Endangered Flora and Earth Flashcards

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1
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la flore en danger

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endangered flora

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l’écosystème

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the ecosystem

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le milieu

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the environment

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un déséquilibre écologique

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ecological imbalance

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l’équilibre ecologique

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ecological blance

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la forêt

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the forest

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la forêt amazonienne

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the Amazonian forest

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l’Amazonie

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the Amazon

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la forêt tropicale

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the rain forest

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un arbre

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a tree

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une racine

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a root

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une branche

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a branch

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un bois

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a wood

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du bois

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wood

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du bois précieux

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precious word

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l’ébène

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ebony

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l’acajou

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mahogany

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du bois de chauffage

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firewood

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19
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des combustibles

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fuel

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le déboisement

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deforestation

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le défrichage

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land-clearing

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une fleur

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a flower

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une plante

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a plant

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24
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les plantes médicinales

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medicinal plants

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abattre ( un arbre)

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fell, chop down(a tree)

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débiter (un arbre)

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log

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déboiser

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deforest

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brûler

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burn

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percer(des routes)

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build(roads)

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cueillir

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pick

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31
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se dessécher, se flétrir

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wither

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32
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mettre en péril

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jeopardize

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33
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être en péril

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be in jeopardy

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34
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se raréfier

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become / get scare

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35
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boisé

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woody

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36
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clairsemé

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scattered

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37
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rare

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scarce

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38
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la planète en danger

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endangered earth

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39
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les dégats à l’échelle mondiale

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global damage

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40
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l’exploitation

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exploitation, exploiting

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41
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une plateforme pétrolière

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an oil-rig

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42
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la fracturaation hydraulique des gaz de shiste

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shale-gas, hydraulic fracturing

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43
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l’exploitation minière des terres rares

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rare earths mining

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44
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la diminution,l’appauvrissement

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depletion

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45
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la dévastation

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devastation

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46
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l’érosion

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soil erosion

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47
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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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48
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les pluies acides

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acid rain

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49
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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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50
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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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51
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les gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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52
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un désastre écologique

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an environmental disater

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53
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exploiter

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exploit, tap

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54
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appauvrir

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impoverish

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55
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épuiser

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exhaust, deplete

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56
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creuser

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dig

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57
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contaminer

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contaminate

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58
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gaspiller

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waste, squander

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59
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endommager, nuire à

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damage

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60
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détruire

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destroy

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61
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ravager, dévaster

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devastate, wreak havoc (on)

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62
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la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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63
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un pollueur

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a polluter

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64
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une émission

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an emission

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65
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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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66
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les gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

67
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la circulation automobile

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road traffic

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un pot d’échappement

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an exhaust pipe

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les fumées industrielles

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industrial smoke , fumes

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des installations industrielles

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industrial facilities

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les CFC

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CFCs

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une bombe aérosol

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an aerosol

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la fumée

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smoke

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le brouillard

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fog

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le brouillard polluant

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smog

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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le plomb

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lead

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le saturnisme

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lead-poisoning

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une allergie

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an allergy

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une intoxication

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poisoning

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des difficultés respiratoires

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breathing difficulties

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asthme

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asthma

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dégager de la fumée

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release, let out smoke

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polluer

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pollute

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inspirer, inhaler

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bearthe in , inhale

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s’asphyxier

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choke

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avoir du mal à respirer

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fight for breath , gasp for breath

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poussiéreux

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dusty

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toxique

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toxic

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nocif

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noxious

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étouffant, suffocant

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stifling

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic, cancer-causing

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malsain

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unwholessome

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les modifications du climat

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climate changes

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la sécheresse

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drought

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le désert

A

the desert

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la désertification

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desertification

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la nappe phréatique

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ground water

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le niveau de la nappe phréatique

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the ground water level

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une inondation

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a flood

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un raz-de-marrée

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a tidal wave

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dessécher

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dry up, dry out

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inonder

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flood

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sec

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dry

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désertique, aride,stérile

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barren

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affamé

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hungry, starved,starving

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pénurie et excédent

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scarcity and surplus

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la pénurie

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shortage, carcity

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le manque

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lack

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le besoin

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want , need

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la famine

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famine, starvation

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l’abondance

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plenty, abundance

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la mauvais usage

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misuse

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la mauvaise gestion

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mismanagement

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être à court de

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be short of

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commencer à manquer de

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run short of

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manquer (de qqc)

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lack (something) , want (for something)

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avoir besoin de

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need

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regorger de , déborder de

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be packed with , overflow with

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mourir de faim

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starve, die of hunger

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faire mauvais usage de

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misuse

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mal gérer

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mismanage

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la pollution des eaux

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water pollution

125
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les eaux usées

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sewage

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un égout

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a sewer

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des eaux polluées

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polluted water

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des agents polluants

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pollutants

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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se débarraser de

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get rid of

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déverser

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dump, discharge

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déverser, se répandre

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spill

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les déchets

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waste

134
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des ordures ménagères

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household waste

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des déchets industriels

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industrial waste

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des déchets dangereux

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hazardous waste

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des déchets chimiques

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chemical waste

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des déchets radioactifs

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radioactive waste

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des détritus, des déchets

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rubbish, refuse

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une poubelle

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a rubbish bin, a dustbin

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un dépotoir, une décharge

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a dump, a tie

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des vieilleries, des objets bons à jeter

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junk

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des produits jetables

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disposable products

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la féraille

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scrap

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un tas de féraille, une décharge

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a scrap head

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un excédent

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a surplus

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se débarraser de

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dispose of

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mettre à la ferraille , bazarder

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junk, scrap

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jeter mettre au rebut

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discard

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gaspiller

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waste

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sentir mauvais

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smell foul

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empester

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stink

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s’entasser

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pile up

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suinter, s’infiltrer

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ooze

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fuir, s’échapper

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leak

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intoxiquer, empoisonner

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poison

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contaminer

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contaminate

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jetable

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disposable

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sale

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dirty

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malodorant

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smelly, foul-smelling

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toxique

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poisonous

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encombrant

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cumbersome, bulky

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dangereux risqué

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hazardous