3) L'environnement Flashcards

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1
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To protect the environment

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Protéger l’environnement

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United

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Solidaire

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To be changed drastically

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Être bouleversé

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To run out

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S’épuiser

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To be in danger, threatened

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Être menacé

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To increase

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Augmenter

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To decrease

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Diminuer

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To be aware of

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Être conscient de

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To belong to, to be part of

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Appartenir à, faire partie de

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10
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Commitment

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Un engagement

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11
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The selective sorting

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Le tri sélectif

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12
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Litter, garbage

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Un/des déchet(s)

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13
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To prevent

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Empêcher

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14
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The network

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Le réseau

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15
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To stop

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Cesser de (+ infinitif)

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16
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Consumer

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Un consommateur

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17
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To react

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Agir

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18
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To find out, to be informed

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Se renseigner

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19
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To target

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Viser

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20
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To instil awareness (in someone)

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Sensibiliser (+ quelqu’un)

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21
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To reach

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Atteindre

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22
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To speak to someone

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S’adresser (à quelqu’un)

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23
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To stick

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Coller

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24
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To behave

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Se comporter

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25
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Behaviour

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Le comportement

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26
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Biodiversity

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La biodiversité

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27
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Natural resources

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Les ressources naturelles

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28
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Humanity

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L’humanité

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29
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Climate

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Le climat

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30
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To reuse paper

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Réutiliser le papier

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31
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To recycle plastic bags

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Recycler les sacs en plastique

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32
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To save water

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Économiser l’eau

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33
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To pluck flowers in a public garden

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Cueillir des fleurs dans un jardin public

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34
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To throw cigarette butts onto the ground

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Jeter les mégots de cigarette par terre

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35
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To cycle on the sidewalk

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Rouler à vélo sur le trottoir

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36
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To cross outside the crossing

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Traverser en dehors du passage piéton

37
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To show no respect for the law

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Ne pas respecter la loi

38
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To not validate one’s MRT / bus ticket

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Ne pas valider son ticket de métro / bus

39
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To speak loudly on the phone in the MRT / bus

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Parler fort au téléphone dans le métro / bus

40
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To board a MRT train / bus before other passengers alight

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Monter dans le métro / bus avant que les autres passagers en descendant

41
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To jump over the MRT fare gate

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Sauter par-dessus le tourniquet du métro

42
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To cross the fare gate with another passenger

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Passer avec un autre passager au tourniquet du métro

43
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To block the way on an escalator

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Bloquer le passage sur un escalator

44
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To not give up one’s seat (to someone)

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Ne pas laisser sa place (à quelqu’un)

45
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An elderly

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Une personne âgée

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A handicapped person

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Un handicapé

47
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A pregnant woman

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Une femme enceinte

48
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To spit (one’s chewing gum) on the ground

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Cracher (son chewing-gum) par terre

49
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To vandalise a wall with graffiti

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Taguer un mur

50
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To not pick up one’s dog droppings after him

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Ne pas ramasser les crottes de son chien derrière lui

51
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To not switch one’s mobile phone off at the cinema

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Ne pas éteindre son téléphone portable au cinéma

52
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A fine

A

Une amende

53
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A penalty / ticket

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Une contravention

54
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A sanction / penalty

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Une sanction

55
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A prison sentence

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Une condamnation

56
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It’s impossible!

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Ce n’est pas possible!

57
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This cannot go on!

A

Ça ne peut plus durer!

58
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That’s enough!

A

Ça suffit!

59
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Too much is too much!

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Trop c’est trop!

60
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I’ve had enough!

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J’en ai assez / marre!

61
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This is scandalous / shocking!

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C’est scandaleux!

62
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It’s an outrage!

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C’est un scandale!

63
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It’s unacceptable!

A

C’est inacceptable!

64
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He is crazy!

She is crazy!

A

Il est fou!

Elle est folle!

65
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To be shocked

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Être choqué(e)

66
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To be scandalised

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Être scandalisé(e)

67
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To complain about something

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Se plaindre de quelque chose

68
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To harm someone, to be harmful

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Nuire à quelqu’un

69
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To be subjected to

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Subir quelque chose

70
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A complaint

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Une plainte

71
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A subjection

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Un subissement

72
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To damage

A

Abîmer

73
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Controversial

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Controversé

74
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Air-conditioner

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Un climatiseur

75
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Light

A

Une lumière

76
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Electric fan

A

Un ventilateur

77
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To switch on

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Allumer

78
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To switch off

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Éteindre

79
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To waste

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Gaspiller

80
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To save

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Sauver

81
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To punish

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Punir

82
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Disposable crockery

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La vaisselle jetable

83
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Greenhouse gases

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Des gaz à effet de serre

84
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Nuclear energy

A

L’énergie nucléaire

85
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Renewable energy

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Des énergies renouvelables

86
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Fossil fuels

A

Des énergies fossiles

87
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Melting of the glaciers

A

La fonte des glaciers

88
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Global warming

A

Le réchauffement de la planète