25 L'environnement - The Environment Flashcards

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Une catastrophe naturelle (jur.)

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An act of God, an act of nature

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La croûte terrestre

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The earth’s crust

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Une faille

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A fault

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Une secousse tellurique

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An earth tremor

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Un tremblement de terre

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An earthquake

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L’échelle de Richter

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The Richter scale

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Un volcan

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A volcano

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Un cratère

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A crater

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Une éruption

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An eruption

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La lave

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Lava

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Une coulée de lave

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A lava flow

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Les scories

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Scoriae, cinders

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L’érosion du sol

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Soil erosion

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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Une tempête de neige

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A blizzard

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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

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18
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Une nappe phréatique

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A water table

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19
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La sécheresse

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Drought

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20
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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Une tornade

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A tornado

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Une inondation, une crue

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A flood

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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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26
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Un tsunami

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A tsunami

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27
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Un incendie de forêt

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A forest fire

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28
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Sismique

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Seismic

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29
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Volcanique

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Volcanic

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30
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Entrer en éruption

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To erupt

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31
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Déborder

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To overflow

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32
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Inonder

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To flood

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33
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**Les catastrophes causées par l’homme**

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**Manmade disasters**

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34
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La pollution

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Pollution

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35
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Un produit polluant

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A pollutant

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36
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Un pesticide

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A pesticide

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37
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Une décharge

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A landfill, a dump

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38
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Les retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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39
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Les déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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40
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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon dioxide

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41
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Des émanations

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Emissions

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42
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Les gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust fumes

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43
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Les pluies acides

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Acid rains

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44
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Un nuage toxique

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A poison cloud

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45
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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

46
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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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Le réchauffement du climat

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Global warming

48
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La déforestation

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Deforestation

49
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La désertification

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Desertification

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Une marée noire

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An oil spill, an oil leak, an oil slick

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Le dégazage en mer

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Degassing, oil dumping

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Le gaspillage, le gâchis

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Waste, wastage

53
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Les déchêts

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Waste

54
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L’extinction des espèces

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Extinction

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Une contamination, une intoxication

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poisoning

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Pollué / Non pollué

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Polluted / Unpolluted

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Toxique

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Toxic

58
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Polluer

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To pollute

59
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Contaminer, intoxiquer

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To poison

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Émettre (des gaz)

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To emit (gases)

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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(S’)épuiser

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To run out

63
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**L’écologie**

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**Ecology**

64
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La défense de l’environnement

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Conservation

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Un écologiste, un défenseur de l’environnement

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An ecologist, a conservationist, an environmentalist

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Les Verts

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The Greens

67
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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Les biocarburants

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Biofuels

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Les économies d’énergie

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Energy savings

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L’énergie propre

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Clean energy

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Le reboisement

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Re(af)forestation

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Le recyclage

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Recycling

75
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Un bac de recyclage

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A recycling bin

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Le tri sélectif

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Waste sorting

77
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Une borne de collecte du verre

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A bottle bank

78
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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded petrol

79
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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

80
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Une éolienne

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A wind turbine

81
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Une usine de retraitement des eaux usées

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A sewage plant

82
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L’isolation

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Insulation

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Écologique

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Ecological, environment friendly

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

85
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Réutilisable

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Reusable

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Renouvelable / Non-renouvelable

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Renewable / Non-renewable

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Durable

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Sustainable

88
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Recycler

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To recycle

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Protéger

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To protect

90
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Contrôler, vérifier

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To check

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Interdire

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To ban

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Lever une interdiction

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To lift a ban

93
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Les pollueurs devraient être les payeurs

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Polluters should be payers

94
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Épuiser la couche d’ozone

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To deplete the ozone layer

95
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Les trous de la couche d’ozone sont dus au fait que des industries lâchent des produits chimiques dans l’atmosphère

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Ozone holes are due to the release of chemicals by industries into the atmosphere

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Déverser des produits chimiques dans la mer est préjudiciable à la faune marine

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Releasing chemicals into the sea is harmful to marine life

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Certains pays ne respectent pas les règles fixées par le protocole de Kyoto

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Some countries do not abide by the rules set by the Kyoto protocol

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Pour protéger l’environnement, nous devons utiliser des énergies renouvelables, réduire les émissions de gaz d’échappement en faisant la promotion du covoiturage et respecter la couche d’ozone

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To protect the environment, we must use renewable energy, curb exhaust pipe emissions by promoting car-pooling, and be ozone-friendly

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L’intoxication au plomb, le saturnisme

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Lead poisoning

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L’amiante représente un danger pour la santé

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Asbestos is a health hazard

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La catastrophe de Tchernobyl a été causée par la fusion d’un réacteur nucléaire

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It was a nuclear meltdown that caused the Chernobyl disaster

102
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Une espèce disparue / protégée / menacée

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An extinct / a protected / an endangered species

103
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Épuiser les ressources

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To exhaust resources

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Les ampoules à basse consommation durent plus longtemps

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Energy saving bulbs last longer

105
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Un flot de paroles / de larmes

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A flood of words / of tears

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Les produits chinois inondent le marché

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Chinese products are flooding the market

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Il n’y a pas de petites économies

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Waste not want not

108
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Tu es vraiment un bon à rien

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You’re such a waste of space

109
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Ça s’est répandu comme une traînée de poudre

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It spread like wildfire

110
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Les travaillistes ont largement remporté les élections

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Labour obtained a landslide victory

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**Les catastrophes naturelles**

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**Natural disasters**