Les Retombées Flashcards

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1
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A significant threat

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Une menace d’ampleur

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2
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To have a devastating effect

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Avoir un effet dévastateur

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3
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Harmful effects

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Les effets néfastes

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4
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Harmful nature of something

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La nocivité de qqc

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5
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To flow into the sea

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Se déverser dans la mer

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6
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Off the coast

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Au large des côtes

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7
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Damage to the environment

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Les dégâts (m) écologiques

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8
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Mass destruction

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L’hécatombe (f)

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Deterioration of water / soil /environment

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La dégradation de l’eau /DES SOLS / de l’environnement

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10
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To deteriorate

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Se détériorer

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11
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Dying off of forests

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Le dépérissement des forêts

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12
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Radioactive waste

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Les déchets radioactifs

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13
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Genetic disorders

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Les malformations génétiques

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14
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Acid rain

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Les pluies (f) acides

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15
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Hole in the ozone layer

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Le troue dans la couche d’ozone

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16
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Greenhouse effect

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L’effet de serre

17
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General rise in temperature

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La hausse généralisée de la température

18
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Drought

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La sécheresse

19
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Melting of polar ice caps

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La fonte des calottes polaires

20
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To cause a rise in the sea level

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Faire monter le niveau des océans

21
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Tidal wave

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Le raz de marée

22
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To wipe off the map

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Rayer de la carte

23
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Capacity of the sea to absorb toxic pollutants

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Le pouvoir d’épuration des océans

24
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To reach saturation point

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Arriver au seuil de saturation

25
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To go beyond the point

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Dépasser le seuil

26
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Disaster level

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Le seuil catastrophe

27
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Threatened species

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Les espèces menacées

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To be on the way to extinction

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Être en voie de disparition