14. The Sky and The Earth Flashcards

(65 cards)

1
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sans bornes, sans limites (ciel)

A

boundless

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le firmament

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the heavens

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3
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tourner, graviter

A

to revolve

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4
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un croissant (lune)

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a crescent

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5
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miroiter

A

to glimmer

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6
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le clair de lune

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moonlight

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7
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scintiller

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to twinkle

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8
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une étoile filante

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a shooting star

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9
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le littoral

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the coastline

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10
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une baie

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a bay

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11
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une crique

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a cove, a creek

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12
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le continent

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the mainland

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13
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un archipel

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an archipelago

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14
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le rivage

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the shore

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15
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des galets

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pebbles, shingle

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16
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une falaise

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a cliff

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17
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rocheux

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rocky

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18
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un récif

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a reef

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19
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uni, uniforme (montagne)

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even (mountains)

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20
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inégal (montagne)

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uneven (mountains)

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21
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montagneux

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mountainous

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22
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une chaîne de montagnes

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a mountain range

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23
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au-dessus du niveau de la mer

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above the level of the sea

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24
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enneigé

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snow-capped

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se dresser (montagne)
to tower
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entourer
to surround
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un champ de glace
an ice-field
28
infranchissable
impassable
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une crête
a ridge
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une vallée
a valley
31
la pente
the slope
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escarpé, raide (pente)
steep
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une gorge, un ravin
a gorge, a glen
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à pic (pente)
precipitous
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surplomber
to overhang
36
une colline
a hill
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par monts et par vaux
over hill and dale
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accidenté, escarpé (chemin)
rugged, craggy
39
une carrière (travaux)
a quarry
40
le silex
flint
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cassant
brittle
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l'argile
clay
43
la chaux
lime
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le calcaire
limestone
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le grès
sandstone
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le marbre
marble
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un gisement
a deposit
48
un minerai
an ore
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le cuivre rouge
copper
50
l'étain
tin
51
le plomb
lead
52
l'argent massif
solid silver
53
plaqué or
gold-plated
54
découvrir du pétrole
to strike oil
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un puits
a well
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un gisement pétrolifère
an oilfield
57
forer
to drill, to bore
58
le pétrole brut
crude oil
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une raffinerie
a refinery
60
un pétrolier
a tanker
61
les industries pétrochimiques
petrochemical industries
62
une plate-forme de forage
an oil(-drilling) rig
63
des zones "offshore", en haute mer
offshore areas
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une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole
an oil slick
65
A l’aube
At daybreak, At dawn