Environment Flashcards

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Un accident

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An accident

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Abîmer la nature

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To damage, harm nature

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Un(e) adhérent(e)

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A member of a group

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Une association écologiste

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Environmental organization

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Le bruit

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Noise

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Une catastrophe

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A catastrophe

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Une centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power plant

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Une conséquence

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A consequence

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La conservation

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Conservation

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La contestation

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Dispute, protest

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La crainte

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Fear

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Dangereux(euse)

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Dangerous

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Les déchets

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Garbage, waste, trash

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Un défenseur de l’environment

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Environmentalist

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La dégradation (de la faune, de la flore)

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Degradation

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La destruction (des forêts, etc)

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Destruction

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Le développement (technologique, scientifique, etc)

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A development

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La disparition (de la forêt, etc)

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Disappearance

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L’écologie

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Ecology

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Un(e) écologiste

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An ecologist

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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L’effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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L’énergie

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Energy

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L’environnement

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The environment

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Environnemental(e)

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Environmental

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L’environnement planêtaire

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Global environment

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Un essai nucléaire

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A nuclear test

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Être menacé(e) de disparition

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To be threatened with extinction

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Les espèces en voie de disparition

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Endangered species

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L’étude du milieu

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Environmental studies

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L’exploitation de la nature

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Exploitation of nature

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La fissure de la couche d’ozone

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Tear in the ozone layer

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Le gaspillage

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Waste

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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L’impact sur l’environnement

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Environmental impact

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Une industrie

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Industry

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Industriel(le)

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Industrial

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La maîtriste de la pollution

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Pollution control

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Une menace

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A threat

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Un(e) militant(e)

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An activist

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La nature sauvage

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Wilderness

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Le nettoyage

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Clean-up

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household garbage

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Un pollutant

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A pollutant

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Polluant(e)

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Polluting(adj)

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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La pollution (de l’eau, de l’atmosphère, des rivières, de la mer, des sols, de l’air, etc)

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Pollution

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Préserver (les espaces naturels)

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To preserve

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Le progrés

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Progress

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La protection

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Protection

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Protéger (la nature, les espaces naturels, etc)

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To protect

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La qualité de vie

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Quality of life

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Un réacteur nucléaire

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Nuclear reactor

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Le réchauffement de l’atmosphère

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Global warming

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Le recyclage

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Recycling(n)

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Recyclé(e)

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Recycled(adj)

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Recycler (les journaux, les bouteilles, le verre, l’aluminuium, les emballages, le plastique, etc)

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To recycle

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Les ressources naturellea

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Natural resources

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Le pétrole

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Petroleum/gas

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Le charbon

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Coal

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La réutilisation (du papier, dea magazines, des vêtements, etc)

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Re-using(n)

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Revendiquer

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To demand, to lay claim to

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La revendication

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A demand

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La sauvegarde

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Protection, preservation

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Sauvegarder

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To protect

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Le monde

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The world

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La terre

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The earth, the land

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Un arbre

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A tree

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Un feuille

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A leaf

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Un arbuste

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A bush

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L’océan

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The ocean

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La mer

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The sea

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Un lac

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A lake

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Un étang

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A pond

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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Fondre

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To melt

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Geler

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To freeze

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Une montagne

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A mountain

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Un(e) val(lé)

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A valley

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Un fleuvre

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A river

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Une rivière

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A river

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L’herbe

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Grass

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Une fleur

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A flower

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La forêt

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The forest

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La mareé

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The tide

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Le marais

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The marsh, swamp

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Le paysage

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The landscape

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La campagne

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The countryside

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Réduire

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To reduce

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Réutiliser

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To reuse

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Renouvelable

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Renewable(adj)

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Une plante

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A plant

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Le sol

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The ground, the soil

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Semer

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To plant, sow

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Un nuage

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A cloud

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Une tempête

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A storm

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Le monoxyde de carbone

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Carbon monoxide

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L’oxygène

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Oxygen

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Vert(e)

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Green

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Émettre

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To emit

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Le plastique

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Plastic(n)

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Le verre

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Glass(n)

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Le caoutchouc

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Rubber(n)

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Le surpâturage

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Heavy grazing

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Composter

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To compost