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1
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La saison des pluies

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The rainy season

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Une pluie légère (2)

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Gentle= soft rain

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Une pluie battante

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Driving= heavy = pouring rain

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Une petite averse

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A sprinkle of rain

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Un vent fort

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A strong= a high wind

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Un vent cinglant

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A biting rain

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Un vent glacial

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An icy wind

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Un coup de vent / une rafale

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A gust of wind

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9
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Un coup de tonnerre

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A clap of thunder

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Un éclair

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A flash of lightning

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Une chaleur suffocante

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Sultry heat

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Quel temps fait-il ?

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What’s the weather like?

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13
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Il fait beau

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The weather is fine

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14
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Quel temps magnifique

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What glorious weather!

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15
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Le ciel était couvert, mais le temps se lève / s’éclaircit

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The sky was overcast but the weather is clearing up/ brightening up

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16
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On étouffe

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It’s boiling hot

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17
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On dirait qu’il va pleuvoir/ le temps est à la pluie

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It looks like rain

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18
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Nous avons été surpris par l’averse

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We were caught in the downpour

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19
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Il pleuvait à torrents

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It was raining cats and dogs

The rain was bucketing down

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Il y a du vent

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There’s a wind blowing/ It’s windy

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21
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Il n’y meme pas un souffle d’air

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There’s not even a breath of wind

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C’était un jour de grand vent

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It was a gusty day

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23
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Quel vent ! Quelle tempête

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It’s blowing a gale !

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24
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La foudre est tombée

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Lightning has struck

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25
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L’herbe était couverte de gelée

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The grass was covered in frost

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26
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Ça se refroidit

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It’s getting colder

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27
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Vous avez assez chaud?

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Are you warm enough ?

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28
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Il fait bon

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It’s nice and warm

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29
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Je suis bien au chaud

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I’m nice and warm

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30
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Je ne suis pas au mieux de ma forme

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I’m felling a bit under the weather

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Ils ont le vent en poupe

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They have a following wind

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32
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Il faut voir le beau coté des choses

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Every cloud has a silver lining

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33
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Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul

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It never rains but it pours

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34
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Un météorologiste

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A meteorologist

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35
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Les perspectives

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The outlook

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36
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Une période (ensoleillé / de froid)

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A (sunny/ cold) spell= period

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Une vague de chaleur

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A heat wave

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38
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Une journée de canicule

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A scorcher

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39
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Brûler

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To scorch

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40
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Brûlant, torride, très chaud, journée caniculaire

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Scorching

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41
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Prévoir le temps

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To forecast the weather

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42
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Que dit la météo ?

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What’s the forecast ?

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43
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La météo: le temps de dimanche à mardi

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The weather forecast: Sunday through Tuesday

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44
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Mauvaise conditions atmosphériques

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Poor weather conditions

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45
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Ciel couvert avec pluie

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Overcast skies with rain

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46
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Tendance nuageuse

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Rather cloudy

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47
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Mauvaise visibilité

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Poor visibility

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48
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Le ciel se dégagera l’après midi

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The sky will clear up in the afternoon

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49
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Nuageux avec averses

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Cloudy with outbreaks of showers

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50
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Risques de pluies

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Chances of rain

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51
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Les problèmes liés à l’environnement

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Environmental issues

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52
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Polluer

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To pollute

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53
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(Non) pollué

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(Un)polluted

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54
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La pollution

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Pollution

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55
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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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56
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Un produit polluant

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A pollutant

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57
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La pollution de l’air / de l’eau

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Air/ water pollution

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58
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Un pesticide

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A pesticide

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59
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Émettre des gaz

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To emit gases

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60
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Émission de gaz

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Gas emissions

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61
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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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62
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L’oxyde de carbone

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Carbon monoxide

63
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Le dioxyde de carbone = CO2

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Carbon dioxide = CO2

64
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Tuyau d’échappement

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Exhaust pipe

65
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Tuyau

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Pipe

66
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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warning

67
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Empoisonner

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To poison

68
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Le déboisement= la déforestation

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Deforestations

69
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La réforestation

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Reforestation

70
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Le pétrole

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Oil

71
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Une marée noire

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An oil spill= leak= slick

72
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L’énergie

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Energy

73
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La consommation énergétique

