L'environnement Flashcards

(94 cards)

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La nature

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Nature

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La faune

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Faune

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La flore

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Flora

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L’environnement

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The environment

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La politique écologique

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Environmental policy

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An environmentalist

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Un écolo

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An environmental activist

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L’écologie

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Ecology

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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’équilibre écologique

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The ecological balance

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La pollution

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Pollution

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un polluer

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A polluter

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Protéger

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To protect

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La sauvegarde

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Protection

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18
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Les industries chimiques

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Chemical industries

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Une centrale

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A power station

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

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Oil refinery

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Une centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power station

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L’industrie houillère

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The coal industry

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Un pot d’échappement

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An exhaust pipe

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Un combustible

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A fuel

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Un carburant
A fuel
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Le charbon
Coal
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Le gaz (naturel)
Natural gas
28
Le méthane
Methane
29
Le pétrole
Petroleum
30
Le pétrole brut
Crude oil
31
Un produit chimique
A chemical
32
Le soufre
Sulphur
33
Le gaz carbonique
Carbon monoxide
34
Le dioxide de carbone
Carbon dioxide
35
Putrescible
Biodegradable
36
L'ère industrielle
Industrial era
37
La circulation routière
Road traffic
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Les ordures ménagères
Household waste
39
La navire
A ship
40
La naufrage
A shipwreck
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Rompre
To break/upset
42
Grimper
To climb
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Le réchauffement
Warming of the planet
44
La fonte des calottes glaciaires
Melting of the ice caps
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La sécheresse
A drought
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Bouleverser
To upset
47
Déranger
To disturb
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Un adhérant
A member (of an organisation)
49
La grenelle
'Round table' to bring organisations together
50
Visér a
To aim at
51
Lié à
Linked
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Primordial
Fundamental
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Sensible à
Aware of
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Confier à
To entrust
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Ferroviaire
Using the railways
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Fluvial
Using the rivers
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Bannir
Banish
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Élaborer
To set out
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Puissant
Powerful
60
Atteigne (Subj. of atteindre)
To reach
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Avoir la cote
To have the upper hand
62
Food chain
Le réseau trophique
63
Water table
La nappe phréatique
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Crop
Une culture
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Drying out
L'assèchement
66
A bee
Une abeille
67
Hissing
Un chuintement
68
A blade (propellor)
Une pale
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Solar battery
Une photopile
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To insulate
Isoler
71
To water
Arroser
72
Oil refinery
Une raffinerie
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Heating oil
Le mazout
74
Deposit
Un gisement
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Dam
Un barrage
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Reservoir
Une retenue
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Spillway
En déversoir
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Sluice gate
Une vanne
79
Weather vane
Une girouette
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Propeller
Une hélice
81
Hopper bin
Une trémie
82
Return journey
Aller-retour
83
To eat away
Ronger
84
Sea wall
Une digue
85
Vat
Une cuve
86
Making methane
La méthanisation
87
Respiratory system
Un appareil respiratoire
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Soot
La suie
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To dump
Déverser
90
Tuna
Un thon
91
Sewer/drain
Un égout
92
Boar
Un sanglier
93
Geothermal energy
La géothermie
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Heatwave
Une canicule