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Une bombée aérosol

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An aerosol spray

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Un atomiseur

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A spray can

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Les rayons ultraviolets

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UV rays

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Le cancer de la peau

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Skin cancer

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5
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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

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Sea-level rise

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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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8
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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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Partager une voiture

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To car-share

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L’essence sans plomb

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Lead-free petrol

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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Les déchets industriels

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Industrial waste

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Les déchets radioactifs

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Radioactive waste

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En égout

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A sewer

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15
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Recycler

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To recycle

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16
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Un article recyclable

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A recyclable item

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Trier les ordures

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To sort garbage

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18
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Consigner les bouteilles

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To return bottles

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19
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Gâcher

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To spoil

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20
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Accroître la prise de conscience

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To heighten awareness

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21
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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Awareness raising

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Un tollé

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An outcry

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23
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Un danger pour la santé

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A health hazard

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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardise

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Nuire à
To harm
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Nuisible
Harmful
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Mortel
Lethal
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Un produit cancérigène
A carcinogen
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Abattre les arbres
To cut down trees
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Un fleuve en crue
A flooded river
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Une sécheresse
A drought
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La terre stérile
Barren land
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Le stockage
Stockpiling
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La pollution acoustique
Noise pollution
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Le traitement des déchets
Rubbish treatment
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La fumée toxique
Toxic smoke
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Le taux d'ozone
The ozone level
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Le climat
The climate
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Le chauffage
Heating
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La désertification
Desertification
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La précipitation
Rainfall
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S'amincir
To get thinner
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Les algues
Algae
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Un trou
A hole
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Fondre
To melt
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L'arctique
The arctic
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Le littoral
The coastline
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L'Antarctique
The Antarctic
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La nature
Nature
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Un écosystème
An ecosystem
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La faune
Faune
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La flore
Flora
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La politique écologique
Environmental policy
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Un défenseur de l'environnement
An environmentalist
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Un écolo
An environmental activist
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L'écologie
Ecology
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Écologique
Ecological
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L'équilibre écologique
The ecological balance
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Polluer
To pollute
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Un pollueur
A polluter
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Un polluant
A pollutant
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Protéger
To protect/ preserve
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La sauvegarde
Protection
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Les industries chimiques
Chemical industries
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Une centrale
A power station
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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)
An oil refinery
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Une centrale nucléaire
A nuclear power station
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L'industrie houillère
The coal industry
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Un pot d'échappement
An exhaust pipe
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Un combustible
A fuel
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Un carburant
(Car) fuel
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Le charbon
Coal
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Le gaz (naturel)
Natural gas
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Le méthane
Methane
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Le pétrole
Petroleum
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Le pétrole brut
Crude oil
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Un produit chimique
A chemical
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Le soufre
Sulphur
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Le gaz carbonique
Carbon monoxide
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Le dioxide de carbone
Carbon dioxide
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Putrescible
Biodegradable
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L'ère industrielle
The industrial era
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La circulation routière
Road traffic
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Le navire
A ship
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Le naufrage
A shipwreck
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Rompre
To break/ upset
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Grimper
To climb
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Le réchauffement
Warming (of the planet)
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La fonte des calottes glaciaires
Melting of the ice caps
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Bouleverser
To upset
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Déranger
To disturb
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Un adhérant
A member (of an organisation)
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La grenelle
'Round table' to bring organisations
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Viser à
To aim at
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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
To banish
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Élaborer
To set out
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Puissant
Powerful
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Atteigne
(Subj.) of atteindre- to reach
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Avoir la cote
To have the upper hand

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