L'environnement Flashcards

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Le milieu

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centre

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Biodégradable

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biodegradable

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3
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La couche d’ozone

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ozone layer

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4
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le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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a hole in the ozone layer

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5
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le décharge

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rubbish tip

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le déchet

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waste

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l’élimination des déchets

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eliminating waste

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la déforestation

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deforestation

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dépolluer

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to decontanimate

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la dépollution

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clean-up

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la désertification

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desertification (the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture)

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détruire

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destroy

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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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l’énergie renouvelable

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renewable energy

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l’énergie propre

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clean energy

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l’énergie solaire

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solar energy

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l’éolienne

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wind turbine

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19
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l’espèce en voie d’extinction

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endangered species

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le gaspillage

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waste

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21
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gaspiller la géothermie

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geothermal waste

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la marré noire

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oil spill

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nocif

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harmful (to nature)

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la nuisance

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harmful substance

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sonores
sounds
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polluant
pollutant
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polluer
to pollute
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le pot catalytique
catalytic converter
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le reboisement
reforestation
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le réchauffement
warming
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le recyclage
recycling
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la sauvegarde
conservation, safeguarding
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sauvegarder
to protect, back up (on a computer)
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règlements
rules, regulations
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l'Amazonie
Amazon
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l'incendie
wild fire
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couper
to cut, to slice
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des bacs pour le compost
compost bin
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le tri sélectif
recycling
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trier
to separate, classify, put in order
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les déchetteries
recycling centres
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gaspiller
to waste
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la date limite de consommation
use by date
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la date de péremption
expiry date
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perimé
expired
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les panneaux solaires
solar panels
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l'énergie hydraulique
hydraulic energy
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la cire
wax, polish
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produits carnés
meat products
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le demande s'accroît
the demand is growing
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efrenné
unrestrained, frantic
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bien-être
well-being
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protoxyde d'azote
nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
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irriguer
irrigate (to supply water to help growth)
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les élevages industrielles
industrial farming
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épandages
spreading (of manure)
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la berline
car saloon
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accentuer
to emphasise
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matières premières
raw materials
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métaux rares
rare metals
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le néodyme
neodymium
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les pots d'échappement
exhaust pipes
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éponger
to soak up, pay off (debt)
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la voiture thermique
thermal car (normal, non-electric)
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garer
to park (a car)
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être au courant
to be aware
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un thème qui nous concerne tous
a subject that concerns us all
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la manière dont on vit aujourd'hui
the way we live today
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les transports en commun
public transport
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des objets d'occasion
second-hand clothes
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prendre conscience
to become aware
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rejeter la faute
to shift blame
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aigu
high-pitched, intense
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dévastateur
devastating
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émaner
to come from, to emanate from
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sous l'egide de
under the aegis of
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onusien(ne)
of the UN
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ruiner
to ruin, to wreck
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délétèves
detrimental, deleterious
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péril
peril, danger
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l'incinération
incineration, cremation
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s'éclairer
to illuminate, light
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y compris
including
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un seuil
threshold
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outre
apart from
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psychomoteurs
psychomotor
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pulmonaires
pulmonary (of the lung)
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vicié(e)
contaminated
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l'aveu
admission, confession
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exhorter
to exhort, to urge to do
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averé(e)
recognised