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Chapitre 8, Vocabulaire
Deux Mondes, 6th Ed., FLF 102 NCSU, la geographie et la Terre, le temps et le climat, preoccupations ecologiques, solutions enverionmentales, la description, substantifs, verbes, mots et expressions
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
10/02/2009
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Term
au bord de
 Definition
at the edge of
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aux bords de
 Definition
on the banks of
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couvert(e) (de)
 Definition
covered (with)
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entouré (de)
 Definition
surrounded (by)
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se jeter
 Definition
to flow into
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large
 Definition
wide
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marécageux/ marécageuse
 Definition
swampy
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montagneux/ mantagneuse
 Definition
mountainous
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situé(e)
 Definition
located
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se situer
 Definition
to be located
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des collines (f.)
 Definition
hills
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la côte
 Definition
the coast
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un cours d'eau
 Definition
a stream, river
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un détroit
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a strait
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l'est (m)
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east
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un état
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a state
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une étendue (de)
 Definition
a stretch, expanse (of)
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une falaise
 Definition
acliff
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un fleuve
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a river
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la forêt humide
 Definition
the rainforest
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la frontière
 Definition
the border
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un golfe
 Definition
a fulf
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une île
 Definition
an island
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la Manche
 Definition
the English Channel
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le nord
 Definition
north
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l'ouest (m)
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west
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la pierre
 Definition
stone
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un pin
 Definition
a pine
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une presqu'île
 Definition
a peninsula
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les réserves petroliéres
 Definition
oil reserves
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un rivière
 Definition
a stream
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un rocher
 Definition
a rock
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le sable
 Definition
sand
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un sapin
 Definition
a fir tree
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le sud
 Definition
south
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le superficie
 Definition
surface area
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un volcan éteint
 Definition
an extinct volcano
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un archipel
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aride
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arid
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une baie
 Definition
a bay
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une cascade
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a waterfall
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continental(e)
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un désert
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a desert
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désertique
 Definition
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une dune
 Definition
a dune
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un glacier
 Definition
a glacier
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une gorge
 Definition
a gorge
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une jungle
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a jungle
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un océan
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an ocean
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une péninsule
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une plaine
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des rapides
 Definition
(m.)
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un terrain
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tropical(e)
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Term
une vallée
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la végétation
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Term
la ciel
 Definition
(f.) the sky
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la oudre
 Definition
lightning
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un coup de foudre
 Definition
a bolt of lightning
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la glace
 Definition
ice
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une inondation
 Definition
a flood
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un nuage
 Definition
a cloud
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un orage
 Definition
a storm
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un ouragan
 Definition
a hurricane
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la pluie
 Definition
rain
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une tempête
 Definition
a storm/tempest
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le tonnerre
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thunder
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une tornade
 Definition
a tornado
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une centrale nucléaire
 Definition
a nuclear power plant
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les combustibles fossiles
 Definition
fossil fuels
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la croissance (de)
 Definition
the increase (in)
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les déchets
 Definition
trash (m.)
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les eaux (de)
 Definition
the waters (f) (of)
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l'essence
 Definition
gasoline (f)
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une motoneige
 Definition
a snowmobile
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la quantité des ordures
 Definition
the quantity of garbage (f.)
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le pétrole
 Definition
oil
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le réchauffement de la planète
 Definition
glabal warming
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un 4x4 ("quatre-quatre")
 Definition
a four-wheel drive vehicle
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contribuer (à)
 Definition
to contribute (to)
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débroiser (les forêts)
 Definition
to clear away (forests)
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déranger
 Definition
to distrub, bother
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gaspiller l'énergie
 Definition
to waste energy
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jeter (une boîte)
 Definition
to throw away (a can)
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laisser couler l'eau
 Definition
to leave water running
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se servier de pesticides
 Definition
to use pesticides
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les antibiotiques
 Definition
(m)
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un buggy de dune
 Definition
a dune buggy
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la dégradation
 Definition
the degradation
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un détergent
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a detergent
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l'éclectricité
 Definition
the electricity
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les émissions industrielles
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industrial pollution (f)
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l'extinction
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extinction
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le gaz
 Definition
the gas
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les graffiti
 Definition
graffiti (m)
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pollué(e)
 Definition
polluted (?)
