Week 3 - weather Flashcards

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1
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L’observatoire métérologique

A

Weather station

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2
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Les conditions atmosphériques

A

Weather conditions

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3
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Une intempérie

A

A period of bad weather

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4
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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
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Le givre

A

frost (on windows, cars etc)

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8
Q

Dégel

A

Thaw

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9
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Dégeler

A

To thaw

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10
Q

Fondre

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To thaw/melt

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11
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La grêle

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Hail

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12
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Le flocon de neige

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Snowflake

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13
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Le tourbillon de neige

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Snowstorm

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14
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Le chasse-neige

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Snow-plough

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15
Q

Le point de congélation

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Freezing point

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16
Q

La rafale/la bourrasque

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Sudden gust

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17
Q

une averse

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Rain shower

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18
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La giboulée

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sudden downpour

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19
Q

Bruiner

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to drizzle

20
Q

La bruine

A

drizzle

21
Q

Le crachin

A

drizzle

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

A

Monsoon

25
Q

Il fait un temps de chien

A

The weather is terrible

26
Q

un orage

A

a thunderstorm

27
Q

la tempête

A

Storm

28
Q

Le tourbillon

A

whirlwind

29
Q

un ouragan

A

hurricane

30
Q

Le tonnerre

A

Thunder

31
Q

Le foudre

A

lightening

32
Q

Un éclair

A

flash of lightening

33
Q

Le brouillard

A

Fog

34
Q

La brume

A

Mist

35
Q

Brumeux

A

Misty/foggy

36
Q

Une grève

A

Strike

37
Q

Se véhiculer

A

to move around/about

38
Q

Le guichet

A

counter/ticket office

39
Q

une correspondance

A

connection

40
Q

Composter

A

to validate

41
Q

Un cheminot

A

railway worker

42
Q

un siège

A

seat

43
Q

Contrôleur

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ticket inspector

44
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Louper/rater/manquer

A

to miss (e.g. a bus)

45
Q

Voire

A

even/indeed

46
Q

une bourne

A

ticket machine