Chap 76 - The World (Rocks, Gases) Flashcards

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1
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La roche

A

rock

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Un rocher

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a rock

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rocheux

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rocky

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le socle rocheux

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bedrock

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la pierre

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stone

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comme de la pierre

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stony

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le calcaire

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limestone

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la chaux

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lime

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une pierre précieuse

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gemstone

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un caillou, un galet

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a pebble

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un gisement

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a deposit

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une strate

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a stratum

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13
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des strates

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strata

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14
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la tourbe

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peat

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15
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l’écorce terrestre

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the earth’s crust

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le magma

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the magma

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17
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la lave

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lava

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18
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le noyau

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the core

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19
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une stalagmite

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a stalagmite

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20
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une stalactite

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a stalactite

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21
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l’albâtre

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alabaster

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22
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le granite

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granite

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23
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granitique

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granitic

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la porphyre

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porphyry

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le basalte
basalt
26
basaltique
basaltic
27
la craie, le calcaire
chalk
28
crayeux, calcaire
chalky
29
l'argile
clay
30
le carbone
carbon
31
le soufre
sulphur / Sulfur
32
le schiste
schist
33
schisteux
schistose
34
l'ardoise
slate
35
le silex
flint
36
un minéral
a mineral
37
le charbon
coal
38
le pétrole
petroleum
39
métallique
metallic
40
le minerai
ore
41
ferreux
ferrous
42
comme l'acier
steely
43
le cuivre rouge
copper
44
le laiton / le cuivre jaune
brass
45
cuivré
brassy
46
l'étain (minerai)
tin
47
l'étain
pewter
48
le chrome
chromium
49
argenté
silvery
50
doré
gilded, golden
51
plaqué or
gold-plated
52
un terrain aurifère
a goldfield
53
un chercheur d'or
a gold-digger
54
le platine
platinum
55
le mercure
mercury
56
un alliage
an alloy
57
le bronze, l'airain
bronze
58
l'aluminium
aluminium
59
un oxyde
an oxide
60
oxyder
to oxidise
61
l'oxydation
oxidation
62
corrosif
corrosive
63
liquéfier
to liquify
64
fluidifier
to fluidify
65
la distillation
distillation
66
distiller
to distil
67
un filet d'eau
a trickle
68
couler en filet
to trickle
69
dégouliner
to dribble
70
suinter
to ooze
71
déborder
to overflow
72
(se) renverser
to spill
73
jaillir
to gush (out)
74
gicler
to squirt (out)
75
bouilloner
to bubble
76
fermenter
to ferment
77
se condenser
to condense
78
comprimer
to compress
79
se dilater
to expand
80
la dilatation
expansion
81
la vapeur (en général)
vapour
82
vaporiser
to vaporize
83
gazeux
gaseous
84
gazéifier, se transformer en gaz
to gasify
85
La datation au carbone
carbon-dating
86
le cristal de roche
rock-crystal
87
de la roche volcanique
volcanic rock
88
un morceau de roche
a lump of rock
89
la roche en fusion
molten rock
90
taillé dans le roc
hewn out of solid rock
91
une veine de charbon
a coal seam
92
un gisement de charbon
a coal deposit
93
l'exploitation du charbon
coal mining
94
le fer forgé
wrought iron
95
la fonte
cast iron
96
la tôle ondulée
corrugated iron
97
une usine sidérurgique
an iron works / plant
98
l'acier inoxydable
stainless steel
99
du papier aluminium
aluminium foil
100
du sable aurifère
gold-bearing sand
101
une batée
a gold pan
102
laver à la batée
gold panning
103
trouver le filon
to strike gold
104
gravé dans le marbre
set in stone
105
Ne négliger aucun détail
to leave no stone unterned
106
des gaz
gases
107
tailler (la pierre)
to hew (hewed, hewn)
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Le filon
a seam, a lode