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Environment and Ecology Flashcards

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l’écologie

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ecology

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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un détracteur

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a detractor

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un gardien chargé de la protection des animaux

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a game warden

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un parc national

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a national park

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une sanction

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a penalty

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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un braconnier

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a poacher

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un nuage toxique

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a poison cloud

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une centrale électrique

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a power plant, a power station

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un groupe de pression

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a pressure group

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une réserve

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a reserve

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une condamnation

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a sentence

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un adversaire acharné

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a staunch opponent

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un piège

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a trap

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un spécialiste de la vie des animaux sauvages

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a wildlife specialist

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un zoologiste

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a zoologist

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un défenseur

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an advocate

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un argument pour / contre

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an argument for / against

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un écologiste

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an ecologist

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21
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une loi sur l’environnement

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an environmental law

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une politique écologique

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an environmental policy

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un impôt écologique

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an environmental tax

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un expert

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an expert

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une usine d’incinération

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an incineration plant

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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une marée noire

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an oil spill, a black tide, a spillage

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les mouvements pour la protection des animaux

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animal-conservation movements

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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des émanations de dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide emissions

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le gaz carbonique

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carbon monoxide

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clandestin

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clandestine

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le charbon

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coal

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le pétrole brut

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crude oil

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un emballage perdu

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disposable wrapping

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écologique

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ecological

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la détérioration de l’environnement

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environmental degradation

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la protection de l’environnement

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environmental protection

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du gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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la consommation écologique

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green consumerism

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des écologistes inconditionnels

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hard-core environmentalists

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les ordures ménagères

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household waste

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en danger d’extinction

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in danger of extinction

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les déchets industriels

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industrial waste

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les déchets radioactifs

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radioactive waste

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du papier recyclé

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recycled paper

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des bouteilles consignées

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returnable bottles

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le ministère de l’Environnement

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the Department of the Environment

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l’Agence pour la protection de l’environnement

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the Environment Protection Agency

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le mouvement écologique

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the green movement, the environmental movement, the Ecology Party

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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le commerce de l’ivoire / de la fourrure

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the ivory / fur trade

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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le règlement

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the regulation

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le seuil de danger

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the threshold of safety

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des mesures sévères

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tough measures

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l’élimination des déchets

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waste disposal

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la protection de la faune

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wildlife protection

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abonder

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to abound

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accuser de

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to accuse of

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interdire la chasse

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to ban hunting

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être consterné par

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to be appalled at

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être conscient de

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to be aware of

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