16. The Weather and The Seasons Flashcards

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pluvieux

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rainy, wet

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variable, incertain (temps)

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changeable, unsettled

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3
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une éclaircie

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a bright interval

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4
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quel temps fait-il ?

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what’s the weather like ?

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5
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les prévisions météorologiques

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the weather forecast

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une girouette (indicateur de vent)

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a weather vane, a weathercock

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le thermomètre

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the thermometer

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le baromètre

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the barometer

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le baromètre monte

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the glass is rising

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du beau temps

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fine, faire weather

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le baromètre descend

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the glass is falling

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un nuage

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a cloud

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13
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nuageux

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cloudy

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une averse

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a shower

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il pleut à verse

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it pours

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16
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il pleut des cordes

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it rains cats and dogs

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une pluie battante

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a driving rain

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être trempé

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to be wet

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il grêle

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it hails

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un grêlon

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a hailstone

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21
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une goutte de pluie

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a raindrop

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il bruine (pluie très fine)

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it drizzles

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le baromètre est au beau fixe

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the glass points to set fair

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briller

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to shine

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briller d'un éclat éblouissant
to glare
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brillant, éclatant
bright
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sans nuage
cloudless
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un temps magnifique
glorious weather
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la canicule, vague de chaleur
the heatwave
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étouffant, lourd
stifling, oppressive
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suffocant
sultry
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une brume de chaleur
a heat haze
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un orage se prépare
a thunderstorm is brewing
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le grondement du tonnerre
the rumbling of thunder
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un éclair
a flash of lightning
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éblouir, aveugler
to dazzle
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un coup de tonnerre
a clap of thunder
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courir se mettre à l'abri
to run for shelter
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la foudre tombe
lightning strikes
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dry
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la sécheresse
drought
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la chaleur (douce)
warmth
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frais, agréable
cool
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la rosée
dew
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humide
damp, humid
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gris, triste, maussade (temps)
dull
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couvert (temps)
overcast
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un grand vent
a high wind
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une tempête
a storm
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souffler
to blow
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tourbilloner
to whirl
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une brume
a mist
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un brouillard
a fog
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le brouillard se lève
the fog is lifting
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le temps s'éclaircit
it clears up
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il fait froid
it is cold
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il fait chaud
it is warm
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il fait très chaud, trop chaud
it is hot
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rigoureux (froid)
severe
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triste et froid
bleak
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frissonner
to shiver
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geler
to freeze
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givre
hoarfrost
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le gel, la gelée, le givre
frost
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la glace
ice
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un glaçon
icicle, ice cube
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neiger
to snow
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des flocons de neige
snowflakes
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le grésil, la neige fondue
sleet
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le dégel, fonte des neiges
thaw
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fondre
to melt, to thaw
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une tempête
a storm
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faire des dégâts
to wreak havoc
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une rafale
a squall
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coup de vent, bourrasque
a gust of wind
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une vague
a wave
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gronder
to roar
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un typhon
a typhoon
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faiblir, se calmer
to die away
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une inondation
a flood
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la lave
lava
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jaillir
to gush
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le cratère
the crater
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un volcan
a volcano
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les cendres
ashes
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un tremblement de terre
an earthquake
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trembler
to quake
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fissure, crevasse
crack
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glissement de terrain
landslip
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une tempête de neige
a blizzard
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une avalanche
an avalanche
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verglacé
icy
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le verglas
black ice