Environmental issues Flashcards

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1
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Écologique

Lié à l’environnement

A

Environmental

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmental-friendly policy

An eco-friendly policy

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect the environment

To preserve the environment

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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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La nature

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Nature

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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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La faune

La flore

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Fauna

flora

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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist

An ecologist

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Un militant écologiste

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A green activist

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness campaign

An awareness-raising campaign

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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve

A national park

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Dégâts

A

Damage

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Endommager quelque chose

Porter atteinte à quelque chose

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To damage something

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage

To cause damage

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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment

To do harm to the environment

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Mettre en danger quelque chose

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To jeopardize something

To endanger something

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Être en danger

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To be at risk

To be in danger

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Déclarer l’état d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Un sinistré

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A disaster victim

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21
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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La rareté

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Scarcity

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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L’épuisement des resources

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The depletion of resources

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Les matières premières

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Raw materials

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27
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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Une espèce

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A species

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Une espèce animale

Une espèce végétale

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An animal species

A plant species

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

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Disparaître

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To become extinct

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33
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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest

A tropical forest

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34
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Abattre des arbres

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To fell trees

To cut down trees

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35
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Le déboisement

La déforestation

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Deforestation

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Reboiser

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To reforest

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37
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Le reboisement

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Reforestation

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38
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La surpêche

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Overfishing

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39
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Le thon rouge

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Bluefin tuna

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40
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Un dauphin

Une baleine

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A dolphin

A whale

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41
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La pêche à la baleine

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Whaling

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42
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Une catastrophe naturelle

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A natural disaster

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Un drame

Une tragédie

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A tragedy

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Dramatique

Tragique

A

Tragic

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Une catastrophe

Un sinistre

A

A catastrophe

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Toucher une région

A

To affect a region

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Dévaster une région

Ravager une région

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To devastate a region

To ravage a region

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Faire des ravages

A

To wreak havoc

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Éviter une catastrophe

Prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert a disaster

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L’étendue du sinistre

L’ampleur du sinistre

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The scope of the disaster

The extent of the disaster

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Très mauvais temps

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Severe weather

Extreme weather

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Prévoir la météo

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To predict the weather

To forecast the weather

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Les prévisions météorologiques

A

The weather forecast

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La sécheresse

A

Drought

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Une famine

A

A famine

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La faim

A

Hunger

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Mourir de faim

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To starve to death

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Mourir de soif

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To die of thirst

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La malnutrition

A

Malnutrition

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Souffrir de malnutrition

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To be malnourished

To be undernourished

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Une vague de froid

A

A cold spell

A cold wave

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Une canicule

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A heat wave

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Une tempête

Un orage

A

A storm

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Une tornade

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A tornado

A twister

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Un ouragan

Un cyclone

A

A hurricane

A cyclone

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Des pluies torrentielles

Des pluies diluviennes

A

Torrential rain

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Une inondation

Des inondations

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A flood

Flooding

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Une crue subite

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A flash flood

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Une zone inondable

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A flood risk area

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Un tremblement de terre

Un séisme

A

An earthquake

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Une faille

Une ligne de faille

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A fault

A fault line

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L’épicentre

A

The epicentre

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Les décombres

A

Rubble

Debris

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Être prisonnier des décombres

Être enterré sous les décombres

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To be trapped in rubble

To be buried in rubble

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Ruines

A

Ruins

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Être porté disparu

A

To be reported missing

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Un tsunami

A

A tsunami

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Un raz-de-marée

A

A tidal wave

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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Une tempête de neige

A

A snowstorm

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Une avalanche

A

An avalanche

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Un volcan

A

A volcano

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Un cratère

A

A crater

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Une éruption

A

An eruption

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La lave

A

Lava

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Une coulée de lave

A

A lava flow

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Les cendres

A

Ash

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Un incendie

A

A fire

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Sauver

A

To rescue

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Un secouriste

Un sauveteur

A

A rescuer

A rescue worker

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Une équipe de secours

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A rescue party

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Un pompier

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A fireman

A firefighter

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Évacuer

A

To evacuate

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Être en sécurité

Être hors de danger

A

To be safe

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Survivre

A

To survive

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Un survivant

Un rescapé

A

A survivor

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Une organisation humanitaire

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A relief agency

A relief organization

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Un travailleur humanitaire

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A relief worker

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Aide humanitaire

Assistance humanitaire

A

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian assistance

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Secours d’urgence

Aide d’urgence

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Emergency aid

Emergency relief

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Assurer quelque chose

A

To insure something

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Une compagnie d’assurances

A

An insurance company

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Une indemnité

Des indemnités

A

Compensation

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Indemniser quelqu’un de quelque chose

A

To compensate somebody for something

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Se faire indemniser

A

To get compensation

To get reimbursed