Climate Change Flashcards

1
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Stopper les émissions de gaz

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To cut/curb gas emissions

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2
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Les chefs d etats

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Heads of states

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3
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Petit exploit

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A feat

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4
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Les intérêts, une part financière

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The stakes

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5
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Un engagement

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A pledge/ commitement

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6
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S engager

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To pledge to commit

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7
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Le seul fait que

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The mear fact

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8
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Causer de gros dégâts

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To wreak havoc

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9
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Faire des dégâts

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To do damage

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10
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Prétendre que

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To contend that

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11
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Le bétail

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Livestock

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12
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Mesures d’engagement

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To get incentives

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13
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Subventions

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Subsidies

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14
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Faire pression

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To lobby

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15
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S assurer de

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To ensure that

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16
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Veiller à

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To see to it

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17
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Aggraver

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To worsen

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18
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Ajouter aggraver

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To add to

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19
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Révéler

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To lay bare

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20
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Supporter défendre une cause

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To advocate

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21
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Déclencher

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To trigger to bring about

22
Q

Abattement

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Despondency

23
Q

Sortir qqn de qqch

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To lift so out of sthg

24
Q

Épuiser épuisement

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To deplete

25
Q

Piller

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To loot

26
Q

Abandonner renoncer a

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To relinquish

27
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Contradictoire paradoxale

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Contradictory/ paradoxical

28
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Favoriser A par rapport à B

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To value A over B

29
Q

Efficacité énergétique

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Energy efficiency

30
Q

Il a des preuves que

A

There is evidence

31
Q

Episodes climatiques extrêmes

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Extreme weather event

32
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Climatosceptique

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Climate change deniers

33
Q

Nier

A

Deny

34
Q

Une expression

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A phrase a coinage

35
Q

Arriver avec une solution

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To come up with a solution

36
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Jouer avec le feu

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To plat with fire

37
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Céder la place

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To Give way to sthg

38
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Tres important capital

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Momentous

39
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Tu ferais mieux de

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You Had better do shtg

40
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Retourner dans le passé

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To Turn to the past

41
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Rejeter

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To dismiss

42
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Scénarios catastrophe

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Doomsday scenarios

43
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Juger

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To deem

44
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S intensifier

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To deepen

45
Q

Élargir

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Widden

46
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Renforcer

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To strengthen

47
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la probabilité

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Odds

48
Q

Atteindre sa cible

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To hit home

49
Q

Faire attention

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To pay attention

50
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Etre responsable de

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To be responsible for

51
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A moins que

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Unless

52
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Se conformer à

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To comply with