The environment Flashcards

(98 cards)

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Les animaux sauvages

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wild animals

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Les mammifères marins

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Sea mammals

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Une espèce

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A species

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Les espèces rares

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Rare species

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Les espèces en voie d’extinction

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Endangered/Disappearing species

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Aller à la chasse

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To go hunting

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La pêche industrielle

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Industrial fishing

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La chasse au gros gibier

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Big game hunting

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Un chasseur

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A hunter

A huntsman

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Un pêcheur

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A fisherman

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La contrebande

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Smuggling

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Un contrebandier

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A smuggler

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Le braconnage

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Poaching

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Braconner

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To poach

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Capturer

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To catch

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Menacer

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To threaten

To endanger

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Tirer sur

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To shoot at

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Faire du mal à / Nuire à

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To harm

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Mettre en péril

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To jeopardize

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Etre en péril

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To be in jeopardy

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Chasser (=faire fuir)

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To drive away

To frighten away

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Diminuer en nombre

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To dwindle

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Disparaître

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To disappear

To become extinct

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Se raréfier

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To become/get scarce

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Sans défense
Helpless | Defenceless
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L'écosystème
The ecosystem
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Le milieu
The environment
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Le déboisement
Deforestation
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Déboiser
To deforest
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Le défrichage
Land-clearing
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La couche d'ozone
The ozone layer
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L'appauvrissement / La diminution
Depletion
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Appauvrir
To deplete
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Les pluies acides
Acid rains
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Le réchauffement de la planète
Global warming
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Se réchauffer
To heat up | To warm up
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L'effet de serre
The greenhouse effect
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Les gaz à effet de serre
Greenhouse gases
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Epuiser
To exhaust
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Contaminer
To contaminate
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Gaspiller
To squander | To waste
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Endommager / Nuire à
To damage
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Dévaster / Ravager
To devaste | To wreak Havoc
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La circulation automobile
Road trafic
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Les gaz d'échappement
Exhaust fumes
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Les fumées industrielles
Industrial smoke/fumes
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Dégager de la fumée
To release smoke | To let out smoke
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Le brouillard polluant
Smog
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Avoir du mal à respirer
To gasp for breath
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Une intoxication
Poisoning
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Nocif
Hazardous
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Risqué / Dangereux
Noxious
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Cancérigène
Cancer-causing | Carcinogenic
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Malsain
Unwholesome
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La sécheresse
Drought
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Se dessécher
To dry up | To dry out
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La nappe phréatique
Ground water
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Un raz-de-marée
A tidal wave
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Une marée noire / Une nappe de pétrole
A oil spill | An oil slick
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Déverser
To dump | To discharge
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Les ordures ménagères
Household waste
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Les produits jetables
Disposable products
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Les déchets dangereux
Hazardous waste
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Un dépotoir / Une décharge
A dump | A tip
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Se débarrasser de
To dispose of
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Jeter / Mettre au rebut
To discard
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Préserver
To preserve
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La protection
Protection | Conservation
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Recycler
To recycle
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Réutiliser
To reuse
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Le tri
Sorting out
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Un collecteur de verre usagé
A bottle bank
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Un produit écologique
A green product
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Le ramassage des déchets
Rubbish-collecting | Garbage-collecting
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Traiter les déchets
To manage waste
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Assainir
To clean up
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Inoffesif
Harmless
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Etre conscient de
To be aware of
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Prendre conscience de
To become aware of
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Etre conscient des enjeux écologiques
To be ecologically-minded / environmentally-minded
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Sensibiliser le public
To sensitize the public
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Attaquer en justice
To sue
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Intenter un procès à
To bring a law suit against
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Une amende
A fine
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Respectueux des lois
To be law-abiding
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Faire respecter la loi
To implement the law
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Appliquer la loi
To enforce the law
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Les économies d'énergie
Energy efficiency
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Un panneau solaire
A solar panel
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L'énergie éolienne
Wind power
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Une éolienne
A wind mill
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L'énergie marémotrice
Tidal power / Wave power
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Propre / Non polluant
Clean | Green
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La nature a horreur du vide
Nature abhors a vacuum
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La nature reprend ses droits
Nature will have her course
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Etre dans la nature des choses
To be in the nature of things
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Etre d'un naturel calme
To be calm in one's nature
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Chasser le naturel et il revient au galop
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh | Leopards do not change their spots