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polluer –> un pollueur

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to pollute –> a polluter

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pollué

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polluted

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polluant

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polluting

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des agents polluants

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pollutants

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le monoxyde de carbone

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carbon monoxyde

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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxyde

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émettre

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to release / to emit

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l’émission

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release / emission

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des vapeurs

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fumes

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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le plomb

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lead (prononcer led)

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des particules dangereuses

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particulates

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inhaler

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to breathe in

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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asthme –> asthmatique

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asthma –> asthamatic

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gaspiller

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to waste / to squander

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le gaspillage

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waste

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combustible / comburant

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fuel

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l’énergie

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energy

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gourmand en énergie

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energy-guzzling

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déverser / jeter

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to dump

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une décharge

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a dump / a tip

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se débarasser de

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to dispose of

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jetable

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disposable

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enlèvement / destruction

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disposal

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jeter / mettre au rebut

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to throw away / to discard

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les détritus

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garbage

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l’enfouissement des déchets

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landfill

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faire mauvaise usage de

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to misuse

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le mauvais usage

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misuse

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mal gérer

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to mismanage

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la mauvaise gestion

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mismanagement

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le sol

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the soil

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les ressources

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resources

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le défrichage

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land-clearing

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fertiliser –> un engrais

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to fertilize –> a fertilizer

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chimique

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chemical

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un produit chimique

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a chemical

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un pesticide

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a pesticide

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les nitrates

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nitrates

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abattre des arbres

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to log

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l’exploitation du bois

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logging

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déboiser

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to deforest

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le déboisement

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déforestation

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la forêt tropicale

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the rainforest

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un égout –> les eaux usées

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a sewer –> sewage

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les effluents (liquides rejetés après traitement, qui ne contient plus de produit de valeur)

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effluents

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se répendre / s’échapper

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to leak

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une fuite

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a leak

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se déverser

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to spill

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le déversement (accidentel)

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spillage

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déverser (2) / rejeter

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to discharge

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écoulement

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discharge

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le mercure

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mercury

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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la contamination

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contamination

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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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toxique

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poisonous

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toxique –> la toxicité

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toxic –> toxicity

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nocif

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noxious

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le cancer

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cancer

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic / cancer-causing

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mortel

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lethal

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abimer / défigurer

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to spoil

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la déterioration

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spoilage

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souiller / polluer

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to foul (prononcer faol)

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nuire à –> nuisible

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to harm –> harmful

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les dégats

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damage

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nuisible (2) / préjudiciable

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damaging

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un écosystème

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an ecosystem

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un écocide (acte de destruction d’un écosystème)

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an ecocide (prononcer ikocaïde)

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menacer –> une menace

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to threaten –> a threat

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diminuer (en nombre)

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to dwindle

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la diminution (graduelle)

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dwindling

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résuire / épuiser

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to deplete

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la réduction / l’épuisement

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depletion

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épuiser

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to exhaust

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l’épuisement

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exhaustion

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non renouvellement

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exhaustible

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une pénurie

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a shortage

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rare –> une péurie (2)

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scarce –> a scarcity

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sec –> se dessecher

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dry –> to dry up

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la sécheresse

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drought (prononcer draute)

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le désert

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desert

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la désertification

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desertification

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désertique / aride / stérile

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barren

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l’aridité / la sécheresse

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barenness

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inonder –> une inondation

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to flood –> a flood

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dévatser / ravager

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to devastate

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la dévastation

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devastation

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débastateur

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dévastating

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détruire –> destruction

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to destroy –> destruction

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anéantire

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to wipe out

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massacrer

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to massacre / to slaughter

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un massacre

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a massacre / a slaughter

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la faune et le flore

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wildlife

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la faune

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fauna

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la flore

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flora

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une espèce

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a species

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la danger

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danger

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mettre en danger

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to endanger

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en voie de disparition

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endangered

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le péril

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jeopardy

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mettre en péril

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to jeopardize

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disparaître

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to disappear

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la disparition

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disappearance

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disparu

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extinct

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la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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les 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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la pluie acide

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acid rain

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des problèmes respiratoirs

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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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les déchets chimiques

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chemical waste

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les déchets ménagers

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household waste

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les déchets radioactifs

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radioactive waste

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les déchets iindustriels

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industrial waste

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le ramassage des déchets

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rubbish / garbage collecting

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une décharge publique

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a rubbish dump

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un site d’enfouissement des déchets

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a landfill site

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l’élimination des déchets

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waste disposal

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la nappe phréatique

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ground water

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une marée noire

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an oil spill

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une nappe de pétrol

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an oil slick

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un pétrolier

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an oil tanker

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les nuisances sonores

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noise pollution

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc / devastation

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la chaine alimentaire

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the food chain

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la diminution de la biodiversité

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the biodiversity loss

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le réchauffement climatique

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global warming

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l’effet de serre

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the greenfouse effect

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les gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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les changements climatiques

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climate change(s ?)

139
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les émissions responsables des changements climatiques

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climate-alterning emissions

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la fonte des glaciers

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melting glaciers

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la montée du niveau de la mer

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rising sea level

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une catastrophe écologique

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an ecological disaster

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l’empreinte écologique

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the carbon footprint

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