Week 3 - weather Flashcards

1
Q

L’observatoire métérologique

A

Weather station

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2
Q

Les conditions atmosphériques

A

Weather conditions

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3
Q

Une intempérie

A

A period of bad weather

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4
Q

La vague de froid

A

Cold spell

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5
Q

Le verglas

A

black ice

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6
Q

La gelée

A

frost (freezing weather)

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7
Q

Le givre

A

frost (on windows, cars etc)

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8
Q

Dégel

A

Thaw

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9
Q

Dégeler

A

To thaw

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10
Q

Fondre

A

To thaw/melt

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11
Q

La grêle

A

Hail

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12
Q

Le flocon de neige

A

Snowflake

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13
Q

Le tourbillon de neige

A

Snowstorm

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14
Q

Le chasse-neige

A

Snow-plough

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15
Q

Le point de congélation

A

Freezing point

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16
Q

La rafale/la bourrasque

A

Sudden gust

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17
Q

une averse

A

Rain shower

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18
Q

La giboulée

A

sudden downpour

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19
Q

Bruiner

A

to drizzle

20
Q

La bruine

21
Q

Le crachin

22
Q

Il pleut à verse/à cordes

A

it Is pouring down

23
Q

Une pluie drue

A

heavy rain

24
Q

La mousson

25
Il fait un temps de chien
The weather is terrible
26
un orage
a thunderstorm
27
la tempête
Storm
28
Le tourbillon
whirlwind
29
un ouragan
hurricane
30
Le tonnerre
Thunder
31
Le foudre
lightening
32
Un éclair
flash of lightening
33
Le brouillard
Fog
34
La brume
Mist
35
Brumeux
Misty/foggy
36
Une grève
Strike
37
Se véhiculer
to move around/about
38
Le guichet
counter/ticket office
39
une correspondance
connection
40
Composter
to validate
41
Un cheminot
railway worker
42
un siège
seat
43
Contrôleur
ticket inspector
44
Louper/rater/manquer
to miss (e.g. a bus)
45
Voire
even/indeed
46
une bourne
ticket machine