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la pollution
 Definition
pollution
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toxique
 Definition
toxic
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des aliments bio
 Definition
organic produce
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allumé(e)
 Definition
lighted
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une ampoule
 Definition
a lightbulb
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l'autocar (m.)
 Definition
cross-country bus
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une coccinelle
 Definition
a ladybug
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interdit(e)
 Definition
forbidden
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le jardinage naturel
 Definition
organic gardening
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une poubelle
 Definition
a trash can
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un produit vert
 Definition
anatural product
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puissant(e)
 Definition
powerful
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une voiture hybride
 Definition
a hybrid car
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baisser (le volume)
 Definition
to lower (the volume)
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consommer moins (de)
 Definition
to consume less (of)
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déposer dans une poubelle
 Definition
to put, place in a garbage cn
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emporter ses ordures
 Definition
to carry away one's garbage
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éteindre les lumiéres
 Definition
to turn off the lights
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faire du covoiturage
 Definition
to carpool
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faire des progés
 Definition
to make progress
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nettoyer
 Definition
to clean
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se porter volontaire
 Definition
to volunteer
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(se) protéger
 Definition
to protect (oneself)
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recycler le verre
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to recycle glass
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remplacer
 Definition
to replace
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se rendre compte
 Definition
to realize, recognize
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résoudre
 Definition
to resolve
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sauver
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to save
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trier les déchets
 Definition
to sort trash
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excessif/excessive
 Definition
excessive
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flourescent(e)
 Definition
fluorescent
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incandescent(e)
 Definition
incandescent
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les phosphates
 Definition
phosphates (f)
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planter
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to plant
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le recyclage
 Definition
the recycling
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attentif/attentive
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attentive
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Cadien(ne)
 Definition
Cajun
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dur(e)
 Definition
hard
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éclairé(e)
 Definition
lit, lighted
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fier/fière
 Definition
proud
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flamand(e)
 Definition
Flemish
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prudemment
 Definition
carefully
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puissante(e)
 Definition
powerful
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sec/sèche
 Definition
dry
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la casbah
 Definition
the old part of an Arab city
Term
la conduite
 Definition
conduct/behavior
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l'équitation
 Definition
horseback riding (f)
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un lieu
 Definition
a place, spot
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la moitié (de)
 Definition
half (of)
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un publicité
 Definition
an ad
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un quart de
 Definition
a quarter of
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un texto
 Definition
a text message
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un souk
 Definition
an Arab market
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une torche électrique
 Definition
a flashlight
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le volant
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the steering wheel
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l'aluminium
 Definition
aluminum (m)
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un atome
 Definition
an atom
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une gondole
 Definition
a gondole
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le jazz
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jazz
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la neutralité
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neutral
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un palais
 Definition
a palace
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une pyramide
 Definition
pyramid
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s'arbitre
 Definition
to take shelter
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se boucher les oreilles
 Definition
to cover one's ears
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se cacher
 Definition
to hide
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se déplacer
 Definition
to move from one place to another
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dresser une tente
 Definition
to set up a tent
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emporter
 Definition
to carry with you
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s'étendre
 Definition
to lie down, stretch out
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faire de la parapente
 Definition
to hang glide
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faire une randonnée
 Definition
to go on a hike
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réduire la pression
 Definition
to reduce the pressure (of air)
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se trouver
 Definition
to be located
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vivre (à/en/dans)
 Definition
to live (in)
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(à)grande vitesse
 Definition
(at) high speed
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les années 50
 Definition
the 1950's
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là-bas
 Definition
(over) there
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pourtant
 Definition
however
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la santé
 Definition
health
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sauf
 Definition
except, save
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ça suffit!
 Definition
that's enough!
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J'en ai Marre!
 Definition
I'm fed up.
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On a tort (de)...!
 Definition
they're wrong (to)...
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On devrait l'interdire!
 Definition
They should forbid it!
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On dèlire ou quoi?
 Definition
Are they nuts or what?
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Tout le monde fait pareil.
 Definition
Everybody does the same thing.
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