climate anxiety Flashcards

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stérile, aride

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barren

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un paysage désolé

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a desolate landscape

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être victime de

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to fall prey to

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une lueur d’espoir

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a glimmer of hope

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être anxieux

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to feel anxious

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une angoisse

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angst

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une thérapeute

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a therapist

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une bulle en BD

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a speech bubble

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représenter

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to portray

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dépeindre

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to depict

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un appel à l’aide

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a cry for help

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fondre

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to melt

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les produits en plastique à usage unique

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single-use plastics

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être désespéré

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to feel desperate

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un emballage

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a packaging

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un cadre

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a setting

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résigné

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resigned

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fatalist

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fatalistic

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Le déni

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denial

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nuire à

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to be detrimental to

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jetable

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disposable

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22
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bien réfléchir à qqchose

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to think twice about smtg

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être indécis

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to be on the fence

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réticent

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reluctant

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perturbateur

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disruptive

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manifester contre qqchose

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to protest against smtg

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une manifestation

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a démonstration

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prendre forme

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to take shape

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émerger

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to emerge

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un militant

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an activist

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non violent

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non-violent

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pacifiste

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peaceful

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retenir l’attention du public

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to grab public attention

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s’exprimer publiquement au sujet de/contre

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to speak out about/against

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rendre furieux/exaspéré

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to infuriate

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déclencher des réactions négatives

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to trigger hostiles reactions

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des énergies fossiles

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fossil fuels

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croissant

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mounting

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légitimer

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to legitimize

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faire obstacle à

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to hinder

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consolider

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to reinforce

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influencer

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to shape

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un partisant

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a proponent of smtg

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s’étouffer

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to choke

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diriger qqchose vers

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to channel smtg towards smtg

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avoir un impact

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to be felt

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Le dernier recours

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the last resort

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affronter

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to confront

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souligner le fait que

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to emphasize that

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face à

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in the face of

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trahir

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to betray

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maintenir

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to uphold

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se raccrocher à qqchose

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to clinge to smtg

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une emprinte carbone

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a carbon footprint

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un défenseur de l’environnement

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an advocate for the environment

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un écologiste inconditionnel

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a hard-core environmentalist

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une espèce

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a species

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gaz carbonique

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carbon dioxide

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une politique environnementale

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an environmental policy

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rester les bras croisés

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to be sitting on one’s hand

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l’énergie nucléaire

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nuclear power

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une étude

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à survey

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la couche d’ozone

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ozone layer

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en voie de disparition

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to be going extinct

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écologique

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eco-friendly

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les déchets ménagers

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household waste

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un produit polluant

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a pollutant

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une inondation

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a flood

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mettre qqchose en danger

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to endanger smtg

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se faire entendre

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to make one’s voice heard

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une voiture autonome

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a driver-less car

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résoudre un problème

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to solve an issue

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carburant

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fuel

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faire de gros dégâts, faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc (on)

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pointer du doigt

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to call out