Pollution Flashcards

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Water pollution

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La pollution de l’eau

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Polluer

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To pollute

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La pollution sonore

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Noise pollution

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Polluant

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Polluting

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Être peu/ très polluant

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To pollute a little/ a lot

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Non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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Produits non polluants

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Le gaspillage OU les déchets

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Wastage

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La pollution de l’air

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Air pollution

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A pollution peak

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Un pic de pollution

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Factory smoke

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Les fumées d’usine

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Car exhausts

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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded, lead-free petrol

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A catalytic converter

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Un pot catalytique

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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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Avoir du mal à respirer

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To have difficulty breathing

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Les nitrates

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Nitrates

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Les engrais

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Fertilizers

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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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Contaminer les rivières

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To poison rivers

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To contaminate

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Contaminer

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Une substance chimique toxique

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A toxic chemical

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Harmful
Nocif
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The sewage system
Les égouts
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A sewer
Un égout
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Les eaux usées
Sewage, waste water
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A sewage work
Une station d'épuration des eaux usées
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Asbestos
L'amiante
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To remove asbestos from a building
Désaimanter un bâtiment
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Le saturnisme
Lead poisoning
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The ozone layer
La couche d'ozone
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Les pluies acides
Acid rains
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An oil slick
Une marrée noire
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Un déversement accidentel de pétrole
An oil spill
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Des oiseaux mazoutés
Oil-covered birds
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Dégazer
To empty one's tanks
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Le dégazage
Oil tankers emptying their tanks
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Les déchets les ordures
Waste, rubbish, garbage
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Toxic/ organic waste
Les déchets toxiques/ organiques
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Litter
Les détritus
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To dispose of waste
Éliminer des déchets
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Les déchets dangereux
Hazardous waste
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Household refuse
Les ordures ménagères
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Jetable
Disposable
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To collect waste
Ramasser des déchets
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Le ramassage des ordure
Waste collection
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Waste collection center
Une déchetterie
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A dustman
Un éboueur
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A dustbin, a bin
Une poubelle
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A wheelie bin
Une poubelle (à roulettes)
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A bin lorry, a dust cart
Un camion poubelle
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Un sac poubelle
A bin liner
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Jeter les ordures
To dump rubbish
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Jeter
To throw away
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Une décharge
A rubbish dump
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Une décharge sauvage
An illicit rubbish dump
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Enterrer, enfouir
To bury
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Un site d'enfouissement des ordures
A landfill
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Fondre
To melt
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Une fuite
A leak
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Retombées radioactives
Radioactive fallout
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Cancérigène
Carcinogenic
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Éliminer les déchets nucléaires
To dispose of nuclear waste
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L'élimination des déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste disposal
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A container
Un conteneur
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Hermetically sealed containers
Des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés
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Le stockage des déchets radioactifs
The storage of nuclear waste
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Le principe de précaution
The precautionary principle
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To process waste
Traiter, transformer les déchets
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To sort
Trier
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Le tri sélectif
Sorting
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A bottle bank
Un conteneur de verre
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Rags
Des chiffons
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Cardboard
Le carton
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La ferraille
Scrap metal
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Packaging
Les emballages
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Une boîte de bière
A cam of beer
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Un surplus
A glut
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Une usine de recyclage
A recycling plant