The environment Flashcards

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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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La faune / La flore

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Fauna / Flora

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3
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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmentally-friendly policy

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4
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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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5
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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist, an ecologist

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6
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness(-raising) campaign

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7
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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve, a national park

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8
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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage, to cause damage

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9
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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment

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10
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Mettre en danger quelque chose

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To jeopardize something, to endanger something

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11
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Être en danger

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To be at risk, to be in danger

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12
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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13
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La rareté

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Scarcity

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14
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Epuisement

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Depletion

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14
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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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15
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Les matières premières

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Raw materials

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16
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La biodiversité

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Biodeversity

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17
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Une espèce

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A species

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18
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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

19
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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

20
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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest, a tropical forest

21
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Abattre des arbres

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To fell, cut down trees

22
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Le déboisement, la déforestation

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Deforestation

23
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La surpêche

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Overfishing

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Une catastrophe naturelle
A natural disaster
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Faire des ravages
To wreak havoc
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Eviter, prévenir une catastrophe
To avert a disaster
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Très mauvais temps
Severe extreme weather
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Prévoir le temps
To predict, to forecast the weather
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Les prévisions météo
The weather forecast
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La sécheresse
Drought
31
Une famine
A famine
32
La faim
Hunger
33
Mourir de faim
To starve to death
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Mourir de soif
To die of thirst
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La malnutrition
Malnutrition
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Souffrir de malnutrition
To be malnourished, undernourished
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Une tempête, un orage
A storm
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Une tornade
A tornado, a twister
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Un ouragan, un cyclone
A hurricane, a cyclone
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Une inondation
A flood
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Un tremblement de terre, un séisme
An earthquake
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Un volcan
A volcano
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La lave
Lava
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Sauver
To rescue
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La couche d'ozone
The ozone layer
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Pluies acides
Acid rains