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1
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Resources

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Les ressources (f)

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Energy resources

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Les ressources en énergie

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Petrol

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L’essence (f)

Le carburant

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Petroleum

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Le pétrole

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Coal

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Le charbon

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Hydroelectric power

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La houille blanche

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Power station

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La centrale

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Fall out

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Les retombées (f)

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Deposit

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Le gisement

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Reactor

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Le réacteur

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Middle East

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Le Moyen Orient

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North Sea

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La Mer du Nord

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Dam

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La barrage

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Heating fuel

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Les matières premières

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Heating

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Le chauffage

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Insulation

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L’isolation (f)

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Nuclear waste

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Les déchets nucléaires

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To stock

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Stocker

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To be exhausted

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S’épuiser

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To exhaust

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Épuiser

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To have available

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Disposer de

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To be sufficient

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Suffire

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To heat

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Chauffeur

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To switch on

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Allumer

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To switch off

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Éteindre

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Wind power

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L’énergie éolienne

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Solar

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Solaire

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Renewable

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Renouvable

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Of energy

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Énergétique

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Short term

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À court term

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Long term

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À long term

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Windmill

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Un moulin à vent

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Solar panel

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Un panneau solaire

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Tidal energy

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Marémotrice

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French national electricity supplier

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E.D.F.

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Waves

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Les vagues (f)

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Pipeline

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Un pipeline

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Market

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Le marché

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To use up

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User

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Energy supply

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L’appeovisionnement en énergie

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Environment

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L’environnement (m)

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Environmental

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Environnemental

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Ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Greenhouse effect

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L’effet (m) de serre

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Issue, matter

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La question

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Worry, care

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Le souci

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Individual

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L’individu (m)

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Collective response

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Une réponse collective

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On a global scale

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À l’échelle mondiale

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To involve

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Impliquer

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Pressure group

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Un groupe de pression

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Organisation

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Un organisme

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Of paramount importance

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Primordial

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Effective, efficient

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Efficace

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55
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Set of rules

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La réglamentation

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56
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Nature reserve

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Le parc naturel

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57
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Energy

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L’énergie (f)

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Nature reserve

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La réserve naturelle

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Threatened species

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Une espèce en voie d’extinction

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Surroundings, environment

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Le milieu

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Flora and fauna

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La flore et faune

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Desertification

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Le desertification

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Survival

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La survie

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To survive

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Survivre

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Hunting

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La chasse

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Tropical rainforest

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La forêt tropicale

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Deforestation

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La déboisement, la deforestation

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To destroy

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Détruire

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To safeguard, preserve

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Sauvegarder

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Threatened

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Menacé

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71
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Damage

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Les dommages (m)

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72
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Endangered

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En voie de disparition

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73
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Harmful gases

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Les gaz toxiques

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74
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Waste

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Les déchets

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75
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Effluent, discharge

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Les effluents (m)

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76
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Pollutant

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Un pollutant

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77
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To pollute

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Polluer

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78
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Exhaust gases

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Les gaz d’échappement

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79
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Lead

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Le plomb

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80
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Carbon monoxide

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Le monoxyde de carbone

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81
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Carbon dioxide

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon gases

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Les gaz carboniques

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83
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Nitrogen

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L’azote

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Oxygen

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L’oxygène

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Acid rain

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Les pluies acides

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Hole

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Le trou

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Spray can

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Le bombe aerosol

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Fuel

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Le carburant

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Catalytic converter

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Le pot catalytique

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Level

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Le niveau

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Tax

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L’impôt

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Car-sharing

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Le covoiturage

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Chemical product

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Le produit chimique

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Breathing difficulty

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Le problème respiratoire

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Asthma

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L’asthme

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Hydrocarbons

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Les hydrocarbures

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Watercourse

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Le cours d’eau

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River

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La rivière

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Major river

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Le fleuve

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Global warming

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Le réchauffement de la planete

