Environnement Flashcards

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To draw from

Use:

  • to draw heavily on sth
  • to draw on one’s savings
  • to get one’s information from the best sources
A

Puiser qch dans qch
Puiser

Utilisation:

  • puiser à pleines mains dans qch
  • puiser dans ses économies / réserves
  • puiser ses informations aux meilleures sources
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An infingement
A dispensation (excemption from a rule or requirement)

Use:
-contrary to article 1

A

Une dérogation

Utilisation:
-par dérogation à l’article 1

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To by-pass
To get around (figuratively)
To shape or trace

A

Contourner

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Raw water

A

L’eau brute

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A water table
Ground water
A body of water

A

Une nappe d’eau / phréatique

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A sanitation / purification
A stabilisation / streamlining / improvement

Use:

  • improvement of a situation
  • stabilisation of the economy
  • streamlining of an administration
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Un assainissement

Utilisation:

  • un assainissement de situation
  • un assainissement d’économie
  • un assainissement administration
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To reach
To gain
To achieve

Use (other):

  • a fruit which has reached maturity
  • to send a sth to sb by mail
  • to manage to do sth
  • he wants to get them to accept
A

Parvenir

Utilisation:

  • un fruit parvenu à maturité
  • faire parvenir qch à an par voie postale
  • parvenir à faire
  • il veut parvenir à ce qu’ils acceptent
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To come from / to stem from (merchandis)

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Provenir

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Upstream

A

En amont

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10
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Downstream

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En aval

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11
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Engineering

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Un génie

Une ingénierie

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A discharge / disposal / waste
A rejection / dismissal / denial / defeat

Use:

  • if the request of asylum should be denied
  • hostile reaction
  • to process waste from a factory
  • pollutants
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Un rejet

Utilisation:

  • en cas de rejet de la demande d’asile
  • une réaction de rejet
  • traiter les rejets d’une usine
  • les rejets polluants
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Reconquest
Winning back / regaining

Use:

  • reconquest of territory
  • winning back of a person or right
  • regaining freedom
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Une reconquête

Utilisation:

  • reconquête de territoire
  • reconquête de personne / droit
  • reconquête de liberté
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Prior / preliminary (adj)
A precondition (noun)
First / before hand (adverb)

Use:

  • without prior notice
  • to lay down preconditions for
  • first / before hand
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préalable (un)

Utilisation:

  • sans avis préalable
  • poser des conditions préalables à
  • au préalable
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An agricultural input

A

Un intrant agricole

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Fertilizer
Manure
Feed

Use:
-to fatten an animal

A

Les engrais (pl. m)

Utilisation:
-mettre un animal à l’engrais

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A misdemeanour / misdeed / crime

A detrimental / damaging effect

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Un méfait (pl. des méfaits)

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Crop protection product

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Un produit phytosanitaire

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19
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The agro-food chain / sector

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La filière agro-alimentaire

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Adj. cereal

Cereal / grain farmer

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(Un) céréalier

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To fail
To run aground / beach

Use:

  • to fail sth or sb
  • to fail in an attempt / in face of an obstacle
  • to cause sth to fail
  • the whale was stranded on the beach
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Échouer

Utilisation:

  • échouer à
  • échouer dans uns tentative / devant un obstacle
  • faire échouer
  • la baleine s’est échouée sur la plage
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Yield, output
Productivity
Performance

Use:

  • yield / farm yield
  • to run at full capacity
  • (energy) efficiency
  • muscular / school performance
A

Un rendement

Utilisation:

  • rendement de terre / d’élevage / agricole
  • tourner à plein rendement
  • le rendement énergétique
  • rendement musculaire / scolaire
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An animal product

A

Un produit animalier

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A cardio-vasculare disease

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Une maladie cardio-vasculaire

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Fat Use: - animal fat / plant fat - fatty tissue
La graisse Utilisation: - la graisse animale / végétale - un tissu adipeux
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``` Weaning a child Coming off (drug addict) ```
Un sevrage d’un enfant / d’un drogué
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An outline / contour Twists and turns Detour Use: - outline of an object / design outline - contour of a body / face / landscape - outline of an experience / project / piece - twists and turns (road or river)
Un contour Utilisation: - un contour d’un objet / d’un dessin - un contour de corps / de visage / de paysage - un contour d’expérience / de projet / d’œuvre - un contour de route / rivière
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Twisting the rules / bypassing the law /rules
Un contournement de la loi / des règles
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Mining
L’exploitation minière (f)
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A Mine
Une mine
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Copper
Le cuivre
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Run-of
Un écoulement | Un ruisellement
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Acidification
L’acidification
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Salinity
La salinité
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A nutrient
Une substance nutritive | Un élément nutritif
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Heavy metal
Un métal lourd
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A construction site
Un chantier (de construction)
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Sediment
Un sédiment
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Eutrophication (excessive nutrients in water leading to excessive plant growth, thereby reducing light and oxygen)
La eutrophisation
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Rainfall
La précipitation
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A dam
Un barrage
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To hold water
Retenir l’eau
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Sewage
Les eaux usées | Les eaux d’égout
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Treated waste water
L’eau effluente
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A sewage treatment plant
Une using de traitement des eaux usées
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Treatment plant
Une installation de traitement
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Sewage treatment
Une épuration des eaux
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Saturation
La saturation