La Pollution Flashcards

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Un polluant

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Pollutant

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Les effluents

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Effluent

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Polluer

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To pollute

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La gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust gases

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Le plomb

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Lead

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Le monoxyde de carbone

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Carbon monoxide

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Le gaz carboniques

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Carbon gases

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Le mercure

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Mercury

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L’azote

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Nitrogen

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L’oxygène

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Oxygen

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Les pluies acides

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Acid rain

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Le trou

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Hole

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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

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La bombe aérosol

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Spray can

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Le pot catalytique

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Catalytic converter

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Le niveau

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Level

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Le covoiturage

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Car-sharing

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Le produit chimique

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Chemical product

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Le problème respiratoire

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Breathing difficulty

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L’asthme

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Asthma

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Les hydrocarbures

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Hydrocarbons

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Le cours d’eau

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Watercourse

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La rivière

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River

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Le fleuve

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Major river

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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Radioactif/ve

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Radioactive

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Un pétrolier

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An oil tanker

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Le pétrole

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Petroleum, crude oil

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L’essence

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Petrol

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Un naufrage

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A shipwreck

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S’échouer

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To run aground

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La marée noire

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Oil slick

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Le mazout

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Oil

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Le littoral, la côte

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Coast

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Le prélèvement

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Sample

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Les nuisances sonores

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Noise pollution

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Le déversement

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Spillage

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Déverser

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To spill

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Nuire à

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To harm

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Dégager

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To give off (gas)

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Souiller

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To soil, contaminate

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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Nocif/ve

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Harmful

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Sans plomb

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Unleaded

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Le gas-oil, le gazole

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Diesel fuel

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Toxique

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Toxic

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La centrale thermique

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Coal-fired power station

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La centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power station

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Rejeter

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To discharge

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Se diffuser

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To spread