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Energy consumption

74
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La pénurie

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Shortage

75
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Un égout

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A sewer

76
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Les eaux usées

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Sewage

77
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Pécher

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To fish

78
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La surpeche

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Overfishing

79
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Braconner

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To poach

80
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Un braconnier

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A poacher

81
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Gaspiller

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To waste

82
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Les nuisances sonores

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Noise pollution

83
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Le seuil de tolérance

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The threshold of tolerance

84
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Détruire la couche d’ozone

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Destroy the ozone-layer

85
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Les trous dans la couche d’ozone

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Ozone holes

86
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Déclencher des changements irréversibles

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To trigger inversible changes

87
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Des catastrophes imprévisibles

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Unpredictable disasters

88
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Les déchets toxiques

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Toxic wastes

89
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Le gaspillage/ l’épuisement des ressources naturelles

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The waste/ exhaustion / depletion of natural ressources

90
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La disparition de la biodiversité

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The loss of biodiversity

91
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Les ressources naturelles s’épuisent

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Natural resources are running out

92
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C’est une catastrophe pour la faune maritime

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It’s a disaster to marine life

93
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L’écologie

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Ecology

94
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Écologique

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Ecological

95
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Un écologiste

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An ecologist

96
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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

97
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Les Verts

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The Greens

98
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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

99
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Protéger la faune et la flore

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To protect wildlife

100
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Recycler

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To recycle

101
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Le recyclage du verre

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Glass recycling

102
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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect= to preserve the environment

103
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Nettoyer une marée noire

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To clean up an oil spill

104
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Réduire les émissions de gaz d’échappement

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To stem exhaust pipe emissions

105
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Réduire / contrer l’effet de serre

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To curb/ counter the greenhouse effect

106
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S’attaquer au problème des changements climatiques

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To tackle climate changes

107
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Protéger les espèces menacées / les sites naturels

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To protect endangered species / beauty spots

108
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Préserver la couche d’ozone

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Be ozone-friendly

109
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

110
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L’univers

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The universe

111
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Universel

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Universal

112
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Le monde

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The world

113
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Le vide

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The void

114
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Le système solaire

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The solar system

115
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Un rayon de soleil

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A sunray = sunbeam

116
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Une planète

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A planet

117
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L’atmosphère

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The atmosphere

118
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Un satellite

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A satellite

119
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La lune

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The moon

120
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Un rayon de lune

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A moonbeam

121
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Sans lune

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Moonless

122
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Le clair de lune

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Moonlight

123
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Éclairé par la lune

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Moonlit

124
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Une éclipse

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An eclipse

125
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Un cratère

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A crater

126
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Une rotation

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A rotation

127
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Tourner/ graviter

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To revolve

128
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Un astre/ une étoile

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A star

129
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Étoilé

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Starlit = starry

130
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Sans étoiles

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Starless

131
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Une constellation

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A constellation

132
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Une galaxie

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A galaxy

133
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Un trou noir

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A black hole

134
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Une comète

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A comet

135
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Exploser

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To explode

136
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Une explosion

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An explosion

137
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Extra-terrestre

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Extra-terrestrial

138
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Un OVNI

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A UFO

139
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Voyager dans l’espace

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To travel through space

140
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Un soleil levant

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A rising sun

141
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Un soleil couchant

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Setting sun

142
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Le lever du soleil

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Sunrise

143
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Le coucher du soleil

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Sunset

144
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Un croissante de lune

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A crescent (of )moon

145
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Une étoile filante

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A falling/ a shooting star

146
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Un ciel étoilé

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A starry sky

147
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Demander la lune

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To cry= to ask for the moon

148
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Être aux anges à propos de qqch

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To be over the moon about sth

149
Q

Il y’a des lustres

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Many moons ago

150
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Tous les 36 du mois (coll)

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Once in a blue moon

151
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Rêvasser

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To moon about= around

152
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Avoir le visage rond

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To be moonfaced

153
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Être né sous une bonne/ mauvaise étoile

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To be born under a lucky/ an unlucky stars

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