Environnement Flashcards by Mathilde Dupont

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Polluants

Pollueurs

A

Polluant

Polluters

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Une maree noire

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An oil slick

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Effet de serre

Gaz a effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

Greenhouse gases

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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

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Les automobilistes

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Motorist

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Un pêcheur

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A fisherman

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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A natural desaster

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Un petrolier

Un reservoir de petrole

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An oil tanker

An oil tank

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Centrales électriques

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Power station

Power plants

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Les dechets industrels

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Industrial waste

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Les ordures menagere

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Domestic waste

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Le campagne

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Countryside

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Etre nocif

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To be harmful to

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Jeter (2)

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To discard

To throw away

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Une décharge

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A dump

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Deverser

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To dump

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Un panneau solaire

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A solar pannel

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Isoler

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To insulate

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Econome (2)

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Energy efficient

Energy-saving

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Un ecologiste

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An environmentally consious person

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Une eolienne

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A wind turbine

A windmill

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Energie eolienne

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Wind power

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La nourriture bio

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Organic food

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Limiter (3)

A

To curb
To limit
To combat

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Se débarrasser de

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To dispose of

To get rid of

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Mouchoirs jetables

A

Disposable tissues

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Les especes en voie de disparition

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Endangered species

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Carburants dossiles

A

Fossil fuels

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Un déluge

A

A flood

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Etre innondé

A

To be flood

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Le petrole

A

Oil

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Essence

A

Gas (US)

Petrol (UK)

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Une perturbation

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A disruption

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Un ouragan

A

An hurricane

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Covoiturage

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Carpooling

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Mettre en commun

A

To pool

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Une crue

A

A level water

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Une climato sceptique

A

A climate denier / sceptic

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Une partisan climatique

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A climate believer

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Mine de charbon

A

Coal-fire power plant

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Charbon

A

Coal

Coke

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Un etat fonctionnant uniquement avec des energies renouvelables

A

A carbon free/neutral state

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L’empreinte carbon

A

Carbon footprint

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Un hiver chaud/froid

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A hard / mild winter

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Gaz de sxhiste

A

Shale gas

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La poussière

A

Dust

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Fer

A

Iron

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La canicule

A

Dog days

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Tremblement de terre

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Earthquake

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Engrais

A

Fertilizers

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Innondation

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Flood

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Les fonds marins

A

Ocean bed

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Exploiter les ressources naturelles

A

To tap natural ressources