Environment - climate change

Question 1

sable bitumeux

Answer 1

tar sand

Question 2

sursaut citoyen

Answer 2

citizen backlash
citizen reaction
citizen mobilization

Question 3

processus onusion

Answer 3

ONU process

Question 4

appeler à qqch

Answer 4

to call for sth

Question 5

réaction violent

Answer 5

backlash

Question 6

sensibiliser

Answer 6

to raise awaress ow

to sensitive

Question 7

exhorter qqun à faire qqch

inciter qqun à faire qqch

Answer 7

to urge sb to do sth

Question 8

revendiquer

réclamer

Answer 8

to demand

Question 9

prendre conscience

Answer 9

to become aware of

to realize

Question 10

ampleur de la crise

Answer 10

manitude of crisis

Question 11

regarder en face

Answer 11

to consider

Question 12

réparation pour l’esclavage

Answer 12

reparations for slavery

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ouragan

Answer 13

hurricane

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dévaster

Answer 14

to devastate

to wreak avoc

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aperçu

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vision

glance

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regarder qqun fixement

Answer 16

to stare

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fusiller du regard

Answer 17

to glare

Question 18

regarder de manière voyeuse par le trou de la serrure

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to peep

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jeter un coup d’oeil

Answer 19

to glance

to glimpse

Question 20

réduire

Answer 20

to cut down
to curb
to reduce

Question 21

gaz à effet de serre

Answer 21

greenhouse effect

Question 22

augmenter de

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to soare by
to rise
to raise + COD

Question 23

bilan

Answer 23

record

Question 24

consternant

Answer 24

appuling

Question 25

automne (US)

Answer 25

fall (US)

Question 26

rejeter

Answer 26

to dump

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prévoir

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to foresee

Question 28

pluie de moisson

Answer 28

monsoon rains

Question 29

modèle métérologique

Answer 29

weather pattern

Question 30

renforcement

Answer 30

strenghtening

Question 31

gênant

Answer 31

awkward

Question 32

rendement

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yield

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exploiter

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to harness

Question 34

améliorer

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to enhance

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épuisement

Answer 35

depletion

Question 36

gonfler

Answer 36

to swell

Question 37

habitant

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dweller

Question 38

récif corallien

Answer 38

coral reef

Question 39

eau rare

Answer 39

scarce water

Question 40

menacer de déclencher des troubles publics

Answer 40

to threaten to unleash public unrest

Question 41

conflit transfrontalier

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cross-border conflict

Question 42

le monde se dirige vers de grands bouleversements

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the world is heading for major upheavals

Question 43

atténuer la pauvreté

Answer 43

to alleviate poverty

Question 44

déclencher une hausse de la demande en nourriture, en eau et en énergie

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to trigger a surge in demand for food, water and energy

Question 45

augmentation des émeutes

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increase in rioting

Question 46

principales cultures comme le blé et le maïs

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major crops such as wheat and maize

Question 47

utilisation durable

Answer 47

sustainable use

Question 48

changement dans le climat

Answer 48

shift in the climate

Question 49

augmenter les rendements

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to boost yields

Question 50

culture

Answer 50

crop

Question 51

énergie renouvelable

Answer 51

renewable energy

Question 52

l'approvisionnement en eau

Answer 52

water supplies