U25 O1 Flashcards by French Section

anti-globalist / alter-globalist

alter-mondialiste (adj & n/m/f)

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impoverishment / depletion

un appauvrissement (n/m)

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aquacultural

aquacole (adj/m/f)

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wooded

arboré(e) (adj/m/f)

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wild bird life

une avifaune (n/f)

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sponsor / financial backer

un bailleur de fonds (n/m)

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development / built-up area

un bâti (n/m)

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concrete

un béton (n/m)

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firewood

un bois de chauffe (n/m)

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breach

une brèche (n/f)

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burns / slash-and-burn / cultivation

un brûlis (n/m)

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talk / chat

une causerie (n/f)

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supposed

censé(e) (adj/f/m)

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climate change

un changement climatique (n/m)

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to reconcile

concilier (v)

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restrictive / strict

contraignant(e) (adj/m/f)

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cliff

une corniche (n/f)

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slash-and-burn agriculture

une culture itinérante (n/f)

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waste

un déchet/ des déchets (n/m)

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decision-maker

un décideur (n/m)

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to break down / to decompose

décomposer (v)

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to decorticate, to remove the shell

décortiqué(e) (adj/m/f)

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clearing (wood)

un défrichement (n/m)

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to relocate

délocaliser (v)

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dismantling

un démantèlement (n/m)

customary law

un droit coutumier (n/m)

widening / extension

un élargissement (n/m)

farmer / producer

un(e) éleveur (-euse) (n/m/f)

to make more attractive / to embellish

embellir (v)

greenhouse gas emissions

une émission de gaz à effet de serre (n/f)

carbon footprint

une empreinte carbone (n/f)

ecological / environmental footprint

une empreinte écologique (n/f)

to shut up / to lock up

enfermer (v)

to follow / to result

ensuivre (s’~) (v)

rural exodus

un exode rural (n/m)

wildlife / fauna

une faune (n/f)

flora

une flore (n/f)

support fund

un fond d’appui (n/m)

landslide

un glissement de terrain (n/m)

to lead / to inf

induire (v)

seed company lobby

un lobby sémencier (n/m)

link

un maillon (n/m)

tragedy / misfortune

un malheur (n/m)

financial windfall

une manne financière (n/f)

commodification

une marchandisation (n/f)

illusion / imagination

un mirage (n/m)

nesting

nicheur (adj/m)

to block / to obstruct

obstruer (v)

household refuse

des ordures ménagères (n/f/plu)

parcel of land / plot of land

une parcelle de terre (n/f)

political sponsor

un parrain politique (n/m)

worse

pis (adv)

healing plant / herbal remedy

une plante médicinale (n/f)

surplus value / capital gain

une plus-value (n/f)

fish products

des produits halieutiques (n/m/plu)

well

un puits (n/m)

to devastate / to ravage

ravager (v)

to cross off / to strike off

rayer (v)

revenue

une recette (n/f)

global warming

un réchauffement climatique (n/m)

increase/upsurge

une recrudescence (n/f)

to decline / to challenge

récuser (v)

fee / royalty

une redevance (n/f)

crawling with / to be bursting with

regorger (de) (v)

wastes

des rejets (n/m/plur)

to affect

répercuter (v)

shore

un rivage (n/m)

to compete with

rivaliser (v)

local resident

riverain(e) (adj/m/f)

to exempt

soustraire (v)

to try to / to tempt

tenter (de) (v)

turn of events

une tournure (n/f)

tusk trafficking

un trafic de défense (n/m)

livable / to be fit to live

vivable (adj/m/f)