Geography / Geopolitics Flashcards

(85 cards)

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L’infini

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The infinite

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Le vide

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The void

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Les cieux

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The skies

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Une étoile filante

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A shooting star

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Les rayons du soleil

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The sun rays

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Le lever du soleil

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The sun rise

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Le coucher du soleil

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The sun set

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Scruter l’espace

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To peer into space

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Une carte du ciel

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A star chart

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La croûte terrestre

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The Earth’s crust

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La dérive des continents

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The continental drift

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Une faille

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A fault

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Une chaîne de montagnes

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A range of mountains

A mountain chain

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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Une falaise

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A cliff

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Une caverne / une grotte

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A cave

A grotto

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La pleine mer / La haute mer

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The open sea

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Les fonds marins

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The sea bed

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Marée haute / basse

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High / low tide

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La côte

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The coast

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Le littoral

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The coastline

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Le rivage

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The (sea) shore

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Le bord de mer

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The seaside

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Le courant

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The stream

The current

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Profond
Deep
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Peu profond
Shallow
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La saison sèche
The dry season
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La saison des pluies
The rain season
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Une averse
A shower
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Un déluge / Une pluie diluvienne
A deluge | A douwnpour
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Le brouillard
Fog
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La brume
Mist | Haze
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La grêle
Hail
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Le gel / La gelée
Frost
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Le verglas
Black ice
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Une canicule
A heat wave
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La fraîcheur
Coolness
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Se réchauffer
To heat up | To warm up
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Un orage
A thunderstorm
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Tomber / s'apaiser
To abate
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Un cyclone
A cyclone
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Un ouragan
A hurricane
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Un typhon
A typhoon
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Un tremblement de terre
An earthquake
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Un glissement de terrain
A landslide
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Un ras-de-marée
A tidal wave
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Une avalanche
An avalanche
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Déraciner
To uproot
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Une patrie
A homeland | A fatherland
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Une frontière
A frontier A border A boundary
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Un hymne national
A national anthem
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Une capital
A capital city
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La densité démographique
Population density
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La croissance démographique
Population growth
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Le taux de natalité
The birth rate
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Le taux de mortalité
The death rate
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La surpopulation
Overpopulation
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Peupler
To people
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Etre surpeuplé
To be overcrowded
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Etre faiblement peuplé
To be scarcely populated
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Etre densément / fortement peuplé
To be densely / heavily populated
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Coloniser un territoire
To settle a land
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Habiter
To inhabit
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Inhabité
Uninhabited
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Un recensement
A census
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Une pyramide des âges
An age pyramid
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Une explosion démographique
A baby boom
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Un effondrement démographique
A baby bust
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La célébrité
Fame | Stardom
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Etre rêveur / idéaliste
To be starry-eyed
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Etre né sous une bonne étoile
To be born under a lucky star
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Terre-à-terre
Down-to-earth
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Revenir sur terre
To come down to earth
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Remuer ciel et terre
To move heaven and earth
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Coûter les yeux de la tête
To cost the earth
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Dormir à la belle étoile
To sleep out in the open
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Avoir un air de déjà vu
To sound familiar
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Parler pour ne rien dire
To let out a lot of hot air
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Jeter un froid sur
To cast a chill over
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Faire un froid de canard
To be freezing cold
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Le vent du changement
The winds of change
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Il faut de tout pour faire un monde
It takes all sorts to make a world
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Pour rien au monde
For nothing in the world
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Le monde est petit
It's a small world
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Le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt
The early bird catches the worm