Environmenr Flashcards

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une barrière/ un récif de corail

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coral reef

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un arc-en-ciel

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rainbow

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une chaîne montagneuse

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a mountain range

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Un fleuve/ une rivière

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a river (to sea) / reg

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uen forêt (tropicale)

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a tropical rainforest

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la lune

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moon

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la mer

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sea

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une paysage

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a landscape

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une superficie

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surface area/ territory

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une terre

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land

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la canicule

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heat wave

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l’ érosion (f)

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erosion

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un incendie

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fire

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un ouragan

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hurricane

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une tornade

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tornado

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la pluie acide

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acid rain

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17
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le réchauffement climatique

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global warming

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18
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la sécheresse

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a drought

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19
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une tremblement de terre

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earthquake

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le bien- être

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well-being

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21
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la calotte glaciaire

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ice cap

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un combustible

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fuel

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la consommation d’énergie

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energie consumption

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la couche d’ozone

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ozone layer

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les déchets (m)

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trash

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la déforestation/ le déboisement

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deforestation

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un engrais

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fertilizer

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le gaspillage

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waste

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un nuage de pollution

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smog

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une source d’énergie

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energy source

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l’énergie éolienne

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wind energy

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chasser

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to hunt

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détruire

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to destroy

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empirer

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to get worse

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être contaminé

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to be contaminated

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faire du covoiturage

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to carpool

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fondre

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to melt

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gaspiller

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to waste

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jeter

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to throw away

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menacer

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to threaten

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nuire a

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to harm

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polluer

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to pollute

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préserver

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to preserve

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prévenir

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to prevent

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protéger

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to protect

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résoudre

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to resolve

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48
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respirer

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to breath

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supporter

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to put up with

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tolérer

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to tolerate

51
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en voie d’extinxtion

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endangered

52
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jetable

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disposable

53
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nuisible

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harmful

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renouvelabe

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renewable

55
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en plein air

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outdoors

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potable

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drinkable