Energy Flashcards by Mathys Ferrato

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Énergies renouvelables

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Renewables

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Énergie solaire, éolienne, maritime

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Solar / Wind / Hydro power

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Renoncer à qqch

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To relinquish sth

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S’éloigner de qqch

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To move/give/ditch away from sth

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Se sevrer de qqch

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To wean oneself from sth

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Être accro à qqch

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To be addicted to sth

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Fracturation pour le gaz de schiste

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Fracking for shale gas

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Transmettre

Communiquer

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To convey

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Diminuer

Baisser

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To dwindle

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“C’est l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité”

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It’s the pot calling the kettle black

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Être en désaccord avec qqch

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To clash with sth

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Être à l’opposé à qqch

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To be at odds with sth

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Un acte

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A deed

An act

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Qqch qui remonte le moral

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(To be) uplifting

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Rendre compte de qqch

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To give an account of sth

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Avoir envie

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To be eager

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Être à la guerre

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To be at war

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On est en temps de guerre

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There is a war on

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Faire la guerre

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To wage war

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Exploiter les ressources

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To tap resources

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Bilan comptable

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Balance sheet

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Résultat financier/Bénéfice net

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Bottom line

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Se débarrasser de/Perdre/Verser

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To shed

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Réponses paradoxales

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Paradoxical responses

Comportements contradictoires

Contradictory behaviors

Augmenter | Augmenter qqch

To rise | To raise sth

Être redevable/Redevoir

To owe

Donner à A plus de valeur que B

To value A over B

L'effacité de l'énergie

Energy efficiency

Être efficace énergétiquement

To be energy efficient

Laisse qqn faire qqch

To let/allow so to do sth

Rareté

Scarcity

Une pénurie

A shortage

De peur que/De peur de

Lest | For fear that

De peur que nous oublions | Slogan de commémoration

Lest we forget

Boiter/Boitiller

To limp

Un voyeur

A peeping Tom

Réduire qqch

To lower sth

Reprocher à qqn qqch

To blame so for sth

Accusee qqn de faire qqch

To accuse so for doing sth

Direction nord/sud

North/South bound

Être de retour à la maison

To be homeward bound

Par rancune/Par colère

Out of anger/resentment

Éponger qqch

To blot

Une tâche dans le paysage

A blot on the landscape

Sans ménagement

Bluntly

Se contenter de moins

To do with less

Céder qqch

To divest from sth

Accorder qqch à qqn | Refuser qqch à qqn

To grant so sth | To deny so sth

Se lamenter sur

To lament over

Déplorer qqch/la perte de qqch

To deplore sth/the loss of sth

Gémir/Hurler

To wail

Exploser/Faire sauter

To blow up