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l’exploitation

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exploitation,exploiting

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une platerforme pétrolière

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an oil rig

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la fracturation hydraulique des gaz de schiste

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shale-gas hydraulic fracturing

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l’exploitation minière des terres rares

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rare earths mining

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la diminution, l’appauvrissement

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depletion

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la dévastation

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devastation

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l’érosion

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soil erosion

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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les pluies acides

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acid rain

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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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les gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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un désastre écologique

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an environmental disaster

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exploiter

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exploit, tap

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appauvrir

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impoverish

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épuiser

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exhaust, deplete

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creuser

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dig

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contaminer

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contaminate

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gaspiller

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waste, squander

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endommager, nuire à

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damage

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détruire

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destroy

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ravager, dévaster

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devastate, wreak havoc (on)

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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une émission

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an emission

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le dioxude de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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les gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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la circulation automobile

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raod traffic

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un pot d’échappement

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exhaust pipe

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les fumées industrielles

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industrial smokes/fumes

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des installations industrielles

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industrial facilities

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les CFC

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CFC’s

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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 satumisme

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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 respiratoire

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breathing difficulties

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l’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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breathe in, inhale

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(s’)asphixier

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choke

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avoir du mal à respirer

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gasp/fight 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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unwholesome

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la sécheresse

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drought

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le désert

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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-marée

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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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la pénurie

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shortage, scarcity

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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’excès

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glut

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l’abondance

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plenty, abundance

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le 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 (sth), want (for sth)

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avoir besoin de

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need

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mourir de faim

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starve, die of hunger

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regorger de, déborder de

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be packed with, overflow with

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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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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 marrée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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se débarrasser

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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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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 dangeureux

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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 tip

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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 heap

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un excédent

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a surplus

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se débarrasser de

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dispose of

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mettre à la feraille, 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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sentier 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’infiltre

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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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dangeureux, risqué

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hazardous

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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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la préservation

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preservation

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la protection

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protection, conservation

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le recyclage

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recycling

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le tri

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sorting out

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un collecteur de verre usagé

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a bottle bank

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un produit écologique

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a green product

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de la nourriture bio

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organic food

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réutiliser

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reuse

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recycler

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recycle

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faire le tri (de)

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sort (ou)

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ramasser (le verre usager)

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collect (used glass)

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être conscient de

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be aware of

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prendre conscience de

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become aware of

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réutilisable

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reusable

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recyclable

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recyclable

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consigné

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returnable

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inoffensif

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harmless

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sain

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wholesome

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sans danger pour l’ozone

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ozone-friendly

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sans danger pour l’environnement

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environmentally-friendly, eco-friendly

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conscient des enjeux écologiques

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environmentally-minded, ecologically-minded

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l’écologie

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ecology

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un écologiste

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an ecologist

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l’écologie

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environmentalism

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un écologiste

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an environmentalist, a conservationist

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un avocat spécialiste de l’écologie

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an environmental lawyer

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un militant

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an activist

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un lanceur d’alerte

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a whistle blower

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les Verts

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the Greens

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un parti écologiste

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a Green party

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un groupe de pression écologique

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a Green lobby

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l’engagement

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commitment

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la participation

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involvment

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une campagne

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a campaign

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une campagne de sensibilisation

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an awareness campaign

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le boycott

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boycott

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l’activité des groupes de pression

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lobbying

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un procès

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a suit, a lawsuit

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s’engager

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commit oneself

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participer à, être impliqué dans

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be involved in

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sensibiliser (le public)

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make the public aware, sensitize

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faire campagne (contre)

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campaign (against)

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dénoncer

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denounce

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révéler, dénoncer

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reveal, expose

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lutter (contre qqc)

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fight (against sth)

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boycotter

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boycott

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se plaindre

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complain

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porter plainte

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lodge a complain

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attaquer en justice

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sue

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intenter un procès à

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bring a lawsuit against

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militant

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militant

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écologique

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environmental

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provocateur

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provocative

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engagé

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commited

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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une loi

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a law, an act

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une loi en faveur de l’environnement

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a green law

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une mesure d’encouragement

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an incentive

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une réserve d’animaux sauvages

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a game reserve, a game park

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une réserve naturelle

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a nature reserve

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un garde-chasse

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a gamekeeper, a game-warden

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une réserve d’oiseaux

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a bird sanctuary

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une espèce protégée

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a protected species

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des mesures d’économie d’énergie

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energy-saving measures

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des ressources inexploitées

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untapped ressources

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les transports en commun

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public transport

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le ramassage des déchets

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garbage collecting, rubbish collecting

