The environment Flashcards by Aanya Subbiah

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améliorer

A

to improve

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chasser

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to hunt/chase, the ‘r’ is silent

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développer

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to develop

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épuiser

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to exhaust, to use up

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gaspiller

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to waste

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jeter

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to throw away, double ‘t’ on all forms except nous and vous

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notif (nocive)/néfaste

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harmful

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polluer

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to pollute

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préserver

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to preserve

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empêcher/prévenir* l’incendie

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to prevent fires, *conjugated like venir

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sauver la planéte

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to protect/save the planet

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le carburant

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fuel

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une catastrophe

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a catastrophe

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear power plant

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la chaleur

A

heat, the concept

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la chasse

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hunting

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le combustible fossile

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fossil fuel

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le covoiturage (faire du covoiturage)

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carpooling

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la croissance

A

increase, growth, development

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un danger

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danger

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le déboisement, la déforestation

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deforestation

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le déchets (toxiques)

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(toxic) waste

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écologique

A

ecological (adjective)

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l’écotourisme

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ecotourism = traveling without leaving a carbon footprint

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l'effect (m) de serre

the greenhouse effect

un emballage en plastique

plastic packaging

l'énergie éolienne

wind power/energy

l'énergie nucléaire

nuclear power

l'énergie solaire

solar power

l'environnement (m)

environment

une éolienne

wind turbine

l'essence

gasoline

le gaspillage

waste

un nuage (ou le brouillard) de pollution

smog

la pluie acide

acid rain

la pollution

pollution

une population croissante

growing population

la préservation

preservation

un produit

a product

la protection

protection

la ramassage des ordures

garbage collection (ramasser=to collect, gather)

la réchauffement de la Terre

global warming

le recyclage

recycle

renouvelable

renewable

la sauvetage des habitats

habitat preservation

un trou dans la couche d'ozone

hole in the ozone layer

une usine

factory

abolir

to abolish, conjugated like finir

interdire

to forbid, conjugated like dire

une gouvernement

the government

une loi

a law

permettre

to allow, conjugated like mettre

produire

to produce, conjugated like conduire

une canicule, une période de chaleur extrême

heatwave

un cyclone

cyclone

un glissement de terrain

a landslide

une inondation

a flood

un ouragan

a hurricane

une sécheresse

a drought

une tempête (de neige)

a (snow) storm

un tremblement de terre

an earthquake