Course 7: The Global Food Waste Flashcards

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1
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découvrir un scandale

A

uncover a scandal

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2
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Plural noun; pieces of discarded food

A

scraps

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3
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behave disdainfully towards, to refuse to take or accept something

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turn up one’s nose (at a thing)

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4
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hard or dry fom being kept too long

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stale (bread)

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5
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a retail trader in fruit and vegetables

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greengrocer

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6
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jeter

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throw away

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7
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porc

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pork

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8
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transformer en

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turn something into

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9
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taille

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size

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10
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forme

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shape

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an amount of something, esp money or food, given or allotted usually at regular intervals

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allowance (teenage allowance)

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12
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site d’enfouissement, décharge

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landfill site

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13
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partir en camion pour

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truck off to (verb)

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manque/hémorragie de nourriture

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hemorrhage out food (verb)

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15
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chaîne alimentaire

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food supply chain

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16
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gratter la surface

A

scratch the surface

17
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consommation

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consumption

18
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adapté à l’homme

A

fit for human

19
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having or showing good sense or judgment (e.g. a sensible decision)

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sensible

20
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savoureux

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tasty-looking

21
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chose pourrie

A

rotten stuff

22
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une solution à

A

solution to

23
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la fourniture d’une solution

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the provision of a solution

24
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exposer au public, rendre public

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expose to the public

25
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freeganisme (= mode de vie alternatif qui consiste à consommer principalement ce qui est gratuit et végan, à créer des réseaux d’entraide qui facilitent ce choix)

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freeganism

26
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s’emparer de qqchose

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grab hold of something (verb)

27
Q

surgir

A

crop up (verb)

28
Q

pain, miche

A

loaf

29
Q

pain de tomate séché

A

dried tomato loaf/bread