Nature and Ecology Flashcards

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La pêche (un pêcheur)

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Fishing (a fisherman)

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La chasse (un chasseur)

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Hunting (a hunter)

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Massacrer

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To slaughter

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Diminuer (en nombre)

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To dwindle

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Disparaître

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To become extinct

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La balance écologique

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Ecological balance

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Abattre (un arbre)

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To chop down (a tree)

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Se dessécher, se flétrir

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To wither

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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardize

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Se raréfier

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To become/get scarce

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La diminution, l’appauvrissement

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Depletion

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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

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Epuiser

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To exhaust, to deplete

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Gaspiller

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To waste, to squander

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Ravager, dévaster

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To wreak havoc (on)

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust fumes

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17
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Une intoxication

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Poisoning

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18
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Dégager de la fumée

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To let out smoke

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19
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Etouffant

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Stifling

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20
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Sécheresse

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Drought

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21
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La nappe phréatique

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Ground water

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22
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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Désertique, aride, stérile

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Barren

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La pénurie

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Shortage, scarcity

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L’excès

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Glut

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Regorger de, déborder de

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To be packed with, to overflow with

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Les eaux usées

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Sewage

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Une marée noire

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An oil slick

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Des déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

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Des détritus, des déchets

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Rubbish, refuse

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Des produits jetables

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Disposable products

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La ferraille

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Scrap

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Se débarrasser de

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To dispose of

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Empester

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To stink

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Malodorant

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Smelly

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Encombrant

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Cumbersome, bulky

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Le tri

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Sorting out

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Etre conscient de

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To be aware of

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Le militantisme

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Activism

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L’engagement

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Commitment

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La participation

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Involvement

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Un procès

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A suit, a lawsuit

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Sensibiliser (le public)

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To make the pubic aware, to sensitize

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Porter plainte

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To lodge a complaint

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Des mesures d’économie d’énergie

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Energy-saving measures

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Des ressources inexploitées

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Untapped resources

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Le co-voiturage

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Car-pooling

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Voter une loi

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To pass a law

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Promulguer

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To enact

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Mettre en application

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To implement

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Faire respecter

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To enforce

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Respecter la loi

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To abide by the law

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Les économies d’énergie

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Energy efficiency

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Assainir

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To clean up

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Economique en énergie

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Energy-efficient

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Sans agent polluant

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Pollutant-free

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La prise de conscience écologique (des milieux d’affaires)

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The greening (of business)

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Dire la vérité

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To come clean

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Gagner qqch haut la main

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To make a clean keep of something