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1
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la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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le gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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les retombées radioactives

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nuclear fallout

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un nuage toxique

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a poison cloud

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une pluie d’acide

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acid rain

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problèmes respiratoires

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breathing difficulties

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le saturnisme

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lead poisoning

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combustible fossile

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fossil fuel

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se raréfier

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to become scarce

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un véhicule qui consomme beaucoup d’essence

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a gas guzzler

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déchets chimiques

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chemical waste

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déchets ménagers

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household waste

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déchets industriels

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industrial waste

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déchets radioactifs

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radioactive waste

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le ramassage des déchets

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garbage collecting

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16
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décharge publique

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rubbish dump

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un site d’enfouissement des déchets

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a landfill site

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elimination des déchets

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waste disposal

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19
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nappe phréatique

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ground water

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20
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marée noire

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an oil spill

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21
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une nappe de prétrole

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oil slick

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pétrolier

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oil tanker

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nuisance sonore

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noise pollution

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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la chaine alimentaire

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food chain

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la diminution de la biodiversité

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biodiversity loss

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27
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effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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28
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fonte des glaciers

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melting glaciers

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29
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montée du niveau de la mer

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rising sea levels

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30
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catastrophe écologique

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ecological disaster

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l’empreinte écologique

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carbon footprint

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polluer, pollué, polluant

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to pollute, polluted, polluting

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agents polluants

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pollutants

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émettre

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to release

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vapeurs

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fumes

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amiante

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asbestos

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le plomb

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lead

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particules dangereuses

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particulates

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asthme

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asthma

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gaqpiller

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to waste

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combustible, comburant

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fuel

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gourmand en energie

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energy-guzzling

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deverser, jeter

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to dump

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décharge

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a dump

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se debarasser de

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to dispose of

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jetable

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disposable

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jeter

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to throw away

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détritus

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garbage

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mauvais usage

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to misuse

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mal gérer

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to mismanage

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le sol

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the soil

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le défrichage

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land-clearing

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fertiliser

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to fertilize

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produit chimique

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chemical

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abattre des arbres

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to log

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déboiser

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to deforest

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déboisement

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déforestation

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égouts, eaux usés

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a sewer, sewage

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les effluents

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effluents

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se répandre

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to leak

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se deverser

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to spill

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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non-potable

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undrinkable

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intoxiquer

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to poison

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nocif

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noxious

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un danger, dangereux

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a hazard, hazardous

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cancerigène

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carcinogenic

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mortel

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lethal

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abîmer

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to spoil

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deterioration

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a spoilage

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souiller, poulluer

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to foul

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nuir a, nuisible

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to harm, harmful

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dégats

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damage

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diminuer en nombre

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to dwindle

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non renouvelable

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exhaustible

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une pénurie

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shortage

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rare, penurie

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scarce, a scarcity

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se déssecher

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to dry up

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secheresse

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drought

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desertique, aride

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barren

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inonder

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to flood

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revager, devaster

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to devastate

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anéatir

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to wipe out

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massacrer

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to massacre

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la faune et la flore (faune / flore)

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wildlife (fauna, flora)

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mettre en péril

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to jeopardize

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