The Environment Flashcards

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Le système d’égouts

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Sewage

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Un égout

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A sewer

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Forêt humide

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The rainforest

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Prairie

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Grassland

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Zone humide

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Wetland

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5
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Mauvaise herbe

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Weed

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Insecte nuisible

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Pest

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Industries polluantes

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Smokestack industries

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Nappe de pétrole

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An oil slick

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Marée noire

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An oil spill

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10
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Retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Les déchets

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Waste

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Les détritus

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Litter

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Les ordures

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Garbage/refuse/rubbish

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Déposer des ordures

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To dump rubbish/waste

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Une décharge

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A garbage dump

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Déchetterie

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A waste collection site

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Déchets toxiques

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Noxious waste

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Soja

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Maïs

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Graine de colza

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Biocarburant

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Huile de palme

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Développement durable
Sustainable development
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Agriculture biologique
Organic farming
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Le bio
Organic food
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Un scénario catastrophe
A doomsday scenario
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Une bombe à retardement
A ticking time-bomb
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Tempête de sable
Dust storm
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Glissement de terrain
Landslide
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Sécheresse
Drought
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Inondation
Flood
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Tremblement de terre
Earthquake
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Tornade
Tornado/twister/hurricane
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Tsunami
A tidal wave
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Défrichement
Land/forest clearance
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Érosion des sols
Soil erosion
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Pluies acides
Acid rain
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Réchauffement planétaire
Global warming
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La fonte des calottes glacières
Meltdown of the ice caps
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Effet de serre
Greenhouse effect
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Le trou dans la couche d'ozone
The hole in the ozone layer
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La montée des eaux
The ruse of sea levels