Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 8
Chapter 8 of Deux Mondes (2013)
89
Language - French
Undergraduate 1
04/03/2013
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Language - French Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
au bord de
 Definition
at the edge of
Term
sur les bords de
 Definition
on the banks of
Term
ouvert(e) (de)
 Definition
covered (with)
Term
entouré(e) (de)
 Definition
surrounded (by)
Term
large
 Definition
wide
Term
montagneux
 Definition
mountainous
Term
marécageux/marécageuse
 Definition
swampy
Term
situé(e)
 Definition
located
Term
se situer
 Definition
to be located
Term
des collines
 Definition
hills
Term
la côte
 Definition
the coast
Term
un cours d'eau
 Definition
a stream, river
Term
l'est
 Definition
east
Term
un état
 Definition
a state
Term
une falaise
 Definition
a cliff
Term
un fleuve
 Definition
a river
Term
la forêt humide
 Definition
the rainforest
Term
la frontière
 Definition
the border
Term
un golfe
 Definition
a gulf
Term
une île
 Definition
an island
Term
la Manche
 Definition
the English Channel
Term
le nord
 Definition
north
Term
l'ouest
 Definition
west
Term
la pierre
 Definition
stone
Term
un pin
 Definition
a pine tree
Term
une presqu'île
 Definition
a peninsula
Term
une rivière
 Definition
a stream
Term
le sable
 Definition
sand
Term
un sapin
 Definition
a fir tree
Term
le sud
 Definition
south
Term
un désert
 Definition
a desert
Term
une jungle
 Definition
a jungle
Term
un océan
 Definition
an ocean
Term
une plaine
 Definition
a plain
Term
une vallée
 Definition
a valley
Term
le ciel
 Definition
the sky
Term
un éclair
 Definition
a flash of lightning
Term
la foudre
 Definition
lightning
Term
la glace
 Definition
ice
Term
une inondation
 Definition
a flood
Term
un nuage
 Definition
a cloud
Term
un orage
 Definition
a storm
Term
un ouragan
 Definition
a hurricane
Term
la pluie
 Definition
rain
Term
une tornade
 Definition
a tornado
Term
les déchets
 Definition
trash
Term
l'essence
 Definition
gasoline
Term
gaspiller l'énergie
 Definition
to waste energy
Term
jeter
 Definition
to throw away
Term
laisser couler l'eau
 Definition
to leave water running
Term
les antibiotiques
 Definition
antibiotics
Term
les émissions
 Definition
emissions
Term
la pollution
 Definition
pollution
Term
toxique
 Definition
toxic
Term
une ampoule
 Definition
a lightbulb
Term
l'autocar
 Definition
cross-country bus
Term
une centrale solaire
 Definition
a solar power station
Term
une poubelle
 Definition
a trash can
Term
baisser
 Definition
to lower
Term
consommer moins (de)
 Definition
to consume less (of)
Term
éteindre les lumières
 Definition
to turn off the lights
Term
faire du covoiturage
 Definition
to carpool
Term
faire des progrès
 Definition
to make progress
Term
nettoyer
 Definition
to clean
Term
recycler le verre
 Definition
to recycle glass
Term
remplacer
 Definition
to replace
Term
sauver
 Definition
to save
Term
allumé(e)
 Definition
lighted, lit
Term
dur(e)
 Definition
hard (not soft)
Term
interdit(e)
 Definition
forbidden
Term
le bruit
 Definition
noise
Term
un lieu
 Definition
a place, spot
Term
une publicité
 Definition
an ad
Term
un texto
 Definition
a text message
Term
le volant
 Definition
the steering wheel
Term
s'abriter
 Definition
to take shelter
Term
se boucher les oreilles
 Definition
to cover one's ears
Term
se cacher
 Definition
to hide
Term
emporter
 Definition
to carry with you
Term
faire une randonnée
 Definition
to go on a hike
Term
hurler
 Definition
to howl
Term
vivre - definition + conjugate
 Definition
to live

je vis
tu vis
il vit
nous vivons
vous vivez
ils vivent
j'ai vécu
Term
actuellement
 Definition
currently, now
Term
les années 50
 Definition
the 1950s
Term
là-bas
 Definition
(over) there
Term
malgré
 Definition
in spite of, despite
Term
pourtant
 Definition
however
Term
J'en ai marre!
 Definition
I'm fed up!
Term
On devrait l'interdire!
 Definition
They should forbid it!
Supporting users have an ad free experience!