Environnement Flashcards

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Abusif

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Improper

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(s’)Amenuiser

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To dwindle

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Aridité, aride

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Barrenness, barren

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Assécher

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To pump up, drain

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5
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Bio

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Organic

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Biocarburant

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Bio-fuel, green fuel

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Braconnage

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Poaching

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Campagne de sensibilisation

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Awareness campaign

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Catastrophe naturelle

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Natural disaster

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Centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear plant

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12
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Circulation alternée

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Alternative traffic

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Climato-sceptique

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Climate sceptic

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Collecte (déchets)

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(waste) Collection

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Combustible fossile

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Fossil fuel

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Conformité

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Compliance

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Conformité (être en)

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To comply with

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Consigner, rapporter

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To return

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Consommation (d’eau)

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(water) Usage, comsumption

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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21
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Couche d’ozone

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Ozone layer

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22
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Covoiturage

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Car-pooling

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Critère

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Criterion (pl. criteria)

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Dangereux, nuisible

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Hazardous

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Déboisement
Deforestation / logging
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Défense de l’environnement
Conservation
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Décharge
Rubbish / garbage dump, landfill, tip
28
Déchets
Garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish
29
Déchets industriels
Industrial waste
30
Déchets ménagers
Household waste / litter
31
Déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste
32
Détériorer, détérioration
To spoil, spoilage
33
Défrichage
Land-clearing
34
Désertification
Desertification
35
Développement durable
Sustainable development
36
Déverser
To discharge, spill, dump
37
Disparu
Extinct
38
Durable
Sustainable
39
Eaux usées
Waste water, sewage
40
Écoblanchiment
Greenwashing
41
Écologique
Eco-friendly
42
Écologiste
Conservationist / environmentalist
43
Économe (en eau)
(water) Wise
44
Économe en énergie
Energy-saving / efficient
45
Économiser l’énergie
To conserve, save energy
46
Écosystème
Ecosystem
47
Écotaxe
Green / environmental tax
48
Effet de serre
Greenhouse effect
49
Effets néfastes
Harmful effects
50
Égouts
Sewage system, sewer
51
Élimination des déchets
Disposal of waste
52
Émanations
Emissions
53
Émission
Emission
54
Empreinte carbone
Carbon footprint
55
Énergie éolienne
Wind power
56
Énergie solaire
Solar energy / power
57
Engrais
Fertilizer
58
Environnement
The environment
59
Épuiser (réserves)
To deplete, exhaust
60
Espèce (animales)
Species
61
Érosion
Erosion, soil depletion
62
Être en jeu
To be at stake
63
Expansion urbaine
Urban sprawl
64
Faire prendre conscience
To raise awareness
65
Faune / flore
Fauna and flora, wildlife
66
Fonds marins
Ocean bed
67
Fonte (des glaciers)
(glacier) Melting
68
Forêt tropicale
Rain forest
69
Fuir, se répandre
To leak, spill
70
Gaspiller
To waste
71
Gaz carbonique
Carbon dioxyde
72
Gaz à effet de serre
Greenhouse gases
73
Gaz nocif / d’échappement
Noxious / exhaust fumes
74
Incompétence
Mismanagement
75
Industries chimiques
Chemical industries
76
Inondation
Flood, flooding
77
Infiltrer (s’)
To seep, permeate
78
Jetable
Disposable
79
Jeter
To dispose of / throw away
80
Malsain
Unhealthy
81
Marée noire
Oil spill, slick
82
(en) Manque
(in) Short supply
83
Manque d’eau
Water shortage / scarcity
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Mécanisme incitatif
Incentive scheme
85
Menacé
Endangered
86
Militantisme écologique
Green activism
87
Montée du niveau de la mer
Rising sea level
88
Nappes phréatiques
Water tables / groundwater
89
Nuage toxique
Poison cloud
90
Norme
Standard
91
OGM
GMO = Genetically Modified Organism
92
ONG
NGO = Non Governmental Organisation
93
Parc éolien (en mer)
(offshore) Wind farm
94
Particule
Particle
95
Pénurie
Shortage, scarcity
96
Péril (mettre en)
Jeopardy, to jeopardize
97
Pluie acide
Acid rain
98
Polluant, pollueur
Pollutant, polluter
99
Préservation, conservation
Conservation
100
Principe pollueur-payeur
Polluter-pays principle
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Produits chimiques toxiques
Toxic chemicals
102
Produit vert
Eco / green product
103
Protection
Conservation
104
Pulvérisation de pesticides
Crop-spraying
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Ravage (faire des)
Havoc, to wreak havoc
106
Rayons ultraviolets
Ultraviolet rays
107
Raz de marée
Tidal wave
108
Réchauffement de la planète
Global warming
109
Recyclage, recycler
Recycling, to recycle
110
Réduire
To curb
111
Renouvelable
Renewable
112
Retombée
Fallout
113
Retraitement
Reprocessing
114
Risque sanitaire
Health hazard
115
Société du gaspillage
Throwaway society
115
Sécheresse
Drought
116
Sensibiliser à
To raise awareness
117
Source de revenu
Livelihood
117
Souiller
To sully, foul
118
(en) Suspension
Airborne
119
Surveiller
To monitor
120
Transgénique
Genetically Modified (GM)
121
Trier (déchets)
To sort
122
Toxique, nuisible
Toxic, Harmful
123
Troquer
To swap, barter
124
(Les) Verts
The Greens / Green party