Deck 32: The Environment Flashcards

1
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Ecologique, lié à l’environnement

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Environmental

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2
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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmentally-friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly policy

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3
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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect, to preserve the environment

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4
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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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5
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La nature

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Nature

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6
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La protection de la nature

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Nature conservation

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7
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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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8
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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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9
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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist, an ecologist

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10
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Un militant écologiste

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A green activist

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11
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Un ecolo

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A tree-hugger

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12
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Un militant écologiste

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An eco-warrior

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13
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Sensibiliser les gens à un problème

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To make people aware of a problem

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14
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness(-raising) campaign

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15
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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve, a national park

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16
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Le tourisme écologiste

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Eco-tourism

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17
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Détruire la biosphere

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To destroy the biosphere

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18
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Être/représenter une menace pour qqch

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To be/pose a threat to stg

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19
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Mettre en danger qqch

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To jeopardize sth / endanger sth

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20
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Mettre qqch en danger

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To put sth at risk

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21
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Être en danger

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To be at risk, in danger

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22
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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment, do harm to the environment

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23
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Nuisible, nocif

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Harmful

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24
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Inoffensif, sans danger

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Harmless

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25
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Dégâts

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Damage

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26
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Endommager qqch, porter atteinte à qqch

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To damage sth

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage, to cause damage

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Se détériorer OU détériorer

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To deteriorate

29
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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

30
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L’épuisement des ressources

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The depletion of resources

31
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La rareté

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Scarcity

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Les matières premières

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Raw materials

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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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L’habitat

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Habitat

35
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Une niche

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A niche

36
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Un secteur sauvegardé, une zone protégée

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A conservation area

37
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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

38
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Une espèce

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A species

39
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Une espèce animale

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An animal species

40
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Une espèce végétale

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A plant species

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Un mammifère

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A mammal

42
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Le trafic d’animaux

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Animal trafficking

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

44
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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

45
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Disparaître

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To become extinct

46
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La surpêche

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Overfishing

47
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Le thon rouge

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Bluefin tuna

48
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Un dauphin / une baleine

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A dolphin / a whale

49
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La pêche à la baleine

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Whaling

50
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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

51
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Les rayons ultraviolets

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Ultra-violet rays

52
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Le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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The hole in the ozone layer

53
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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone depletion

54
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Les CFC

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CFCs

55
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Respectueux de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone-friendly

56
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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest, a tropical forest

57
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

58
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Abattre des arbres

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To fell, cut down trees

59
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Le déboisement, la déforestation

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Deforestation

60
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L’exploitation du bois

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Logging

61
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L’industrie du bois

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The logging industry

62
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La forêt tropicale se réduit

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The rainforest is shrinking

63
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Reboiser

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To reforest

64
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Le reboisement

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Reforestation