The Environment Flashcards

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environmental

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écologique, lié à l’evironnement

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an eco-friendly policy

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une politique qui respecte l’evironnement

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to protect the environment

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protéger l’evironnement

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the preservation of the environment

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la protection de l’evironnement

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nature conservation

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la protection de la nature

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wildlife

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la faune et la flore

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a charity

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une organisation caritative

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to halt

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stopper

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a conservationist

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un défenseur de l’environnement

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an environmentalist/ecologist

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un écologiste

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a tree-hugger

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un écolo

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an eco-warrio

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un militant écologiste

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to make people aware of a problem

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sensibiliser l’opinion publique à un problème

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an awareness-raising campaign

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une campagne de sesibilisation

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a natural reserve

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un parc naturel

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whaling

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la chasse à la baleine

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bottom trawling

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pêche au chalutier

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global warming

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le réchauffement climatique

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to destroy the bioshpere

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détruire la bioshpère

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to pose a threat to sth

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représenter une menace pour qch

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to jeopardize/endager sth

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mettre en danger qch

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to put something at rist

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mettre qch en danger

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a futurist

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un futurologue

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to harm the environment

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nuire à l’environnment

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harmful
nuisible, nocif
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harmless
inoffensif, sans danger
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damage
dégâts
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to damage sth
endommager qch, porter atteinte à qch
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welfare
le bien-être
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to be at loggerheads (disagreement)
être en désaccord
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to run out of sth
s'épuiser, être à court de qch
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to defile
souiller / profaner
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the depletion of resources
l'épuisement des ressources
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scarcity
la rareté
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raw materials
les matières premières
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to reap
récolter
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a regulatory relief
mesures assouplissant la réglementation
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to repeal
abroger
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to strip
dépouiller
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a conservation are
un secteur sauvegardé
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a species
une espèce
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a mammal
un mammifère
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to dwell at length on sth
s'étendre sur qch
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to funnel
diriger, faire passer
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an endangered species
une espèce en voie de disparition
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to be threatened with extinction
être menacé d'extinction
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to become extinct
disparaître
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overfishing
la surpêche
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bluefin tuna
le thon rouge
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a dolphin / a whale
un dauphin / une baleine
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readily
facilement
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the ozone layer
la couche d'ozone
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the whole in the ozone layer
le trou dans la couche d'ozone
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CFCs
les CFC
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ozone-friendly
respectueux de la couche d'ozone
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striking
frappant
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intermingled
entremêlé
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to voice sth
exprimer qch
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a rainforest
une forêt tropicale
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sustainable development
le développement durable
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to fell, cut down trees
abattre des arbres
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deforestation
le déboisement
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logging
l'exploitation du bois
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the rainforest is shrinking
la forêt tropicale se réduit
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to reforest
reboiser
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reforestation
le reboisement
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football pitches
des terrains de football