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French CH8
Parlons de la Terre
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| au bord de | at the edge of |
| aux bords de | on the banks of |
| couvert(e) (de) | covered (with) |
| entouré(e) (de) | surrounded (by) |
| se jeter | to flow into |
| large | wide |
| marécageux/marécageuse | swampy |
| montagneux/montagneuse | mountainous |
| situé(e) | located |
| se situer | to be located |
| des collines (f.) | hills |
| la côte | the coast |
| un cours d'eau | a stream, river |
| un détroit | a straight |
| l'est (m.) | east |
| un état | a state |
| une étendue (de) | a stretch, expanse (of) |
| une falaise | a cliff |
| un fleuve | a river |
| la forêt humide | the rainforest |
| la frontière | the border |
| un golfe | a gulf |
| une île | an island |
| la Manche | the English Channel |
| le nord | north |
| l'ouest (m.) | west |
| la pierre | stone |
| un pin | a pine tree |
| une presqu'île | a peninsula |
| les réserves petrolières | oil reserves |
| une rivière | a stream |
| un rocher | a rock |
| le sable | sand |
| un sapin | a fir tree |
| le sud | south |
| la superficie | surface area |
| un volcan éteint | an extinct volcano |
| le ciel (f.) | the sky |
| la foudre | lightning |
| un coup de foudre | a bolt of lightning |
| la glace | ice |
| une inondation | a flood |
| un nuage | a cloud |
| un orage | a storm |
| un ouragan | a hurricane |
| la pluie | rain |
| une tempête | a storm, tempest |
| le tonnerre | thunder |
| une tornade | a tornado |
| une centrale nucléaire | a nuclear power plant |
| les combustibles (m.) fossiles | fossil fuels |
| la croissance (de) | the increase (in) |
| les déchets (m.) | trash |
| les eaux (f.) (de) | the waters (of) |
| l'essence (f.) | gasoline |
| une motoneige | a snowmobile |
| la quantité des ordures (f.) | the quantity of garbage |
| le pétrole | oil |
| le réchauffement de la planète | global warming |
| un 4X4 ("quatre-quatre") | a four-wheel drive vehicle |
| contribuer (à) | to contribute (to) |
| déboiser (les forêt) | to clear away (forests) |
| déranger | to disturb, bother |
| gaspiller l'énergie | to waste energy |
| jeter (une boîte) | to throw away (a can) |
| laisser couler l'eau | to leave water running |
| se servir de pesticides | to use pesticides |
| s'abriter | to take shelter |
| se boucher les oreilles | to cover one's ears |
| se cacher | to hide |
| se déplacer | to move form one place to another |
| dresser une tente | to set up a tent |
| emporter | to carry with you |
| s'éntendre | to lie down, stretch out |
| faire de la parapente | to hang glide |
| faire une randonnée | to go on a hike |
| réduire la pression | to reduce the pressure (of air) |
| se trouver | to be located |
| vivre (à/en/dans) | to live (in) |
| la casbah | the old part of an Arab city |
| la conduite | conduct, behavior |
| l'équitation (f.) | horseback riding |
| un lieu | a place, spot |
| la moitié (de) | half (of) |
| une publicité | an ad |
| un quart (de) | a quarter (of) |
| un texto | a text message |
| un souk | an Arab market |
| une torche électrique | a flashlight |
| le volant | the steering wheel |
| attentif/attentive | attentive |
| Cadien(ne) | Cajun |
| dur(e) | hard |
| éclairé(e) | lit, lighted |
| fíer/fière | proud |
| flamand(e) | Flemish |
| prudemment | carfully |
| puissant(e) | powerful |
| sec/sèche | dry |
| (à) grande vitesse | (at) high speed |
| les années 50 | the 1950s |
| là-bas | (over) there |
| pourtant | however |
| la santé | health |
| sauf | except, save |
| Ça suffit! | That's enough! |
| j'en ai marre! | I'm fed up |
| On a tort (de)...! | They're wrong (to)... |
| On devrait l'interdire! | They should forbid it! |
| On délire ou quoi? | Are they nuts or what? |
| Tout le monde fait pareil. | Everybody does the same thing. |
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