La pollution Flashcards

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An electrical appliance

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Un appareil électrique

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Member

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Un adhérant

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Greenhouse effect

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L’effet de serre

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Sewer

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Un égout

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Packaging

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L’emballage

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Coast/shoreline

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Le littoral

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Way of getting around

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Un mode de déplacement

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Ship

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Le navire

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Cultural heritage

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La patrimoine

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Warming

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Le réchauffement

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Road/sea transport

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Le transport routier/maritime

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Air/rail transport

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Le transport aérien/ferroviaire

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Public transport

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Les transports en commun

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Public transport

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Les transports collectifs

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Household waste

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Les déchets ménagers

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To have the upper hand

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Avoir la cote

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Banish

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Bannir

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Upset

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Bouleverser

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To entrust

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Confier à

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To disturb

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Déranger

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To set out

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Élaborer

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To climb

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Grimper

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To insulate

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Isoler

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Favour/give priority to

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Privilégier/favoriser

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To break/to upset

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Rompre

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To sort/separate out

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Trier

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To aim at

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Viser à

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Subjunctive of atteindre (reach)

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Atteigne

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Subjunctive of savoir (know)

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Sache

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Walk

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La balade

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Air traffic

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La circulation aérienne

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Road traffic

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La circulation routière

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Consumption

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La consommation

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The growth

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La croissance

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Industrial era

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L’ère industrielle

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Label/sticker

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Une etiquette

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Melting of the ice caps

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Hire/hiring

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La location

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Struggle/fight

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La lutte

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Standby (TV etc)

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La mise en veille

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Drought

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La sécheresse

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Factory

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Une usine

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Household waste

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Les ordures ménagères

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Citizen

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Un citoyen

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Using rail

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Ferroviaire

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Using rivers

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Fluvial

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Greedy

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Gourmand

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Linked to

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Lié à

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Harmful

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Nuisible

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Fundamental

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Primordial

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Powerful

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Puissant

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Biodegradable

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Putrescible

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Aware

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Sensible à

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Indeed/even

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Voire

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CFCs

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Les cfcs

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Rubbish tip

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Un dépotoire

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Refuse collector

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Un éboueur

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Artificial fertiliser

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L’engrais chimique

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Wastage

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Le gaspillage

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Carbon dioxide

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Le gaz carbonique

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Catalytic converter

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Le pot catalytique

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Rubbish collection

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Le ramassage d’ordures

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Ultraviolet rays

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Les rayons ultraviolets

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Green field site

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Un site vierge

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Compost heap

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Un tas de compost

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Aerosol spray

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Une bombe aérosol

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A deposit

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Une consigne

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The ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Dump

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Une décharge

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Turning into a desert

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La desertification

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A large oil slick

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Une marée noire

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A small oil slick

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Une nappe de pétrole

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Acid rain

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La pluie acide

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Water pollution

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La pollution des eaux

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Contaminated

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Contaminée

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Toxic

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Toxique

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To deforest

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Déboiser

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To pollute

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Polluer

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To heat up

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Se réchauffer

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To have dreadful consequences

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Avoir des conséquences redoubtables

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Cleaning up the beaches

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La dépollution des plages

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Global warming

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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The polar ice-caps are melting

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Les glaces polaires de fondent

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The sea level is rising

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Le niveau des océans remonte

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Environmentally friendly

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Qui ne nuit pas a l’environnement

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To cut down rainforests

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Défricher les forêts tropicales

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To damage the environment

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Dégrader l’environnement

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Health hazard

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Le risque pour la santé

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Raw materials

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Les matières premières

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To bring organisations together

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La grenelle