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72 Cards in this Set
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un arc-en-ciel
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rainbow
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un archipel
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archipelago
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une barrière/un récif de corail
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barrier/coral reef
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une chaîne montagneuse
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mountain range
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un fleuve/une rivière
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river
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une forêt (tropicale)
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(rain) forest
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la Lune
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moon
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la mer
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sea
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un paysage
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landscape, scenery
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le soleil
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sun
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une superficie
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surface area; territory
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une terre
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land
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en plein air
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outdoors
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insuffisant(e)
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insufficient
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potable
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drinkable
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protégé(e)
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protected
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pur(e)
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pure; clean
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sec/sèche
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dry
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l'érosion (fem.)
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erosion
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un incendie
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fire
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une inondation
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flood
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un ouragan
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hurricane
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une pluie acide
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acid rain
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le réchauffement climatique
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global warming
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la sécheresse
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drought
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un tremblement de terre
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earthquake
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le bien-être
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well-being
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un combustible
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fuel
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la consommation d'énergie
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energy consumption
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la couche d'ozone
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ozone layer
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un danger
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danger
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les déchets (masc.)
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trash
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la déforestation
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deforestation
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l'environnement (masc.)
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environment
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le gaspillage
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waste
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un nuage de pollution
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smog
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la pollution
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pollution
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une resource
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resource
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une source d'énergie
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energy source
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chasser
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to hunt
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empirer
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to get worse
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épuiser
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to use up
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être contaminé
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to be contaminated
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gaspiller
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to waste
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jeter
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to throw away
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menacer
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to threaten
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nuire à
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to pollute
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préserver
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to preserve
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prévenir
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to prevent
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protéger
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to protect
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résoudre
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to solve
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respirer
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to breathe
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supporter
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to put up with
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tolérer
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to tolerate
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urbaniser
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to urbanize
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en voie d'extinction
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endangered
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jetable
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disposable
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nuisible
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harmful
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renouvelable
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renewable
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toxique
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toxic
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Marc Lavoine
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a French author and interpreter, writer of the song "Bonjour Vietnam"
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l'Indochine française
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an area composed of le Viêt-nam, le Cambodge, et le Laos; what used to be a French colony in the Southeast of Asia
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l'exploitation économique
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economic exploitation; France exploited its Indochinese territories in its colonial days
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la baie d'Along
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a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin; known for its beauty; home to around 2,000 islands and limestone outgrowths and its emerald green water
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le golfe du Tonkin
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a gulf in the north of Vietnam
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Hanoï
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the capital city and cultural center of Vietnam; known for its rickshaw tours, its pagodas and lakes; founded 3,000 years ago
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Vientaine
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the capital city of Laos, founded in the 16th century
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Angkor
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a large temple in Cambodia; celebrated site of the Khmer culture
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Heiva
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the most important national celebration in Tahiti; celebrated in July with sporting events like canoe races (courses de pirogues), spear (javelin) tosses, weaving (tressage), etc
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Pondichéry et Chandernagor
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two old French trading posts in India that existed between its colonial days and 1950 or so; Chandernagor bordered the river Gange, and Pondichéry was on the southeastern coast; both are now cities where one can still see traces of French culture
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Tahiti Pearl Regatta
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an amateur sailing tournament held in Tahiti
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les rizières
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rice fields in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
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