environment vocab Flashcards

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un animal

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animal

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les especes menacees

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endangered species

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menacer

A

to threaten

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les bois

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woods

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le champ

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field

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le de’sert

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the desert

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la ferme

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farm

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un fleuve

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big river that ends in the ocean

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la fore^t

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forest

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la jungle

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jungle

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l’oce’an

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ocean

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la mer

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sea

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une riviere

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small river

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a’ cause de + nom

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because of + noun

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une catastrophe

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a catastrophe

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un proble`me

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a problem

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un danger

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a danger

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18
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le re’chauffement climatqieu

A

global warming, climate change

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19
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la canicule

A

heat wave

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la couche d’ozone

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ozone layer

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21
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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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22
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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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23
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la se’cheresse

A

drought

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24
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un trou

A

a hole

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25
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la climatisation

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air conditioning

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les ae’rosols

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aerosols

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27
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des ressources naturelles

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natural resources

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28
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le pe’trole

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oil

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29
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le charbon

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coal

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30
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la pollution (de la / du / de l’)

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pollution

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31
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l’eau potable

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drinking water

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32
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la circulation

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traffic

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33
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les voitures e’lectriques

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electric cars

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34
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les voitures hybrides

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hybrid cars

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35
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faire du covoiturage

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to carpool

36
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prendre les transports en commun

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to take public transportation

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les usines

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factories

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les de’chets toxiques

A

toxic waste

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le produit chimique

A

a chemical

40
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le d’eboisement

A

deforestation

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la de’forestation

A

deforestation

42
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la disparition des fore^ts

A

the disappearing of the forests

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de’truire

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to destroy

44
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le de’veloppement des sources d’e’nergie alternatives

A

to encourage the development of alternative energy sources

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l’e’nergie solaire

A

solar energy

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les panneaux solaires

A

solar panels

47
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jeter les de’chets par terre

A

to litter

48
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la poubelle

A

garbage can

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un bac de recyclage

A

a recycling bin

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les ordures

A

trash

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ramasser les ordures

A

to collect trash

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une de’charge

A

landfill

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les emballages (en plastique)

A

packaging

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jetable

A

disposable

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le recyclage

A

recycling

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une loi

A

a law

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la mare’e noire

A

oil spill

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empoisonner

A

to poison

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la fonte

A

the melting

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les banquises

A

ice caps

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fondre

A

to melt

62
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les ours polaires

A

polar bears

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les re’gions polaires

A

arctic region

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l’impact sur

A

the impact on

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la sante’

A

health

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pur

A

pure

67
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e’cologique

A

ecological, green

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pollue’

A

polluted

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nocif’ve

A

noxious, harmful, toxic

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proposer une solution

A

to propose a solution

71
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re’soudre

A

to solve

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recycler

A

to recycle

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trier

A

to sort (separate things into piles)

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allumer

A

to turn on

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e’teindre

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to turn off (electrical)

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e’conomiser l’e’nergie

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to economize/save energy

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fermer le robinet

A

to turn off the faucet

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gaspiller

A

to waste

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utiliser

A

to use

80
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consommer

A

to consumer

81
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e’viter des produits nocifs a’ l’environnement

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to avoid harmful products for the environment

82
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prote’ger

A

to protect

83
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sauver la plane`te

A

save the planet

84
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s’ame’liorer

A

to get better

85
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s’empirer

A

to get worse

86
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respirer

A

to breathe