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cloudless sky

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56
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le nuage orageux

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storm cloud

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57
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l’éclaircie (f)

A

bright spell

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58
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l’accalmie (f)

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lull

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59
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ensoleillé

A

sunny

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60
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prendre un bain de soleil

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to sunbathe

61
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un ciel clair et bleu

A

a clear blue sky

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la vague de chaleur

A

heatwave

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l’intempérie (f)

A

a period of bad weather

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la bruine

A

drizzle

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bruiner

A

to drizzle

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le crachin

A

drizzle

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crachiner

A

to drizzle

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brouillasser

A

to drizzle

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la giboulée

A

sudden shower

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l’ondée (f)

A

shower

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une pluie cinglante

A

lashing rain

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un souffle d’air

A

a puff of wind

73
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il n’y avait pas un souffle d’air

A

there wasn’t a breath of air

74
Q

la rafale

A

squall

75
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le vent soufflait en rafales

A

the wind was blowing in gusts

76
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un vent cinglant

A

a biting wind

77
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la bourrasque

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squall

78
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le grain

A

heavy shower, squall

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la tornade

A

tornado

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le givre

A

hoarfrost

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givré

A

covered in ice, frosted up

82
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la gelée blanche

A

hoarfrost

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le frimas

A

hoarfrost

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le verglas

A

black ice

85
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glissant

A

slippery

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la congère

A

snowdrift

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le banc de neige

A

snowdrift

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le tourbillon de neige

A

snowstorm

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la banquise

A

ice-floe

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les glaces flottantes (f)

A

ice-floes

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la vague de froid

A

cold spell

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un ciel dégagé

A

cloudless sky

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un ciel pommelé

A

mackerel sky

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des nuages noirs

A

dark clouds

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un rideau de nuages

A

a bank of clouds

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le rayon de soleil

A

sunbeam

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l’arc-en-ciel (m)

A

rainbow

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l’ensoleillement (m)

A

period of sunlight

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l’échappée de soleil (f)

A

sunburst

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le temps est lourd

A

it’s close

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rayonner

A

to beam

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les grandes chaleurs (f)

A

hot summer days

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une chaleur étouffante

A

stifling heat

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une chaleur accablante

A

oppressive heat

105
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essuyer une tempête

A

to weather a storm

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une mer houleuse

A

stormy sea

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bloqué par la tempête

A

stormbound

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battu par la tempête

A

storm-lashed

109
Q

la mousson

A

monsoon

110
Q

il fait un temps de chien

A

the weather is lousy

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le temps est à la pluie

A

it looks like rain

112
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le temps se brouille

A

the weather is breaking

113
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le temps se gâte

A

the weather is breaking

114
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une trombe d’eau

A

cloudburst

115
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immobilisé par le mauvais temps

A

weather-bound

116
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le vent contraire

A

headwind

117
Q

le tourbillon de poussière

A

dust storm

118
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l’averse de grêle (f)

A

hailstorm

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la tempête de sable

A

sandstorm

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l’alizé (m)

A

trade wind

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la zone des calmes

A

doldrums

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la buée

A

mist, steam, condensation

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un brouillard à couper au couteau

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a pea-souper

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le banc de brume

A

fog bank

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la corne de brume

A

fog-horn

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la sirène de brume

A

fog-horn

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le phare antibrouillard

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fog-lamp

128
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le ciel se brouille

A

the sky is clouding over

129
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des nuages floconneux (m)

A

fleecy clouds

130
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couronné de neige

A

snow-capped

131
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il tombe de la neige fondue

A

it is sleeting

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la limite des neiges

A

snow-line

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la boule de neige

A

snowball

134
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le bonhomme de neige

A

snowman

135
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la raquette

A

snow-shoe

136
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le chasse-neige

A

snowplough

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le point de congélation

A

freezing point

138
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le temps s’est mis au beau

A

the weather turned out fine

139
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la canicule

A

dog-days

140
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une journée de canicule

A

a scorcher

141
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il fait un soleil de plomb

A

the sun is blazing down

142
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lézarder au soleil

A

to sun oneself

143
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inondé de soleil

A

sun-drenched

144
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le chapeau de soleil

A

sun hat

145
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le chapeau de plage

A

sun hat

146
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la visière

A

visor

147
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le toit ouvrant

A

sun roof

148
Q

les lunettes de soleil (f)

A

sunglasses