L'Environnement - La Pollution - Vocab Flashcards by Lucy Clark

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Pollutant

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Un polluant

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Effluents

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Les effluents (m)

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Exhaust gases

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Les gaz d’échappement (m)

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To pollute

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Polluer

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CFC’s

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Les CFC

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Carbon gases

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Les gaz carboniques (m)

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Environmental footprint

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L’empreinte écologique (f)

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Lead

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Le plomb

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Carbon dioxide

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon footprint

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L’empreinte carbonique (f)

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Biodegradable

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Putrescible

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Industrial era

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L’ère industrielle

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Road traffic

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La circulation routière

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Household waste

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Les ordures ménagères

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Sewer

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Un égout

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Ship

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Le navire

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Shipwreck

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Le naufrage

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To break/upset (the natural equilibrium)

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Rompre (l’équilibre naturel)

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Indeed/even

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Voire

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To climb

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Grimper

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Warming

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Le réchauffement

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Melting of the ice caps

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Drought

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La sécheresse

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Have upheaval/Upset

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Bouleverser

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To distrurb

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Déranger

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Directly in the sea

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Directement en mer

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To aim at

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Viser à

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Linked to

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Lié à

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Fundamental/very important

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Primordial

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To make aware of

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Sensibiliser à

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To sort rubbish

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Trier les déchets