French/English Vocab Flashcards

(80 cards)

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empirer

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to worsen

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2
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un typhon

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a typhoon

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3
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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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4
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des fermiers

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farmworkers

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5
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un bord

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a bank

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une rive

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a bank

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7
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bondé

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cramped

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8
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un bidonville

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a shantytown

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9
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la boue

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mud

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10
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un tronc d’arbre

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a log

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11
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le logement

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housing

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12
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l’exploitation forestière

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logging

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13
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l’exploitation minière

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minning

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une compagnie

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a corporation

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15
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une société

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a corporation

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16
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la forêt tropicale

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the rainforest

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17
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une politique

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a policy

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18
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d’entreprise

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corporate

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19
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traiter

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to address

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20
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aborder

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to adress

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21
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un gaz à effet de serre

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a greenhouse gas

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22
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une manifestation

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a protest/ a demonstration

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un manifestant

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a protester/ a demonstrator

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dans le monde

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worldwide

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faire campagne
to campaign
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un frein
a curb
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accueillir
to host
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rassembler
to rally/to gather
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un rassemblement
a rally/a gathering
30
écologique (en rapport avec l'écologie)
ecological
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écologique (qui respecte l'environnement)
environmentally friendly/eco-friendly
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un problème
an issue
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un écologiste
an environmentalist
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se faire nommer
to get appointed
35
mondial
global
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parmi
among
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manifester
to demonstrate/to protest
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agir
to take action
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la sécheresse
drought
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des feux de brousse
bush fires
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exhorter
to urge
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conseiller vivement
to urge
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un dirigeant
a leader
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des conditions climatique extrêmes
extreme weather
45
la mousson
the monsoon
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une précipitation
a rainfall
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froid
chilly
48
frais
chilly
49
doux
balmy
50
la chaleur
heat
51
le réchauffement climatique
global warming
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une inondation
a flood
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une culture
a crop
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pousser
to grow
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cultiver
to grow
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le blé
wheat
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une récolte
a harvest
58
fleurir
to bloom
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un biocarburant
a biofuel
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le maïs
corn/maize
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huile de palme
palm oil
62
un terrain
a plot
63
une parcelle
a plot
64
un champs
a field
65
une graine
a seed
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des terres en friche
wastelands
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la grêle
hail
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une averse
a shower
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caniculaire
scorching
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le soja
soybeans
71
l'avoine
oats
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l'orge
barley
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un ouragan
a hurricane
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une coulée de boue
a mudslide
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raz de marée
a tidal wave/ a sea wave
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une espèce nuisible
a pest
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une organisation humanitaire
an aid group
78
un carburant fossile
a fossile fuel
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une association caritative
a charity
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un rendement
a yield