A-7. Water and Sea Flashcards by Noémie Gmbl

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ruisseaux

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rivulets

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chute d’eau

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fall

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cascade

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cascade

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le bouillonnement

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seething

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jaillir

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spout

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vannes

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hatches

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écume

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foam / spume

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rapides

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rapids

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en aval

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downstream

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tourbillonnant

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swirling

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faire des remous

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eddy

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fleuve

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bigger river

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parapet

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parapet

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courants

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currents

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affluents

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tributaries

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montée des eaux

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rise

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déborder

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overflow

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inondation

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flood

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en crue

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in spate

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le dégel

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thaw

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canaux

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canals

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écluse

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lock

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barrage

A

dam

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se jeter dans la mer

A

run into the sea

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estuaire

estuary

flaque

puddle

mare

pool

étang

pond

lac

lake

marécage

marsh

clapoter

lap

péninsule

peninsula

les bords de l'eau

the water's edge

les flots

the billow

joncs

rushes

roseau

reed

nénufar

water-lily

nymphéas

nymphea

truite

trout

ombre

grayling

éphémères

mayfly

martin-pêcheur

kingfisher

nageoire

fin

écailles

scales

arête

fish-bone

ouies

gills

anguille

eel

brochet

pike

carpe

carp

goujon

gudgeon

perche

perch

crustacé

crawfish

écrevisse

crustacean

à marée basse

at low tide

à marée hausse

at high tide

patauger

wade

éclabousser

splash

côte

coast

rivage

shore

bord de mer

sea-side

bord de rivière

bank

bord de lac

margin

grève

strand

baie

bay

déchiquetée

ragged

fjords

fiords

pointes

headlands

récif

reef

anses

coves

criques

creeks

lames houleuses

rollers

agitée

choppy

la houle

swell

rafale

gust

bourrasque

squall

orage

storm(-wind)

tourmente

whole gale

tempête

tempest

trombe

tornado

naufrage

shipwreck

hurlement du vent

howling of the wind

enfler

swell

abîme

abyss

iode

iodine

varech

wrack

algues

seaweed

les grands fonds

the depths of the ocean

langouste

crayfish

langoustine

Norway lobster

moules

mussels

coques

cockles

oursins

sea-urchins

seiche

cuttle-fish

cétacés

cetaceans

cachalot

sperm-whale

marsouin

porpoise

otarie

sea-lion

bancs de poisson

shoals

anchois

anchovy

hareng

halibut