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1
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a monetary fine

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une amende

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a charity

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une association caritative

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a gutter

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un caniveau

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a bin

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une corbeille

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a rubbish tip

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une décharge municipale

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waste/ garbage

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un déchet

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wrapping/ packaging

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un emballage

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carbon footprint

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une empreinte carbone

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species

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une espèce

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state of emergency

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un état d’urgence

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mining

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une extraction minière

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a waste

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un gâchis

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wastefulness

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un gaspillage

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greenhouse gas

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un gaz à effet de serre (GES)

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cigarette butt

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un mégot

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rise in water levels

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la montée des eaux

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solar panel

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un panneau solaire

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plastic straw

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une paille

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a collection point

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un point de collecte

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drought

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une sécheresse

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threshold

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un seuil

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ecological transition

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la transition écologique

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waste sorting

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la tri des ordures

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24
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thing that tries to avoid waste is…

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anti-gaspi

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carcinogenic

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cancérigène

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sustainable

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durable

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baffling

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effarant/e

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high energy consuming

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énergivore

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long-lasting

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pérenne

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unacceptable

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rédhibitoire

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to accumulate

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s’amonceler

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to feel guilty

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culpabiliser

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to save

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économiser

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to donate

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faire don de

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to postpone

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remmettre à plus tard

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to raise awareness

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sensibiliser

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to ensure

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veiller à

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adrift

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à la dérive

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one after the other

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à la file

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with good intentions

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à bon escient

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from now on

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dorénavant

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endangered

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en voie d’extinction

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between now and

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d’ici à

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it’s up to us to

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il nous appartient de

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step by step

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pas à pas

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the first step

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le premier pas

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to play a part

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apporter sa pierre à l’édifice

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time is running out

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le temps presse

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it’s a win win situation

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tout le monde y gagne

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Oil slick

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La marée noire

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To cause dammmage

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Endommager

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Shortage of water

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La pénurie d’eau

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Peel (of fruit)

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Les épluchures

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to engulf

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engloutir

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vertebrates

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vertébrés

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wind turbine

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une éolienne

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at any cost

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à tout prix

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fossil fuels

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l’énergie fossile

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an issue

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un enjeu

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by the water

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au bord de l’eau

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livestock

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les animaux d’élevage

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torrential rain

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les pluies torrentielles

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the scientists agree on one thing

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les scientifiques s’accordent sur une chose

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ice ages

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les ères glaciales

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the earth warmed up by more than a degree

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la terre s’est réchauffée de plus d’un degré Celsius

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add to that

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à cela s’ajoute

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methane emissions

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les émissions de méthane

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burps and farts

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les rots et les pets

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unusual

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inhabituelles

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to think incorrectly

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penser à tord

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one fears that

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on craint que

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it is still possible to act

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il est encore possible d’agir

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to turn the tide

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renverser le cours des choses

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geothermal energy

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l’énergie géothermique

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