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le co-voiture

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car-pooling

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la circulation alternée

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alternate traffic

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une taxe

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a tax, a duty

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une amende

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a fine

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une saction

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a sanction, a penalty

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voter une loi

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pass a law

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promulger

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enact

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mettre en application

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implement

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faire respecter

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enforce

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promouvoir, encourager

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promote

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réglementer

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regulate

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contrôler

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control, check

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garantir

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guarantee

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condamner à une amende

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fine

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respecter la loi

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abide by the law

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les économes d’énergie

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energy efficiency

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l’énergie propre/non-polluante

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clean energy

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l’énergie solaire

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sun energy

206
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l’énergie éolienne

A

wind power

207
Q

l’énergie marémotrice

A

tidal energy

208
Q

une station d’épuration

A

a sewage treatment plant

209
Q

le traitement des déchets

A

waste disposal

210
Q

un pot catalytique

A

a catalytic converter

211
Q

l’essence sans plomb

A

lead-free/unleaded petrol

212
Q

une voiture éléctrique

A

an electric car

213
Q

l’isolation thermique

A

thermal insulation

214
Q

protéger

A

protect

215
Q

renouveler

A

renew

216
Q

économiser

A

save

217
Q

convertir

A

convert

218
Q

assainir

A

clean up

219
Q

décontaminer

A

decontaminate

220
Q

traiter (eaux usées)

A

process (sewage)

221
Q

traiter (déchets)

A

manage (waste)

222
Q

isoler

A

insulate

223
Q

biologique

A

biological

224
Q

naturel, bio

A

natural, organic

225
Q

propre, non-polluant

A

clean

226
Q

écologique

A

ecological

227
Q

innovant, novateur

A

innovative

228
Q

qui fonctionne à l’énergie solaire

A

solar-powered

229
Q

qui fonctionne à l’énergie éolienne

A

wind-powered

230
Q

renouvelable

A

renewable

231
Q

économie en énergie

A

energy-efficient

232
Q

économe en carburant

A

fuel-efficient

233
Q

sans agent polluant

A

pollutant-free

234
Q

sans phosphates

A

phosphates-free

235
Q

sans plomb

A

lead-free, unleaded

236
Q

organismes indépendants de protection de l’environnement

A

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, WWF

237
Q

programme des nations unies en faveur de l’environnement

A

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

238
Q

agence américaine de protection de l’environnement

A

EPA (Environement Protection Agency)

239
Q

direction générale de la protection de la nature et de l’environnement (UK)

A

National Conservancy Board

240
Q

association britannique de protection des oiseaux sauvages (1889)

A

RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

241
Q

écologie profonde

A

deep ecology

242
Q

écologie traditionnelle/standard

A

shallow ecology

243
Q

écologiquement correct

A

ecologicaly PC (Politically Correct)

244
Q

“pas derrière chez moi”

A

Nimby (Not In My Backyard)

245
Q

destructeur de la nature

A

countrycide

246
Q

dangereux pour les rivières

A

rivercide

247
Q

dangereux pour la mer

A

seacide

248
Q

l’impérialisme écologique

A

eco-imperialism

249
Q

un écocide

A

an ecocide

250
Q

un obsédé d’écologie

A

an eco-freak

251
Q

un terroriste écologique

A

an eco-terrorist

252
Q

sensibilisé aux problèmes de l’environnement

A

eco-aware

253
Q

une catastrophe écologique

A

an ecocatastrope

254
Q

des légumes verts

A

greens

255
Q

la verdure

A

greenery

256
Q

un billet vert d’un dollar

A

a greenback

257
Q

la puissance de l’argent

A

green power

258
Q

un débutant

A

a greenhorn

259
Q

la verdure/un bleu/l’inexpérience/la conscience écologique

A

greenness

260
Q

la prise de conscience écologique

A

the greening of

261
Q

passer au vert (pour un feu de signalement)

A

to go green/to turn green

262
Q

être naïf ou novice

A

to be green

263
Q

avoir la main verte

A

to have green fingers/thumbs

264
Q

donner le feu vert

A

to give the greenlight

265
Q

la loi antipollution atmosphérique

A

the Clean Air Act

266
Q

impeccable de propreté

A

clean and tidy

267
Q

complétement

A

clean

268
Q

to do the cleaning

A

faire le ménage

269
Q

avouer, dire la vérité

A

to come clean

270
Q

gagner qqc haut la main

A

to make a clean sweep of something

271
Q

nettoyer à fond

A

to clean out

272
Q

tout nettoyer, tout remettre en ordre

A

to clean up

273
Q

ne rien avoir à se repprocher

A

to be clean

274
Q

avoir un casier judiciaire vierge

A

to have a clean record

English Vocabulary (5 decks)

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