Science Flashcards

(108 cards)

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un scientifique

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a scientist

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un chimiste

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a chemist

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un physicien

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a physicist

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un médecin

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a physician

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un savant

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a scholar

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instruit

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learned

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un laboratoire

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a laboratory

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un ingénieur

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an engineer

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un phénomène

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a phenomenon
Si c’est au pluriel c’est phenomena

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phénomènes

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phenomena

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une analyse

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an analysis

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une théorie

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a theory

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des données

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data (U] [C]

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un échantillon

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a sample

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un processus

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a process

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un produit chimique

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a chemical

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le matériel

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equipment [U]

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une pile, une batterie

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a battery

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financer

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to fund

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LE PROGRES

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PROGRESS (U]

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progresser

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to make headway, to make progress

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un progrès

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an advance

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un défi

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a challenge

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découvrir

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to discover, to find out

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une découverte
a finding, a discovery
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d'une grande portée
far-reaching
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être sur le point de
to be on the brink of
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un chercheur
a researcher
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la recherche / les recherches
research [U]
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la recherche appliquée
industrial research
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concevoir
to devise
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mettre au point, développer
to design (aspect)
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prévoir
to foresee
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défectueux
defective
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inconnu
unknown
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un défaut
a flaw
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un obstacle
a hurdle
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une cellule
a cell
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manipulations génétiques
genetic engineering, genetic tinkering
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ADN
DNA
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un embryon
an embryo
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fécondation in-vitro
in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
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le clonage
cloning
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une IRM
an MRI
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un microbe
a germ
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un vaccin
a vaccine
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vacciner contre
to vaccinate against
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une mère porteuse
a surrogate mother
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l'euthanasie
mercy-killing
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alimentation génétiquement modifiée
genetically-modified food (GM)
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la morale
morals
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une expérience scientifique
an experiment
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une puce
a (micro) chip
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une base de données
a data base
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un ordinateur de bureau
a desktop computer
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un ordinateur portable
a laptop computer
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une touche
a key
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un clavier
a keyboard
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un écran
a screen
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un fichier
a file
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un dossier
a folder
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une impression
a printout
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command
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option
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WEEK PACK 07
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une imprimante
a printer
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effacer, supprimer
to delete, to erase
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> un logiciel
> des logiciels
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pirater
to hack
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par computer-aided design (C.A.D.)
conception assistée
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ordinateur (C.A.O.)
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un réseau
a network
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L'ESPACE
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un vaisseau spatial
a space ship
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une station orbitale
a spacecraft (inv.)
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l'apesanteur
weightlessness
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PASSIVEVOCABULARY
• The USA has long spearheaded research. • After so many years we still can't completely harness nuclear energy. • Test-tube babies are now a reality. • If you can't take the medicine, we'll give you a surrogate. • China launched a new comsat. • The R&D budget of the company has been increased. • Man often behaves like a sorcerer's apprentice. • Sunrise industries are the future. • The discovery of electricity was a breakthrough in human history. • Specialists are paid to delve into specific fields of research. • America pioneered space exploration in the 50s and the 60s and Russia never managed to catch up. • Hazardous experiments can be lethal. • The data was lost and could not be retrieved.
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Infirmière
Nurse
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La rougeole ou les oreillons
Measles or mamps
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Dans ce service
The department
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Enfler
To swell
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Des ampoules ( pour pied)
Blisters
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Avc
Stroke
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Urgence ( le lieu)
The ER
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Les fragiles
The brittle
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Asthme
Asthma
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Microbes à l’air libre
Open - air microbes
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La peste ou le sida
The plague or AIDS
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Sa fausse couche
Her miscarriage
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Une rechute
She relapsed
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Chaque généraliste a du sentir le pouls
Each GP must have felt the pulse ( proba ) EVERY GP had to feel the pulse of
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S’évanouir
To faint
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Une légère douleur
A twinge
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La gorge
The throat
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Revenir à lui
To come round
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Le nez qui coule et une toux sèche
A runny nose and a hacking cough
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Persistant
Persistent
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La tension
The blood pressure
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Aucun n’expliquait cela
None of them could account for this
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During ( pour un événement des vacances ) For ( une date )
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Raviver
Rekindle
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tas de…
heaps of…
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Un derferlement de haine
A wave of hatred
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Un candidat pour un travail
job applicants