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les effluents (m)

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effluent\

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les déchets nucléaires (m)

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nuclear waste\

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un polluant

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pollutant\

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le pétrole

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petroleum\

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polluer

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to pollute\

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l’essence

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petrol\

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les gaz d’échappement (m)

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exhaust gases\

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la marée noire

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oil slick\

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le plomb

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lead\

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le mazout

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Oil/tar\

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les CFC

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CFC’s\

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nuire à

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to harm\

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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide\

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le littoral/la côte

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coast\

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les gaz carboniques (m)

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carbon gases\

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le changement climatique

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climate change\

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L’empreinte écologique (f)

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environmental footprint\

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le déversement

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spillage\

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L’empreinte carbonique (f)

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carbon footprint\

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déverser

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to spill/release\

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les pluies acides (f)

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Acid rain\

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les nuisances sonores (f)

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noise pollution\

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le trou

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hole\

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dégager

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to release\

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la bombe aérosol

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aerosol\

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souiller

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to soil\

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le carburant

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fuel\

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contaminer

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to contaminate\

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le pot catalytique

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catalytic converter\

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nocif (-ve)

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harmful\

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le niveau

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level\

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sans plomb

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unleaded\

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le covoiturage

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car-sharing\

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toxique

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toxic\

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le produit chimique

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chemicals\

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rejeter

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to discharge\

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le probème respiratoire

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breathing difficulty\

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le gas-oil/le gazole

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diesel\

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l’asthme (m)

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asthma\

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biodégradable

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biodegradable\

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les hydrocarbures (f)

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hydrocarbons\

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les ordures ménagères (f)

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household waste\

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le cours d’eau

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waterways\

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la circulation routière

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car traffic\

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la rivière

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river\

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le parc automobile

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total number of cars\

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le fleuve

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major river\

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la sécheresse

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drought\

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le réchauffement planétaire

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global warming\

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la fonte des calottes glaciaires

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melting of polar ice caps\

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radioactif (-ve)

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radioactive\

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la canicule

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heatwave\

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l’énergie (f)

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energy\

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l’isolation (f)

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insulation\

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les ressources (f)

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resources\

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le tout-nucléaire

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policy of total commitment to nuclear energy\

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les ressources en énergie (f)

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energy resources\

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user

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to use up\

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le gaz

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gas\

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utiliser

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to use\

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le charbon

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coal\

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épuiser

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to exhaust\

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inépuisable

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inexhaustible\

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l’épuisement

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exhaustion\

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l’énergie hydraulique (f)

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carbon dioxide\

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l’approvisionnement en énergie (m)

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energy supply\

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la centrale

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carbon gases\

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la flambée des prix

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price hike\

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le besoin

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environmental footprint\

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la politique énergétique

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energy policy\

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la consommation

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carbon footprint\

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la raréfaction

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scarcity\

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l’énergie éolienne (f)

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wind energy\

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efficace

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efficient\

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un parc éolien

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wind farm\

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le barrage

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dam\

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une éolienne

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wind turbine\

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entraîner

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to bring about\

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solaire

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solar\

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gaspiller

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to waste\

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renouvelable

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renewable\

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le gaspillage

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waste\

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non-renouvelable

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non-renewable\

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l’oléoduc

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oil pipeline\

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énergétique

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of energy\

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le gazoduc

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gas pipeline\

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à court terme

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short term\

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le pipeline

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pipeline\

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à long terme

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long term\

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la croissance

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growth\

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un panneau solaire

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solar panel\

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provenir de

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to come from\

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un panneau photo-voltaïque

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photo-voltaic panel\

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le gisement

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deposit (e.g. of oil)\

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géothermique

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geothermic\

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le réacteur

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reactor\

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marémotrice

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tidal\

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le fioul

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heating oil\

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E.D.F.

