day 54small gestures
unit 8 · our planetsmall gestures
Explain what each of us can do for the planet and convince someone to act.
today’s words
- la tonne · tonne (1,000 kg)
- la masse · mass; large amount
- matériel · material, physical (adj.)
- le tissu · fabric, cloth
- l'habit · garment; (les habits) clothes
- user · to wear out, to use up
- repasser · to iron; to come back
- refaire · to do again, to redo
- extraire · to extract
- provenir · to come from
- associer · to associate, to link
- contrôler · to check, to inspect
- équiper · to equip
- priver · to deprive
- ménager · household (adj.)
- exercer · to practise; to exercise
sentences
- Ce camion porte dix tonnes de papier. · This lorry carries ten tonnes of paper.
- Une masse d’air froid arrive du nord. · A mass of cold air is coming from the north.
- Ce tissu est très doux, et il provient de Normandie. · This fabric is very soft, and it comes from Normandy.
- Ces habits sont usés, mais je les porte encore. · These clothes are worn out, but I still wear them.
- On extrait le métal de la pierre, puis on le travaille. · Metal is extracted from stone, then it is worked.