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L'environnement Flashcards

1
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Le milieu

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centre

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Biodégradable

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biodegradable

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3
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La couche d’ozone

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ozone layer

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le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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a hole in the ozone layer

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5
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le décharge

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rubbish tip

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le déchet

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waste

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7
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l’élimination des déchets

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eliminating waste

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8
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la déforestation

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deforestation

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9
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dépolluer

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to decontanimate

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10
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la dépollution

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clean-up

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11
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la désertification

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desertification (the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture)

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détruire

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destroy

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13
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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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14
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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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15
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l’énergie renouvelable

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renewable energy

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16
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l’énergie propre

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clean energy

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17
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l’énergie solaire

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solar energy

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18
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l’éolienne

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wind turbine

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19
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l’espèce en voie d’extinction

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endangered species

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20
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le gaspillage

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waste

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21
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gaspiller la géothermie

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geothermal waste

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22
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la marré noire

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oil spill

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23
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nocif

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harmful (to nature)

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24
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la nuisance

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harmful substance

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25
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sonores

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sounds

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polluant

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pollutant

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27
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polluer

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to pollute

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28
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le pot catalytique

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catalytic converter

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29
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le reboisement

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reforestation

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30
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le réchauffement

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warming

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31
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le recyclage

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recycling

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32
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la sauvegarde

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conservation, safeguarding

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33
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sauvegarder

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to protect, back up (on a computer)

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34
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règlements

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rules, regulations

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35
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l’Amazonie

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Amazon

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l’incendie

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wild fire

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37
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couper

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to cut, to slice

38
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des bacs pour le compost

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compost bin

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le tri sélectif

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recycling

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trier

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to separate, classify, put in order

41
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les déchetteries

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recycling centres

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gaspiller

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to waste

43
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la date limite de consommation

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use by date

44
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la date de péremption

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expiry date

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perimé

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expired

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les panneaux solaires

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solar panels

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l’énergie hydraulique

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hydraulic energy

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la cire

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wax, polish

49
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produits carnés

A

meat products

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le demande s’accroît

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the demand is growing

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efrenné

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unrestrained, frantic

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bien-être

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well-being

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protoxyde d’azote

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nitrous oxide (laughing gas)

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irriguer

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irrigate (to supply water to help growth)

55
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les élevages industrielles

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industrial farming

56
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épandages

A

spreading (of manure)

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la berline

A

car saloon

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accentuer

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to emphasise

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matières premières

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raw materials

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métaux rares

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rare metals

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le néodyme

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neodymium

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les pots d’échappement

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exhaust pipes

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éponger

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to soak up, pay off (debt)

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la voiture thermique

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thermal car (normal, non-electric)

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garer

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to park (a car)

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être au courant

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to be aware

67
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un thème qui nous concerne tous

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a subject that concerns us all

68
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la manière dont on vit aujourd’hui

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the way we live today

69
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les transports en commun

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public transport

70
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des objets d’occasion

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second-hand clothes

71
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prendre conscience

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to become aware

72
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rejeter la faute

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to shift blame

73
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aigu

A

high-pitched, intense

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dévastateur

A

devastating

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émaner

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to come from, to emanate from

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sous l’egide de

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under the aegis of

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onusien(ne)

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of the UN

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ruiner

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to ruin, to wreck

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délétèves

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detrimental, deleterious

80
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péril

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peril, danger

81
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l’incinération

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incineration, cremation

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s’éclairer

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to illuminate, light

83
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y compris

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including

84
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un seuil

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threshold

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outre

A

apart from

86
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psychomoteurs

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psychomotor

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pulmonaires

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pulmonary (of the lung)

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vicié(e)

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contaminated

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l’aveu

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admission, confession

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exhorter

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to exhort, to urge to do

91
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averé(e)

A

recognised

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