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Deck 34: Pollution Flashcards

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Polluer

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To pollute

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La pollution de l’eau

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Water pollution

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La pollution sonore

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Noise pollution

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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Un polluant, une substance polluante

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A pollutant

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Polluant

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Polluting

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Être peu / très polluant

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To pollute little / a lot

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Produits non polluants

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Non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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Diminuer la pollution

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To reduce / curb pollution

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Le gaspillage OU les déchets

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Wastage

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La pollution de l’air / la pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Le smog

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Smog

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Un pic de pollution

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A pollution peak

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15
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Les fumées d’usines

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Factory smoke, factory fumes

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Car exhausts, exhausts fumes

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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded, lead-free petrol

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18
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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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Avoir du mal à respirer

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To have difficulty breathing

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21
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L’asthme

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Asthma

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22
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Les nitrates

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Nitrates

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23
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Les engrais

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Fertilizers

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24
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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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Contaminer les rivières
To poison rivers
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Contaminer
To contaminate
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Un polluant, une substance polluante
A contaminant
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Une substance chimique toxique
A toxic chemical
29
La dioxine
Dioxin
30
Nocif
Harmful
31
Les égouts
The sewage system
32
Un égout
A sewer
33
Les eaux usées
Sewage, waste water
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Une station d’épuration des eaux
A sewage works, a sewage plant, a sewage farm
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L’amiante
Asbestos
36
Désamianter un bâtiment
To remove asbestos from a building
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Le saturnisme
Lead poisoning
38
Les PCB
PCBs
39
Les gaz CFC
CFCs
40
La couche d’ozone
The ozone layer
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Les pluies acides
Acid rains
42
Une marée noire
An oil slick
43
Un déversement accidentel de pétrole
An oil spill
44
Les oiseaux mazoutés
Oil-covered birds
45
Dégazer
To empty one’s tanks, to flush out one’s tanks
46
Le dégazage
Oil tankers emptying their tanks, discharging waste oil
47
Les ordures, des détritus, des déchets
Waste, rubbish, garbage
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Les déchets toxiques / organiques
Toxic / organic waste
49
Les détritus
Litter
50
Éliminer les déchets
To dispose of waste
51
Les déchets dangereux
Hazardous waste
52
Les ordures ménagères
Household refuse, household rubbish
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Jetable
Disposable
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Biodégradable
Biodegradable
55
Ramasser des déchets
To collect waste
56
Le ramassage des ordures
Waste collection
57
Une déchèterie
A waste collection center
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Un éboueur
A dustman, a garbage man
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Une boîte à ordures
A dustbin, a bin, a garbage can
60
Une poubelle à roulettes
A wheelie bin
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Un camion poubelle
A bin lorry, a dust cart, a garbage truck
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Un sac poubelle
A bin liner
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Déposer, jeter des ordures
To dump rubbish
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Jeter
To throw away
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Une décharge, un dépotoir
A rubbish dump, a garbage dump, a rubbish tip, a dumping ground
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Une décharge sauvage
An illicit rubbish dump
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Enterrer, enfouir
To bury
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Un site d’enfouissement des ordures
A landfill
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Brûler
To burn
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Détruire
To destroy
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Un incinérateur
An incinerator
72
Fondre
To melt
73
Une fuite
A leak
74
Les déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste
75
Retombées radioactives
Radioactive fallout
76
La radioactivité
Radioactivity
77
Cancérigène
Carcinogenic
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Éliminer les déchets nucléaires
To dispose of nuclear waste
79
L’élimination des déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste disposal
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Un conteneur
A container
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Des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés
Hermetically sealed containers
82
Le stockage des déchets radioactifs
The storage of nuclear waste
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Le principe de précaution
The precautionary principle, the safety-first principle
84
Traiter, transformer des déchets
To process waste
85
Trier
To sort
86
Le tri sélectif
Sorting, waste separation
87
Un conteneur de verre
A bottle bank
88
Des chiffons
Rags
89
Le carton
Cardboard
90
La ferraille
Scrap metal
91
Les emballages
Packaging
92
Une boîte de bière
A can of beer, a beer can
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Un surplus, un excès
A glut
94
Le recyclage
Recycling
95
Recycler le plastique
To recycle plastic
96
Recyclable
Recyclable
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Une usine de recyclage
A recycling plant
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Les coûts de recyclage
Recycling costs
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Incinérer
To incinerate

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