Vocabulary List 1 : The environnement Flashcards by ODO DO

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Réchauffement Climatique

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Global Warming

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Effet de serre

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Greenhouse effects

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Gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas/gases

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Couché d’ozone

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Ozone Layer

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Pluie acide

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Acid rain

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Jeter

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To dispose of (waste) / to throw away

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Jetable / Réutilisable

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Disposable / reusable

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Réutiliser

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To reuse

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Élimination des déchets / déchèterie

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Disposal of waste / waste disposal companies

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Déchets industriels

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Industrial Waste

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Décharge / décharger

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A dump / to dump

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Ordure

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Junk

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Déchets

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Litter

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Gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust fumes

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Combustible

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A fuel / a fossil fuel

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Carburant avec plomb

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Leaded fuel

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Carburant sans plomb

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Unleaded fuel

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Charbon

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Coal

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Puit de pétrole en mer

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Offshore oil well

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Marée noire

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An oil spill

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Approvisionnement en pétrole

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Oil supplies / reserves

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Centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear plant

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Énergie nucléaire

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Nuclear power

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Déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear Waste

Retombée radioactive

Nuclear fallout / black rain

Énergie solaire

Solar power / energy

Épuiser ( une ressource )

To deplete (ressources)

Non renouvelable

Déplorable / non renewable

Renouvelable

Renewable

Resource limitée

A finite ressource

Gaspiller

To squander / to waste

Une interdiction

A ban

Une maladie professionnelle

An occupational disease

Équilibre

Balance

Empreinte Carbon

Carbon footprint

Effet secondaire

Side effect

Développement durable

Sustainable development

Eco-responsable

Eco-friendly / environmentally friendly

Nappe phréatiques

Underground water tables

Eaux usées

Waste water

Station d’épuration

A water treatment plant

Sécheresse

A drought

Un tremblement de terre

An earthquake

Inondation

Flood

Ouragan

Hurricane

Thyphon

Typhoon

Marée

A tide

Raz de marée

A tidal wave

Mettre en danger

To endanger

Espèces en voie d’extinction

Endangered species

Nocif

Harmful

Dangereux

Hazardous

Menacer

To threaten

Forêt tropicale

Rain forest

Sauvage

Wildlife