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Public tranport

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les transports en commun

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traffic jams

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les embouteillages

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Rush hour

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les heures d’affluence

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Traffic

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la circulation

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Bike path

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La piste cyclable

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Exhaust gases

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le gaz d’echappement

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To reduce

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reduire

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Lorry

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le camion

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Pedestrian zone

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la zone pietonne

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Delivery

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Le livraison

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To emit

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Emettre

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Means of transport

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Les moyens de transport

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To use

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Utiliser

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Inconvenient

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genant

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to throw away

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jeter

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to be a nuissance

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gener

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waste

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le dechet

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advice

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le conseil

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consumption

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la consommation

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oil

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le petrole

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gas

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l’essence

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diesel

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le gazole

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greenhouse effect

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l’effet de serre

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climate chnge

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le changement climatique

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deforestation

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le deboisement

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Global warming

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le rechauffement de la planete

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area/quarter

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le quartier

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suburb

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la banlieue

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Building

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l’immeuble

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town

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la ville

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the coast

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le littoral

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pedestrian zone

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la zone pietonne

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The inhabitant

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l’habitant

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Green space

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l’espace vert

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Historical

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Historique

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Picturesque

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Pittoresque

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Underground

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le sous-sol

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The ground floor

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le rez-de-chaussee

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floor

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etage

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Surrounded

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entoure

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Factory

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l’usine

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noise

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bruyant

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forest

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la foret

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wood

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le bois

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place

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l’endroit

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The city

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la cite

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To breathe

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respirer

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To meet

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se reunir

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Elsewhere

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ailleurs

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To construct

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construire

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The town hall

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la mairie

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The allocation

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l’allotissement

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53
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In any case

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en tout cas

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54
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Rubbish collection

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Ramassage des ordures

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Separated

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Séparé

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Planet

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Planète

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Differentiated

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Différencié

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Container

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Conteneur

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To resolve

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Résoudre

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Recycling

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Recyclage

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The concern

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le souci

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To exploit

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exploiter

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To intervene

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Intervenir

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To preserve

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Préserver

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To protect

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Protéger

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Solar panels

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Panneaux solaires

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To turn down

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baisser

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To turn off

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éteindre

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lights

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lumières

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to turn on

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allumer

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tap

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le robinette

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to save (3 different ways)

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sauver, épargner, économmiser

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to avoid

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éviter

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to waste

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gaspiller

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to strive to

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s’efforcer

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to keep warm

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se chauffer

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to cut

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couper

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to move

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bouger

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to seperate/sort

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trier

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to install

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installer

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air conditioning

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la climatisation

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metals

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metaux

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fabrics

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tissus

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roof

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le toit

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ugly (not laid)

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moche

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sunny

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en soleillé

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rainy

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en pluvieux

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The extinction of plant species

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La disparition d’espèces végétales

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The melting of the ice caps

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La fonte des glaces

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Air pollution

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La pollution de l’air

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Soil pollution

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La pollution des sols

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The shortage of foodstuffs

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Le pénurie de denrées alimentaires

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floods

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Les inondations

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The world population increase

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L’augmentation de la population mondiale

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Industry

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L’industrie

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Deforestation

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La déforestation

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Air traffic

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Le trafic aérien

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Air transport

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Le transport aérien

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Greenhouse gases

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Les gaz à effet de serre

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to be caused by

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être causé par

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to threaten

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menacer

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to make (visible)

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rendre (visible)

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The extinction of animal species

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La disparition d’espèces animales

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The exhaustion of natural resources

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L’épuisement des ressources naturelles

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The sea level rise

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La montée du niveau de la mer

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Water pollution

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La pollution de l’eau

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Food waste

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Le gaspillage de nourriture

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Global warming

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Agriculture

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L’agriculture

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The human species

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L’espèce humaine

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Hunting

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La chasse

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Overconsumption

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La surconsommation

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Road traffic

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Le trafic routier

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Fossil fuels

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Les combustibles fossiles

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to play a role

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jouer un rôle

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to endanger

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mettre en danger

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Intensive farming

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L’élevage intensif

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The use of pesticides

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L’utilisation de pesticides

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Industrial waste

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Les déchets industriels

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Drought

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La sechéresse

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artificial

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artificiel(-le)

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natural

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naturel(-le)

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to harm

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nuire

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to cause

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provoquer

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to consume

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consommer

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to contribute

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contribuer

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to protect

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protéger

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The release of waste water

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Le rejet d’eaux usées

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The use of chemical products

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L’utilisation de produits chimiques

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Fossil fuels

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Les combustibles fossiles

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blue whales

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Les baleines bleues

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Polar bear

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Les ours blancs/polaires

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The aims

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les buts

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to combat

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combattre

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to put the brakes on temperature rise

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freiner la hausse des temperatures

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rise

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hausse

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to slow down the exhaustion of resources

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ralentir l’épuisement des resources

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to change the behavior of individuals

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changer le comportement des individus

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our water consumption

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notre consommation d’eau

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to plant trees

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planter des arbres

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to fight against pollution

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lutter contre la pollution

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to protect animals/plants

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protéger les animaux/plantes

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to reduce resources missuse

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réduire le gachis de resources

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to ban the hunting of endangered species

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bannir la chasse des espèces en voie de disparition

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polluting activities

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les activités polluantes

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to avoid single use products

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éviter les produits a usage unique

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sustainable products

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les produits durables

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to ban pesticides

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bannir les pesticides

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to diminish our consumption

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diminuer notre consommation

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to carpool

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faire du covoiturage

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packaging

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l’emballages

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to forbid chemical fertilisers

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interdire les engrais chimiques

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the use of water

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l’utilisation de l’eau

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overpopulation

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le surpeuplement

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