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L’environnement Flashcards

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Provoquer une maladie

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To cause an illness

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Les énergies renouvelables (fpl)

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Renewable energies

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La pollution atmosphérique/de l’air

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Air pollution

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Trier les déchets

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To sort the rubbish

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Un enjeu

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Issue/stake

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Un aéroport

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An airport

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Éviter

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To avoid

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Émettre

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To emit

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Le gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas

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Diminuer les impacts environnementaux liés au transport aérien

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To reduce the environmental impact of air travel

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La climatisation

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Air conditioning

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Le parc-relais

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Park and ride

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Un automobiliste

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A motorist/car driver

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Le piéton

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Pedestrian

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Un changement de comportement

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Change in behaviour

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Avoir un impact sur la biodiversité

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To have an impact in biodiversity

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Réduire le gaspillage énergétique

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To reduce energy wasting

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Faire du covoiturage

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To share cars

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Éviter

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To avoid

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

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Le transport aérien

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Air transport

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La boite de conserve

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Tin can

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Un emballage

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Packaging

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Baisser le chauffage central

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To turn down the central heating

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Calculer son empreinte carbone

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To calculate one’s carbon footprint

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Le carbone

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Carbon

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Être écolo

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To be environmentally friendly

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La marée noire

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Oil slick

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La pollution sonore/visuelle/lumineuse

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Noise/visual/light pollution

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La planète

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Planet

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Effectuer une opération de nettoyage

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To carry out a clean-up operation

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Favoriser, privilégier

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To favour/support

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Être écolo

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To be environmentally friendly

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39
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Éteindre la lumière

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To switch off the light

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Le riverain

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Resident, someone living nearby

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Avoir un impact écologique majeur

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To have a major ecological impact

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Sauvegarder

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To preserve/safeguard

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Les déplacements (mpl)

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Travel

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Promouvoir

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To promote

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Attirer

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To attract

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La planète

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Planet

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Trier les déchets

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To sort the rubbish

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Un trajet

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Journey

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un changement de comportement

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Change in behaviour

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Le transport ferroviaire

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Rail transport

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Avoir un impact écologique majeur

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To have a major ecological impact

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Faire du covoiturage

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To share cars

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57
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La qualité de vie

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Quality of life

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58
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Une émission

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Émission

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59
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L’environnement (m)

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The environment

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60
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Se déplacer

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To travel

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Décourager la circulation automobile au centre-ville

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To keep car traffic out of the town centre

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Réduire le gaspillage énergétique

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To reduce energy wasting

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Baisser le chauffage central

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To turn down the central heating

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Les déchets (mpl)

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Rubbish/waste

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Putrescible

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Biodegradable

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Un égout

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Sewer

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Rompre

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To break/upset

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Grimper

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To climb

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Bouleverser

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To upset

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Le naufrage

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Shipwreck

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Le réchauffement

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Warming

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Melting of the ice caps

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Voire

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Even/indeed

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L’effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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Le fléau

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Scourge

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La canicule

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Heatwave

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Une inondation

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Flood

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La balade

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A walk

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Un adhérant

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A member

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Viser à

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To aim at

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Primordial

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Very important/fundamental

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Liée à

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Linked to

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Sensible à

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Sensitive/aware

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Trier mes déchets

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To sort my rubbish

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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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L’éclairage

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Lighting

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L’emballage

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Packaging

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Gourmand

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Greedy

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Confier à

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To entrust

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Bannir

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To banish

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Ferroviaire

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Using rail

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Élaborer

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To elaborate

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Sache

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Know

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Avoir la cote

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To be popular

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Le défi

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Challenge

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Le besoin

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Need

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Fluvial

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Using rivers

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Atteigne

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To reach

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La location

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Hiring

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S’allonger

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To stretch out

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Centrales thermiques

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Power station

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Flamber

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To soar (price)

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Raréfaction

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Increasing scarcity

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Soufre

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Sulphur

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Stocker

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To stock

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Tas

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A Pile

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Fournir

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Supply

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Les gisements

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Deposits

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Rentables

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Profitable

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Électrifier

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Supply energy

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Les chemins de fer

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Railways

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Eaux douces

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Fresh water

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Poids lourds

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HGV

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Cours d’eau

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River

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Qui résulte de
Créé par 
Du à
Causé par 
Provoqué par
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Caused by etc

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Le bruit autour des aéroports

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Noise around airports

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Avoir un impact sur la biodiversité

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Have an impact on biodiversity

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Émettre du carbone

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Emit carbon

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Provoquer les maladies physiques / psychologiques

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Cause physical and mental problems

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Dégrader le paysage

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Ruin the landscape

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La climatisation

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Air conditioning

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Les feux

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Streetlights

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Les lampadaires

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Street lights

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En perturbant les repères des oiseaux migrateurs

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By disturbing the migration route of birds

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L’éclairage

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Lighting

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Être coincé dans les filets de pêche

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To be jammed in fishing nets

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Opérations de nettoyage

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Cleaning operations

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Le devoir

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Responsibility

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Se servir de

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To use

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La sensibilisation

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Awareness

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Une action à mettre em œuvre chaque jour

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An action to put into place/ work each day

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Invariablement

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Unchangeable

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Laisser la griffe ouvert en brisant les dents

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Leaving the tap on whilst brushing teet

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Je devrais … mais

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I should .. but

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Les produites importés

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Imported products

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Cuisiner votre nourriture

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Cook your food

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Se doucher au lieu de se baignoire

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Shower instead of taking a bath

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Les dépliants

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Leaflets

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Un égout

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Sewer

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Romper

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To break / to upset

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Le naufrage

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Shipwreck

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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La fonte des calottes glaciers

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Warning of ice sheets

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La canicule

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Heat weave

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La balade

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Walk

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Un adhérant

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A member

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Sensible à

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Aware

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Primordial

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Very important

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Gourmand

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Greedy

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Bannir

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To banish

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Avoir la cote

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To be popular

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Pire encore

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Worse again

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On la rencontre surtout

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It is found above all

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Les agglomérations

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Big cities

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Le gratte- ciel

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A Level French (17 decks)

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