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Chapitre 33 La Pollution Flashcards

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1
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polluer

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to pollute

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la pollution de l’eau

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water pollution

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la pollution sonore

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noise pollution

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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un polluant, une substance polluante

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a pollutant

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polluant

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polluting

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être peu/très polluant

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to pollute little/a lot

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produits non polluants

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non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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diminuer la pollution

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to reduce, curb pollution

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gaspiller

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to waste

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le gaspillage OU les déchets

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wastage

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la pollution de l’air, la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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le smog

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smog

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un pic de pollution

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a pollution peak

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les fumées d’usine

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factory smoke, factory fumes

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les gaz d’échappement

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car exhausts, exhaust fumes

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l’essence sans plomb

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unleaded, lead-free petrol

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un pot catalytique

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a catalytic converter

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surveiller la qualité de l’air

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to monitor air quality

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avoir du mal à respirer

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to have difficulty breathing

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l’asthme

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asthma

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les nitrates

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nitrates

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les engrais

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fertilizers

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la nappe phréatique

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groundwater

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contaminer les rivières

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to poison rivers

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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un polluant, une substance polluante

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a contaminant

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une substance chimique toxique

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a toxic chemical

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la dioxine

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dioxin

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nocif

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harmful

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31
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les égouts

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the sewage system

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un égout

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a sewer

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les eaux usées

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sewage, waste water

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a sewage works, a sewage plant, a sewage farm

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une station d’épuration des eaux

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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désamianter un bâtiment

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to remove asbestos from a building

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le saturnisme

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lead poisoning

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les PCB

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PCBs

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les gaz CFC

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CFCs

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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les pluies acides

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acid rains

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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an oil spill

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des oiseaux mazoutés

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oil-covered birds

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dégazer

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to empty one’s tanks, to flush out one’s tanks

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le dégazage

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oil tankers emptying their tanks, discharging waste oil

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les ordures, les détritus, les déchets

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waste, rubbish, garbage

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les déchets toxiques/organiques

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toxic/organic waste

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les détritus

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litter

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éliminer des déchets

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to dispose of waste

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les déchets dangereux

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hazardous waste

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les ordures ménagères

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household refuse, household rubbish

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jetable

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disposable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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ramasser des déchets

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to collect waste

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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un éboueur

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a dustman, a garbage man

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une boite à ordures, une poubelle

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a dustbin, a bin, a garbage can

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une poubelle (à roulettes)

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a wheelie bin

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry, a dust cart, a garbage truck

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un sac poubelle

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a bin liner

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déposer, jeter des ordures

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to dump rubbish

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jeter

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to throw away

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une décharge, un dépotoir

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a rubbish dump, a garbage dump, a rubbish tip, a dumping ground

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une décharge sauvage

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an illicit rubbish dump

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enterrer, enfouir

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to bury

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un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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a landfill

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brûler

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to burn

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détruire

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to destroy

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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fondre

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to melt

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une fuite

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a leak

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les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

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retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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la radioactivité

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radioactivity

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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éliminer les déchets nucléaires

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to dispose of nuclear waste

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l’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste disposal

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un conteneur

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a container

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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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hermetically sealed containers

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une fuite

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a leak

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le stockage des déchets radioactifs

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le principe de précaution

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the precautionary principle, the safety-first principle

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traiter, transformer des déchets

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to process waste

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trier

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to sort

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le tri sélectif

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sorting, waste separation

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un conteneur de verre

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a bottle bank

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des chiffons

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rags

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le carton

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cardboard

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la ferraille

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scrap metal

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les emballages

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packaging

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une boîte de bière

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a can of beer, a beer ca

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un surplus, un excès

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a glut

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le recyclage

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recycling

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recycler le plastique

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to recycle plastic

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recyclable

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recyclable

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une usine de recyclage

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a recycling plant

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les coûts de recyclage

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recycling costs

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