L'environnement Flashcards

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La nature

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Nature

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La faune

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Faune

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La flore

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Flora

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L’environnement

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The environment

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La politique écologique

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Environmental policy

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An environmentalist

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Un écolo

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An environmental activist

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L’écologie

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Ecology

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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’équilibre écologique

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The ecological balance

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La pollution

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Pollution

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un polluer

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A polluter

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Protéger

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To protect

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La sauvegarde

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Protection

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Les industries chimiques

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Chemical industries

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Une centrale

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A power station

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

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Oil refinery

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Une centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power station

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L’industrie houillère

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The coal industry

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Un pot d’échappement

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An exhaust pipe

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Un combustible

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A fuel

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Un carburant

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A fuel

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Le charbon

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Coal

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Le gaz (naturel)

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Natural gas

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Le méthane

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Methane

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Le pétrole

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Petroleum

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Le pétrole brut

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Crude oil

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Un produit chimique

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A chemical

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32
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Le soufre

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Sulphur

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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon monoxide

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Le dioxide de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Putrescible

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Biodegradable

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L’ère industrielle

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Industrial era

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37
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La circulation routière

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Road traffic

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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La navire

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A ship

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La naufrage

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A shipwreck

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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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Le réchauffement

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Warming of the planet

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Melting of the ice caps

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La sécheresse

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A drought

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Bouleverser

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To upset

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Un adhérant

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A member (of an organisation)

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La grenelle

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‘Round table’ to bring organisations together

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Visér a

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To aim at

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Lié à

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Linked

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Primordial

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Fundamental

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Sensible à

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Aware of

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Confier à

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To entrust

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Ferroviaire

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Using the railways

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Fluvial

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Using the rivers

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Bannir

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Banish

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Élaborer

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To set out

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Atteigne (Subj. of atteindre)

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To reach

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Avoir la cote

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To have the upper hand

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Food chain

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Le réseau trophique

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Water table

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La nappe phréatique

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Crop

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Une culture

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Drying out

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L’assèchement

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A bee

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Une abeille

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Hissing

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Un chuintement

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A blade (propellor)

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Une pale

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Solar battery

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Une photopile

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To insulate

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Isoler

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To water

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Arroser

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Oil refinery

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Une raffinerie

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Heating oil

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Le mazout

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Deposit

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Un gisement

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Dam

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Un barrage

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Reservoir

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Une retenue

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Spillway

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En déversoir

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Sluice gate

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Une vanne

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Weather vane

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Une girouette

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Propeller

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Une hélice

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Hopper bin

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Une trémie

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Return journey

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Aller-retour

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To eat away

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Ronger

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Sea wall

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Une digue

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Vat

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Une cuve

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Making methane

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La méthanisation

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Respiratory system

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Un appareil respiratoire

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Soot

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La suie

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To dump

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Déverser

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Tuna

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Un thon

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Sewer/drain

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Un égout

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Boar

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Un sanglier

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Geothermal energy

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La géothermie

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Heatwave

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Une canicule