Environment Flashcards by noemie noemie

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Viellissant

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Ageing

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Taux de natalité

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Birth-rate

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Fossé

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Gap

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Gaspiller

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Waste

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Beton

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Concrete

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Haie

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Hedge

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Train a grande vitesse (tgv)

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High-speed train

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Lotissement

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Housing estate

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Paysage

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Landscape

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Betail

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Cattle

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Morue

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Cod

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Etablissement piscicole

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Fish farm

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Hareng

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Herring

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Volaille

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Poultry

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Élever

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To raise

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Saumon

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Salmon

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Espece

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Species

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Merlan

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Whiting

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Génétiquement modifié

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Genetically engineered

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Découverte

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Breakthrough

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Produits agricoles

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Produce

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Pulvérisations

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Spraying

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Vomir

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To belch out

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Inondation

Flood

Effet de serre

Greenhouse effect

Réchauffer

To heat

Ouragan

Hurricane

Centrale

Power plant

Rare

Scarce

Terre

Soil

Tempête

Storm

Coincé

Trapped

Réchauffement

Warming

Amiante

Asbestos

Pile

Battery

Chauffage central

Central heating

CFCs

Chloro-fluoro-chlores

Ordures ménagères

Domestic rubbish

Échappement

Exhaust

Combustibles fossiles (pétrole, charbon, gaz)

Fossil fuels(oil, coal, gas)

Sol

Ground

Plomb

Lead

Fuite

Leak

Marée noire

Oil slick

Eaux usées

Sewage

Cheminées d’usine

Smokestacks

Remède

Cure

Maladie

Disease

Condamné

Doomed

Médicaments

Medicine

Pot catalytique

Catalytic converter

Obligatoire

Compulsory

Ecolabel

Eco-label

Secrétariat d’état/ministère

Government agency/body

Problème

Issue

Sans plomb

Lead-free

Essence

Petrol (Gb)/ gasoline (Us)

Association caritative

Charity

Entreprise citoyenne

Corporate citizen

Écologie

Eco-friendly

Groupe de pression

Lobby

Trier

To sort

Biocarburant

Bio-fuel

Gazole

Diesel-oil

Renouvelable

Renewable

Energie solaire/hydroélectrique/ éolienne

Solar/ hydro/ wind energy

Être six fois plus important

To grow six-fold

Aliments/ produits biologiques

Organic foods/ products

Agriculture raisonnée

Reasonable farming

Onéreux

Costly

Étiquetage

Labelling

Loi

Law

Campagne de sensibilisation

Public awareness campaign

Ordures

Rubbish

Vitesse limitée

Speed limit

Impôts

Tax