L'environnement Flashcards

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1
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ralentir

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to slow down

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réchauffement

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heating

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cesser

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to stop

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gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gas

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siècles

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centuries

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dioxyde de carbone

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CO2

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diminution

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reduction

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le gaspillage

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waste

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les rejets

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waste

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la consommation

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consumption

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terne(s)

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dull/lifeless

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sensibiliser

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to make aware

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mettre en place

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to put in place

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se mobiliser pour

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to work for

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parlante

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meaningful

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s’épanouir

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to blossom

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profiter

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to benefit

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tenable

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doable

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creuser

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to worsen

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engager

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to involve/enlist

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emprenter

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to borrow

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22
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epuiser

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to drain

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les piles

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batteries

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trier

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to sort

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les emballages
packaging
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blanchir
to bleach
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fondre
to melt
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aboutir à
to lead to
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recycler
to recycle
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éteindre
to switch off
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la lumière
the light
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veille
standby
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solaire
solar
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promouvoir
to promote
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géler
to freeze
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les immeubles
buildings
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la sécheresse
drought
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susciter
to give rise to
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une vague
a wave
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le sol
soil/earth
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glisser
to slide
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la boue
mud
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gonfler
to swell up
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s'etendre
to spread
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en voie de développement
developing
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abriter
to shelter
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l'isolation
insulation
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gaz d'echappement
exhaust fumes
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les affamés
hungry people
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hydroélectrique
hydroelectric
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éolienne
wind
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marémotrice
tidal
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renouvelable(s)
renewable
54
pétrole
oil
55
charbon
coal
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biocarburant
biofuel
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excéndataire
surplus
58
les paneaux photovoltaïque
solar panels
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tant que
for as long as
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épuisé
exhausted
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gène
gene
62
alentours
surroundings
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guérir
to heal/cure
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transgénique
genetically modified
65
propagation
spread
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nuisible
harmful
67
néfaste
damaging
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insérer
to insert
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mûrissement
ripening
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végétal(e)
plant (adj)
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prudent(e)
careful
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défunt
deceased
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la cheine alimentaire
food chain
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biodiversité
biodiversity
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une fuite
a leak
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la barrage
dam
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suffire
to be sufficient
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diodégradable
biodegradable
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la raréfaction
scarcity
80
les appareils
devices
81
une empreinte écologique/carbonique
carbon footprint
82
le commerce équitable
fair trade
83
réparti
shared out
84
la durabilité
sustainability
85
une espèce
species
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la chasse
hunting
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en voie de disparition
endangered