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environnement Flashcards

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la nature

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ø nature

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la nature sauvage

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the wilderness

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les ressources naturelles

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natural resources (only one s)

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l’environnement

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the environment

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écologique

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environmental

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les écologistes/les verts

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the environmentalists/the conservationists/the greens

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les scientifiques spécialistes de l’environnement

les écologistes

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the ecologists

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la défense de l’environnement

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conservation/preservation

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préserver

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to conserve/to preserve

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respectueux de l’environnement

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environment-friendly

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l’équilibre naturel

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the natural balance

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un écosystème

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an ecosystem

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rompre l’équilibre naturel

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to upset the natural balance

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la faune et la flore

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the fauna and the flora

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le genre humain

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mankind

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la survie

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survival

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interdire les essais nucléaires

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to ban nuclear tests

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une zone dénucléarisée

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a nuclear-free zone

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la radioactivité

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radioactivity

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uranium appauvri

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depleted uranium

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21
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des pluis acides

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acid rain (tjrs au sg)

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les dégâts

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damage (tjrs au sg)

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les retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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préserver la biodiversité

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to preserve biodiversity

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une espèce en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

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une espèce ou des espèces disparues

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(an) extinct species

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être en guerre contre

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to be at war with

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être menacé de

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to be threatened with

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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être contaminé

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to be contaminated

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empoisonner

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to poison

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fuir (avoir. une fuite)

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to leak

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une fuite radioactive

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a radioactive leak

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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rejeter

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to reject

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déverser, jeter (ordures)

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to dump

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vomir, cracher (fumées, gaz toxiquesà)

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to spew, to belch

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recycler

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to recycle

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39
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le traitement des déchets

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waste disposal

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interdire

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to ban

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41
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supprimer, réduire

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tu cut out, to cut down, to curb

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42
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s’épuiser

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to run out

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43
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une pénurie

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a shortage

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détruire, démolir

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to wreck

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mettre en danger

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to endanger, to jeopardize, to threaten

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provoquer des ravages

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to wreak havoc on

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condamner

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to doom

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piller

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to loot, to plunder

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gaspiller

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to waste, to squander

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consommer en quantités énormes

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to guzzle

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nocif, nuisible

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harmful, noxious

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imprudent

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careless

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imprévisible

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unpredictable

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dangereux

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hazardous

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dévastateur, catastrophique

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devastating

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mortel

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lethal, deadly

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incontrôlé, galopant

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rampant

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rare, peu abondant

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scarce

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répandu

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widespread

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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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jetable

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disposable

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radicalement, sévèrement

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drastically

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catastrophes

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natural disasters

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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une marée noire

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an oil spill

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la pollution marine

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marine pollution

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un produit polluant

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a pollutant

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un égout

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a sewer

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les eaux d’égouts

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sewage

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une puanteur

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a stench

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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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qui préserve la couche d’ozone

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ozone-friendly

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la diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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les CFC (chlorofluocarbons), les gaz effet de serre

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CFC’s, greenhouse gases

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les conséquences possibles du réchauffement planétaire

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the possible aftermath of global warming

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des changements spectaculaires

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dramatic changes

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un changement important

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a major shift

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des perturbations climatiques

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climatic disruptions

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mettre en danger

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to endanger

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un danger (faux-ami)

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a hazard

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dangereux, risqué

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hazardous

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une sécheresse

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a drought

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une inondation

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a flood

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être inondé

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flooded

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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un tremblement de terre

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an earthquake

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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une tempête

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a storm

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une vague de chaleur

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a hot spell

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la hausse du niveau des océans

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the rising of sea-levels

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la fonte des glaces

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the melting of glaciers and icebergs

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l’inondation des côtes

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the flooding of coastal lands

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l’irrégularité des précipitations

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the shifting of rainfall patterns

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un pesticide

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a pesticide

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la pulvérisation des cultures

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crop spraying

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les fumées industrielles

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factory fumes, smoke

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l’asphyxie

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asphyxiation

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des contrôles anti-pollution

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anti-pollution checks

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limitations de la circulation

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traffic restrictions

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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un pot d’échappement

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an exhaust pipe

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le monoxyde de carbone

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carbon monoxide

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la campagne

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the countryside

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défigurer

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to disfigure

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abîmé, défiguré

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spoilt

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un centre d’enfouissement des déchets

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a landfill site

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une décharge publique, un terrain de décharge

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a garbage dump, a refuse tip

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le déboisement

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deforestation

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régions boisées

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woodlands

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détruire

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to destroy

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dévaster

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to devastate

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effacer, supprimer

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to wipe out, to obliterate, to eradicate

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abattre des forêts

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to cut down forests

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raser une forêt

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to raze a forest

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coupes inconsidérées

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careless cutting

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la mise à feu délibérée de la fôret

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the torching of a forest

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un incendie de fôret

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a forest fire

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