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Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Deux Mondes - A Communicative Approach (6th edition)
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
02/26/2010
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Les points cardinaux (pl.)
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au bord de
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at the edge of
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aux bords de
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on the banks of
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couvert(e) (de)
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covered (with)
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entouré(e) (de)
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surrounded (by)
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se jeter
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to flow into
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large
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wide
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marécageux/marécageuse
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montagneux/montagneuse
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situé(e)
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located
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se situer
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to be located
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des collines (f.)
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la côte
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un cours d'eau
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un détroit
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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)
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a stretch, expanse (of)
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une falaise
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un fleuve
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la forêt humide
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la frontière
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the border
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un golfe
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une île
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la Manche
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the English Channel
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le nord
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north
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l'ouest (m.)
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west
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la pierre
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un pin
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un sapin
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une presqu'île
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les réserves petrolières
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une rivière
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un rocher
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le sable
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le sud
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south
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la superficie
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surface area
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un volcan étient
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un volcan
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un archipel
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aride
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arid
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une baie
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une cascade
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continental(e)
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continental
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un désert
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désertique
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desert-like
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une dune
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un glacier
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une gorge
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une jungle
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une océan
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une péninsule
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une plaine
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des rapides (m.)
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un terrain
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terrain
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tropical(e)
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tropical
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une vallée
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la végétation
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le ciel (f.)
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la foudre
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un coup de foudre
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la glace
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un inondation
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un nuage
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un orage
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un ouragan
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la pluie
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une tempête
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le tonnerre
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thunder
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une tornade
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la Terre
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la gégrophie
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geography
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le temps
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weather
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le climat
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climate
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préoccupations écologiques
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environmental concerns
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une centrale nucléaire
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les conbustibles (m.) fossiles
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la croissance (de)
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the increase (in)
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les déchets (m.)
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les eaux (f.) (de)
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the waters (of)
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l'essence (f.)
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une motoneige
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la quantité des ordures (f.)
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the quantity of garbage
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le pétrole
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le réchauffement de la planète
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un 4x4 ("quatre-quatre")
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contribuer (à)
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to contribute (to)
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déboiser (les forêts)
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déranger
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to disturb, bother
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gaspiller l'énergie
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to waste energy
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jeter (un boîte)
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to throw away (a can)
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laisser couler l'eau
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se servir de pesticides
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les antibiotiques (m.)
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un buggy de dune
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la dégradation (de)
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the decrease (in)
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un détergent
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l'électricité
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electricity
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les émissions (f.) industrielles
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l'extinction
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le gaz
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les graffiti (m.)
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pollué(e)
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polluted
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la pollution
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toxique
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des aliments bio
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allumé(e)
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lighted
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un ampoule
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l'autocar (m.)
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une coccinelle
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interdit(e)
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le jardinage naturel
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une poubelle
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un produit vert
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a natural product
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puissant(e)
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powerful
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une voiture hybride
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a hybrid car
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baisser (le volume)
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to lower (the volume)
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consommer moins (de)
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to consume less (of)
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déposer dans une poubelle
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emporter ses ordures
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to carry away one's garbage
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éteindre les lumières
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faire du covoiturage
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nettoyer
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to clean
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se porter volontaire
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to volunteer
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faire des progrès
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to make progress
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(se) protéger
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to protect (oneself)
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recycler le verre
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remplacer
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to replace
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se rendre compte
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to realize, recognize
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résoudre
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to resolve
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sauver
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to save
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trier les déchets 
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excessif/excessive
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excessive
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fluorescent(e)
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fluorescent
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incandescent(e)
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incandescent
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les phosphates (f.)
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phosphates
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planter
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to plant
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le recyclage
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attentif/attentive
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attentive
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Cadien(ne)
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Cajun
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dur(e)
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hard
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éclairé(e)
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lit, lighted
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fíer/fière
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proud
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flamand(e)
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Flemish
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prudemment
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carefully
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sec/sèche
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dry
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dangereux/dangereuse
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dangerous
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recyclable
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recyclable
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la casbah
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the old part of an Arab city
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la conduite
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conduct, behavior
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l'équitation (f.)
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un lieu
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a place, spot
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la moitié (de)
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half (of)
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une publicité
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an ad
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un quart (de)
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a quarter (of)
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un texto
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a text message
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un souk
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an Arab market
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une torche électrique
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le volant
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l'aluminium
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un atome
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une gondole
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le jazz
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jazz
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la neutralité
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neutrality
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un palais
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une pyramide
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l'abriter
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to take shelter
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se boucher les oreilles
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se cacher
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se déplacer
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to move from one place to another (movement)
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dresser une tente
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emporter
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to carry with you
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s'étendre
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to lie down, stretch out
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faire du parapente
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faire une randonnée
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réduire la pression
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to reduce the pressure
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se trouver
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to be located
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vivre (à/en/dans)
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to live (in)
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(à) grande vitesse
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(at) high speed
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les années 50
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the 1950's
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là-bas
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(over) there
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pourtant
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however
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la santé
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health
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sauf
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except, save
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Ça suffit!
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That's enough!
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J'en ai marre!
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I'm fed up!
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On a tort (de)...!
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They're wrong (to)...
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On délire ou quoi?
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Are they nuts or what?
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On devrait l'interdire!
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They should forbid it!
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Tout le monde fait pareil.
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Everybody does the same thing.
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