chap 19 producing energy Flashcards

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1
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l’énergie

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power

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les ressources énergétiques

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energy resources

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une source d’énergie

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a source of energy/of power

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les énergies renouvelables

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renewable energy sources

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le combustible le carburant

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fuel

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le combustible fossile

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fossil fuel

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le combustible à fort rendement

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energy-saving fuel

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produire de l’énergie

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yield power

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fournir de l’énergie

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power

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alimenter en combustible

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fuel

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approvisionner

A

supply

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le coke

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coke

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le charbon

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coal

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la tourbe

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peat

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l’exploitation minière

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mining

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l’exploitation de la houille

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coalmining

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un bassin houiller

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a coalfield

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un gisement de charbon

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a coalseam

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une houllière/un charbonnage

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a colliery

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la production/le rendement

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the output

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le site d’une mine de charbon

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a coalmine

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une mine à ciel ouvert

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an open-cast mine or surface mine

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l’exploitation à ciel ouvert

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open-cast mining or surface mining

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un puits

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a pit or a shaft

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la fermeture d’une mine

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a pit closure

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une galerie

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a gallery

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un tunnel

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a tunnel

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un mineur

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a (coal) miner or a collier

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un éboulement

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a cave-in or a rock fall

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un coup de grisou

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a firedamp explosion

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exploiter une mine

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work a mine

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32
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extraire quelque chose de

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dig something out from or extract something from

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forer (une roche)

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bore or drill

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travailler à la mine

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go down the pit

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s’effondrer

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cave in

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36
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le pétrole

A

oil or petroleum

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37
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le pétrole brut

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crude oil

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les réserves de pétrole

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oil reserves

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un gisement de pétrole

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an oilfield

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une nappe de pétrole

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a layer of oil

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un compagnie pétrolière

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an oil company

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un pays producteur de pétrole

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an oil-producing country

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un puits de pétrole

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an oil well

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un derrick

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a derrick

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un oléoduc

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a pipeline

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un terminal pétrolier

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an oil terminal

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une plateforme pétrolière

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an oil-rig

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le forage en mer

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offshore drilling

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un pétrolier

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an oil tanker or a tanker

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un pétrolier géant

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a supertanker

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une citerne

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a tank

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un camion-citerne

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a tanker (lorry)

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une raffinerie

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a refinery

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le gaz

A

gas

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une usine à gaz

A

a gasworks

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un gazoduc

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a gaz pipeline

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le propane

A

propane

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le butane

A

butane

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le gaz naturel

A

natural gas

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le gaz de ville

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town gas

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une bouteille de gaz

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a cylinder of gas

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forer à la recherche de pétrole

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drill for oil

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trouver du pétrole

A

strike oil

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raffiner du pétrole

A

refine oil

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de l’essence

A

petrol (Brit) or gas (US)

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une centrale électrique

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a power station or a power plant

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une centrale thermique

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a thermal power station

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une centrale hydraulique

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a hydroelectric power station [haï]

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un générateur

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a generator

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un groupe électrogène

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a(n electricity) generator

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une usine marémotrice

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a tidal power station

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l’énergie marémotrice

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tidal/wave power

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une turbine hydraulique

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a hydraulic turbine

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une dynamo

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a dynamo

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une barrage/un réservoir

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a dam/a reservoir

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l’énergie solaire

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solar energy

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un panneau solaire

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a solar panel

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un capteur solaire

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a solar captor

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l’énergie éolienne

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wind power

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une éolienne/un moulin à vent

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a windmill

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l’énergie nucléaire

A

nuclear energy/power

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la fission nucléaire

A

nuclear fission

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la fusion nucléaire

A

nuclear fusion

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une réaction en chaine

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a chain reaction

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une centrale nucléaire

A

a nuclear plant

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un réacteur

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a reactor

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le coeur

A

the core

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un surgénérateur

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a fast breeder reactor

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les crayons combustibles

A

the fuel rods

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le système de refoidissement

A

the cooling system

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la radioactivité

A

radioactivity

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les déchets radioactifs

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nuclear waste

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le stockage

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storage

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le traitement

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disposal

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le déversement illégal

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dumping

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la radiation

A

radiation

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une fuite

A

a leak(age)

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la (dé)contamination

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(de)contamination

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stocker

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store

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se débarasser de quelque chose

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dispose of something

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déverser (illégalement)

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dump

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émettre (des rayons)

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radiate

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fuire

A

leak

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(dé)contaminer

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(de)contaminate