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une espèce

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a species !! noter le s !!

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disparaître

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to become extinct

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être menacé d’extinction

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to be threatened with extinction

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un pin

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a pine tree

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un tronc

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a trunk

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une catastrophe causée par l’homme

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a man-made disaster

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prévenir les risques

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to anticipate hazards

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couler (à décliner, dans le sens couler au fond)

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to sink (sank, sunk)

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la mousson

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monsoon

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sortir de son lit (pour un cours d’eau)

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to overflow

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mal gérer une catastrophe

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to mishandle a disaster

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les conséquences d’une catastrophe

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the aftermath of a disaster

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le golfe du Mexique

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the Gulf of Mexico

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la responsabilité

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responsibility

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prendre des mesures draconiennes

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to take drastic action

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un carton

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a cardboard box

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les pays de l’OPEP

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the OPEC countries

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une raffinerie de pétrole

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an oil refinery

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une plate-forme pétrolière

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an oil rig

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un choc pétrolier

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an oil shock

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goudron

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tar

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une éolienne

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a windmill

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une ferme éolienne

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a windfarm

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un panneau solaire

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a solar panel

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les déchets nucléaires
radioactive waste
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de l'uranium enrichi
enriched uranium
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se convertir au nucléaire
to go nuclear
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Tchernobyl
Chernobyl
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a storage facility
un site de stockage
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peu à peu *4
gradually, step by step, little by little, progressively
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muet *2
speechless, dumb
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syllabe
syllable
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tous les jours de la semaine
7 days a week
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paragraphe *2
paragraph, section
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roman policier
detective roman, detective novel
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un immeuble à 3 étages *2
a 3 storey building, a 3 floor building
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lotissement
housing estate
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corrompu (adjectif)
corrupt et PAS corrupted (verbe)
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moitié (+ pl)
half pl halves
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Damas
Damascus
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dévasté par le crime
crime-ridden
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un braconnier
a poacher
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coincé
stranded
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préférer
to prefer !! past double r: he preferred
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supérieur *2
superior upper
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réduire les émissions de CO2
to abate carbon dioxide emissions
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un surplus de la balance commerciale
a trade surplus
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le ministre des finances au RU
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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les perspectives économiques sont sombres
the economic outlook is bleak
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le marché du travail *2
the job market, the labour market
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un licenciement économique
a layoff
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toucher les allocations chômage *3
to be on the dole, to be on unemployment benefit, to be on welfare
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les perspectives de carrière
career prospects
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une entreprise publique
a state-owned company
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une fusion
a merger
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fusionner avec
to merge with
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une OPA
a takeover bid
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faire faillite
to go bankrupt
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renflouer une compagnie
to bail out a company
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les allocations famililiales
child benefit
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cotiser pour sa retraite
to pay money into a pension
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reculer l'âge de la retraite
to postpone retirement age
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être un fardeau pour
to be a burden on
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un fraudeur du fisc *2
a tax evader, a tax dodger
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être à court d'argent
to be short of money
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jeter son argent par les fenêtres
to throw one's money down the drain
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un panneau publiscitaire *2
a hoarding, a billboard
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un slogan
a catchphrase
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un événement sportif
a sporting event
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une réaction protectionniste
a protectionist backlash
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l'OMC
the WTO
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imposer un embargo
to impose an embargo
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lever un embargo
to lift an embargo
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riposter, se venger
to retaliate
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un centre commercial *2
a mall, a shopping precinct
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un passager
a passenger
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un aiguilleur du ciel
an air traffic controller
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inaugurer
to usher in
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le transport maritime *2
sea transport, maritime transport
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les produits laitiers *2
milk products, dairy products
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le boeuf, animal et viande
an ox (pl oxen), beef
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le veau, animal et viande
a calf (pl calves), veal
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l'agriculture bio
organic farming
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l'agriculture intensive
intensive farming
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une subvention agricole
an agricultural subsidy
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la PAC
the CAP
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le forum de Davos
the WEF
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la protection de l'environnement
environmental protection
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une découverte capitale
a major breakthrough
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la médecine de pointe
state-of-the-art medicine
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une cellule souche
a stem cell
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un embryon
an embryo
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ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives
to open up new prospects
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les OGM
GMOs
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une firme pharmaceutique
a pharmaceutical firm

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