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French electricity company\

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le chauffage

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heating\

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les vagues (f)

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waves\

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le Moyen Orient

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middle-east\

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disposer de

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to have (available)\

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la Mer du Nord

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North Sea\

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le changement climatique

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climate change\

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le marché

A

market\

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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming\

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environnemental

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environmental\

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le réchauffement planétaire/global

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global warming\

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nier

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to deny\

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l’empreinte éologique (f)

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carbon footprint\

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sceptique

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sceptical\

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les calottes glaciaires (f)

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polar icecaps\

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rétrécir

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to shrink\

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le niveau de la mer

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sea-level\

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s’élever

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to rise\

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l’effet (m)

A

effect\

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la température

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temperature\

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le dioxide de carbone

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carbon dioxide\

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à l’échelle mondiale

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on a worldwide scale\

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le méthane

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methane\

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moyen

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average\

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durable

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sustainable\

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le déboisement

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deforestation\

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la durabilité

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sustainablility\

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le consensus scientifique

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scientific consensus\

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l’espèce (f)

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species\

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préserver/sauvegarder

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to preserve\

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en danger

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in danger\

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contester

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to contest\

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la menace

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threat\

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le recul des glaciers

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glacier retreat\

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la survie

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survival\

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le groupe de pression

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pressure group\

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en voie de disparition

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endangered\

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disparaître

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to disappear\

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la chasse

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hunting\

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le refroidissement

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cooling\

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l’exploitation

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exploitation\

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le carottage de glace

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ice sampling\

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le traité

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treaty\

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l’ère glaciaire

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ice age\

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le protocol

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protocol\

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le cycle

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cycle\

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l’accord (m)

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agreement\

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la fluctuation

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fluctuation\

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ratifier

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to ratify\

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l’élévation

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rise\

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le protoxyde d’azote

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nitrogen dioxode\

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les données (f)

A

data\

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l’immigré (f)

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immigrant\

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le nouvel arrivant

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new arrival\

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émigrer

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to emigrate\

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le bidonville

A

shanty town\

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le migrant

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migrant\

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le patrimoine

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heritage\

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l’immigration (f)

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immigration\

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la diversité

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diversity\

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issu de l’immigration

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of immigrant origin\

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le mode de vie

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way of life\

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le ressortissant

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national/immigrant\

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accueillir

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to receive/welcome\

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le beur

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second generation North African\

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fuir

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to flee\

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le Maghrébin

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from the Maghreb\

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le centre d’accueil

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reception centre\

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le “pied noir”

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former colonist\

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se réfugier

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to take refuge\

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le pays d’accueil

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host country\

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le ghetto

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ghetto\

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la terre d’accueil

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host country\

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marocain

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Moroccan\

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le travail au noir

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“moonlighting”

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tunisien

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Tunisian\

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la frontière

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border\

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algérien

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Algerian\

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l’immigration clandestine (f)

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illegal immigration\

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l’Europe de l’est

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eastern Europe\

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le clandestin

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illegal immigrant\

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en situation irrégulière

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illegal/without papers\

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le réfugié

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refugee\

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le sans-papiers

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illegal immigrant\

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le demandeur d’asile

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asylum seeker\

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de souche

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native born\

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originaire de

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from\

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ethnique

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ethnic\

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en hausse

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rising\

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l’éthnicité (f)

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ethnicity\

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en baisse

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falling\

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la minorité éthnique

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ethnic minority\

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l’afflux (m)

A

influx\

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la provenance

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origin\

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la vague d’immigrant

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wave of immigration\

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étranger

A

foreign\

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s’intégrer

A

to integrate\

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multiculturel

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multicultural\

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l’intégration (f)

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integration\

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le multiculteralisme

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multiculturalsim\

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s’insérer

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to integrate\

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la mixité sociale

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social divesrity\

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l’insertion (f)

A

intergration\

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la diversité

A

diversity\

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s’installer

A

to settle\

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le processus

A

process\

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la carte d’identité

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I.D. card\

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la valeur

A

value\

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naturalisé

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naturalised\

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la formation

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training\

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acquérir

A

to acquire\

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s’assimiler

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to assimilate\

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la nationalité

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nationality\

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le citoyen

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citizen\

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la communauté

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community}

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