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Radioactive

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Radioactif

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Oil slick

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La marée noire

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Oil

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La mazout

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Coast

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Le littoral, la côte

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Sample

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Le prélèvement

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Noise pollution

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Les nuisances sonores

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Spillage

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Le déversement

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To spill

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Déverser

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To harm

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Nuire à

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To give off (gas)

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Dégager

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To soil, contaminate

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Souiller

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To contaminate

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Contaminer

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Harmful, noxious

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Nocif

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Unleaded, lead free

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Sans plomb

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Diesel fuel

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Les gas-oil, le gazole

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Coal-fired power station

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La centrale thermique

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Nuclear power station

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La centrale nucléaire

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To discharge

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Rejeter

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Noise

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Le bruit

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Soil

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Le sol

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Hole in the ozone layer

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Le trou de la couche d’ozone

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Contamination

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La contamination

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Standard

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La norme

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Carbon footprint

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L’empreinte carbone

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Drinkable

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Potable

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To save

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Économiser

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To emit

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Émettre

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To restrict

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Limiter

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To damage

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Endommager

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Environmental outcome

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Le bilan écologique

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Reforestation

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Le réboisement

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Vehicle

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Le véhicule

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Manufacturer

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Le constructeur

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Diesel engine

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Le moteur diesel

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Phenomenon

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Le phénomène

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Lifestyle

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Le mode de vie

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Heating

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Le chauffage

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Economic boom

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Le boom économique

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Decline

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Le déclin

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Disturbance

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Le dérèglement

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Fossil fuel

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Le combustible fossile

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Pollution peak

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Le pic de pollution

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Carbon offset

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La compensation carbone

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Renewable energy

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L’énergie renouvelable

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Energy saving measures

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L’efficacité énergétique

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Greenhouse gas emission

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L’émission de gaz à effet de serre

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Tree planting

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La plantation d’arbres

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Water table

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La nappe phréatique

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Build-up

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L’accumulation

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To warm up

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Se réchauffer

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To thicken

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S’épaissir

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To become thinner

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S’amincir

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To inflitrate

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S’infiltrer

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To protect oneself

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Se protéger

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To be toxic

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Empoisonner

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To emit

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Émettre

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Carbon neutral

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neutre en CO2

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Energy consuming

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Énergivore

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Powerful

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Puissant

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Pure/mixed

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Pur/mélangé

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Linked to

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Lié à

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Unsafe to breathe in

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Irrespirable

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Waste selection

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Le tri sélectif

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Compost

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Le compost

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Solar panel

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Le panneau solaire

166
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Emission

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Le rejet

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Developing country

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Le pays émergent

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Green choice

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Le geste écocitoyen

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Consumption

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La consommation

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Battery

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La pile

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Town council

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La commune

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Measure, process

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La démarche

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Organic food

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La nourriture bio

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Vegetable peeling

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L’épluchure

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Saving

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L’économie

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Erosion

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L’érosion

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Overfishing

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La surpêche

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Awareness

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La prise de conscience

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Safeguarding

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La sauvegarde

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Goodwill

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La bone volonté

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To realise

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Se rendre compte

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To become aware of

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Prendre conscience de

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To prosper

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Prospérer

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To over exploit

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Surexploiter

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To borrow

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Emprunter à

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To fight against

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Lutter contre

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To waste

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Gaspiller

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To save money

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Économiser d’argent

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To reuse

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Réutiliser

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To put on standby

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Mettre en veille

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To carry out

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Mettre en œuvre

192
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Environmentally friendly

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Respectueux de l’environnement

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Oil tanker

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Un pétrolier

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Unleaded

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Sans plomb

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Noise pollution

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Les nuisances sonores

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Spillage

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Le déversement

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Diesel

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Le gas-oil, le gazole

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To subsidise

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Subventionner

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A bio roof

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Un tour végétal

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To subscribe to

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Souscrire à

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Noxiousness

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La nocivité

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Price hike

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Une flambée des prix

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Scarcity

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La raréfaction

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Inexhaustible

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Inépuisable

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To divide

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Diviser

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