L'environnement - La pollution Flashcards

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1
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Putrescible

A

Biodegradable

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L’ère industrielle

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Industrial Era

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3
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La circulation routière

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Road traffic

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4
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Les ordures ménagères

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Household Waste

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5
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Un égout

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Sewer

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6
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Le navire

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Ship

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7
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Le naufrage

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Shipwreck

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8
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Rompre

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To break, to upset

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9
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Voire

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Indeed, even

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10
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Grimper

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To climb

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11
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Le réchauffement

A

Warming

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12
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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Melting of the ice caps

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13
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La sécheresse

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Drought

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14
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Bouleverser

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Upset

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15
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La balade

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Walk

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16
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Déranger

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To disturb

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17
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Un adhérent

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Member

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18
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Viser à

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To aim at

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19
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Lié à

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Linked to

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20
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Primordial

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Very important, fundamental

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21
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Sensible à

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Aware

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22
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Gourmand

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Greedy

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23
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Sache

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Subjunctive of ‘Savoir’

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24
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Confier à

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To entrust

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25
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Ferroviarie

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Using rail

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26
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Fluvial

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Using rivers

27
Q

Bannir

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Banish

28
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Nuisible

A

Harmful

29
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Élaborer

A

To set out

30
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Puissant

A

Powerful

31
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Atteigne

A

Subjunctive of ‘Atteindre’ to reach

32
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Avoir la cote

A

To be very popular

33
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Lutter

A

To fight, to struggle

34
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La croissance

A

Growth

35
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Le littoral

A

The coast

36
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Les combustibles fossiles

A

Fossil Fuels

37
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Un trou

A

Hole

38
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Les pays en voie de développement

A

Developing countries

39
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L’épuisement

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Exhausting, Using up

40
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Entraîner

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To bring about, to cause

41
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La gestion

A

Management

42
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Les polémiques

A

Debates, Controversies

43
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De toute façon

A

Anyway

44
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En ce moment

A

At the moment

45
Q

Le petrolier

A

Oil tanker

46
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La circulation routière

A

Road traffic

47
Q

Le barrage

A

Dam

48
Q

Alimenter

A

To Feed

49
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Le gaspillage

A

Waste

50
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Inonder

A

To flood

51
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Récupérer

A

To recover

52
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Une marée

A

Tide

53
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L’amende

A

Fine

54
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Le rendement

A

Yield

55
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Entendre

A

To hear

56
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Quant

A

As for

57
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Également

A

Also, equally

58
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Baisser

A

To lower

59
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S’élever

A

To rise

60
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La faune

A

Fauna

61
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La flore

A

Flora

62
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Avouer

A

To confess

63
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Laisser

A

To leave

64
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Dès

A

As soon as, from