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La planète en dangerl

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Endangered Earth

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Les dégâts à l’échelle mondiale

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Global Damage

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l’exploitation

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eploitation, exploiting

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une plateforme pétrolière

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an oil-rig

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la fracturation hydraulique des gazs de shiste

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shale-gas hydraulic fracturing

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l’exploitation minière des terres rares

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rare earths mining

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la diminution, l’appauvrissement

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depletion

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la dévastation

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devastation

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l’érosion

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soil erosion

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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les pluies d’acides

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acid rain

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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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le gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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un désastre écologique

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an environmental disaster

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exploiter

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exploit, tap

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appauvrir

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improverish

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épuiser

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exhaust, deplete

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creuser

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dig

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contaminer

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contaminate

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gaspiller

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waste, squander

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endommager, nuire à

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damage

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détruire

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destroy

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ravager, dévaster

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devastate, wreak havoc (on)

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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une émission

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an emission

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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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les gazs d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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la circulation automobile

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road traffic

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les CFC

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CFCs

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une bombe aérosol

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an aerosol

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la fumée

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smoke

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le brouillard

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fog

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le brouillard polluant

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smog

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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le plomb

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lead

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le saturnisme

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lead-poisoning

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une allergie

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an allergy

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une intoxication

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poisoning

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40
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des difficultés respiratoires

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breathing difficulties

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l’asthme

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asthma

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dégager de la fumée

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release, let out smoke

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polluer

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pollute

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inspirer, inhaler

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breathe in, inhale

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(s’)asphyxier

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choke

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avoir du mal à respirer

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fight for breath, gasp for breath

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poussiéreux

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dusty

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toxique

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toxic

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nocif

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noxious

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étouffant, suffoquant

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stifling

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic, cancer-causing

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malsain

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unwholesome

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54
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la sécheresse

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drought

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le désert

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the desert

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la desertification

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desertification

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57
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la nappe phréatique

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ground water

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le niveau de la la nappe phréatique

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the ground water level

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une inondation

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a flood

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un raz-de-marée

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a tidal wave

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dessécher

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dry up, dry out

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inonder

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flood

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sec

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dry

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désertique, aride, stérile

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barren

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affamé (3)

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hungry, starved, starving

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La pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Les modifications du climat

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Climate Changes

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Pénurie et excédent

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Scarcity and Surplus

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la pénurie

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shortage, scarcity

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le manque

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lack

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le besoin

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want, need

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la famine

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famine, starvation

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l’abondance

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plenty, abundance

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l’excés

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glut

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le mauvaise usage

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misuse

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la mauvaise gestion

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mismanagement

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être à court (de)

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be short (of)

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commencer à manquer de

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run short of

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manquer (de qqch)

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lack (sth), want (for sth)

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avoir besoin de

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need

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mourir de faim

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starve, die of hunger

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regorger de, déborder de

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be packed with, overflow with

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faire mauvaise usage de

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misuse

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mal gérer

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mismanage

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85
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La pollution des eaux

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Water Pollution

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86
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les eaux usées

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sewage

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un égout

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a sewer

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des eaux polluées

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polluted water

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des (agents) polluants

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polluants

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90
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une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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se débarrasser

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get rid (of)

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92
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déverser

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dump, discharge

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93
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déverser, se répandre

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spill

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Les déchets

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Waste

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95
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des ordures ménagères

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household waste

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des déchets industriels

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industrial waste

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des déchets dangereux

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hazardous waste

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98
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des déchets chimiques

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chemical waste

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99
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des déchets radioactifs

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radioactive waste

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100
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des détritus, des déchets

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rubbish, refuse

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une poubelle

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a rubbish bin, a dustbin

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un dépotoir, une décharge

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a dump, a tip

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103
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des vieilleries, des objets bons à jeter

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junk

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104
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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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un tas de ferraille, une décharge

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a scrap heap

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un excédent

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a surplus

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108
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se débarrasser de

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dispose of

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mettre à la ferraille, bazarder

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junk, scrap

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jeter, mettre au rebut

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discard

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gaspiller

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waste

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112
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sentir mauvais

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smell foul

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empester

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stink

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(s’)entasser

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pile up

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suinter, s’infiltrer

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ooze

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fuir, s’échapper

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leak

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intoxiquer, empoisonner

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poison

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contaminer

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contaminate

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jetable

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disposable

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sale

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dirty

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dangereux, risqué

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hazardous

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malodorant

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smelly, foul-smelling

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toxique

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poisonous

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encombrant

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cumbersome, bulky

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les progrès de l’écologie

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Environmental Progress

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L’écologie au quotidien

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Day-to-day environmentalism

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la préservation

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preservation

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la protection (2 mots)

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protection, conservation

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le recyclage

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recycling

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le tri

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sorting out

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un collecteur de verre usagé

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a bottle tank

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un produit écologique

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a green product

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réutiliser

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reuse

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recycler

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recycle

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faire le tri(de)

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sort (out)

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ramasser (le verre usagé)

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collect (used glass)

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être conscient de

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ba aware of

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prendre conscience de

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become aware of

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réutilisable

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reusable

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recyclable

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recyclable

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consigné

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returnable

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inoffensif

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harmless

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sain

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wholesome

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sans danger pour l’ozone

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ozone-friendly

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sans danger pour l’environnement (2)

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environmentally-friendly, eco-friendly

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conscient des enjeux techonologiques (2)

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environmentally-minded, ecologically-minded

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l’écologie

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ecology

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un écologiste (2)

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an ecologist, a conservationist

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l’écologie

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environmentalism

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un écologiste

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an environmentalist

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un avocat spécialiste de l’écologie

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an environmental lawyer

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un militant

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an activist

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les Verts

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the Greens

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un parti écologiste

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a Green party

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un groupe de pression écologiste

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a Green lobby

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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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une campagne

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a campaign

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une campagne de sensibilisation

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an awareness campaign

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le boycott

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boycott

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l’activité des groupes de pression

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lobbying

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un procès (2)

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a suit, a lawsuit

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s’engager

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commit oneself

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participer à, être impliqué dans

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be involved in

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surveiller

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watch

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sensibiliser (le public) (2)

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make the public awer, sensitize

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faire campagne (contre)

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campaign (against)

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dénoncer

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denounce

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révéler, dénoncer (2)

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reveal, expose

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lutter (contre qqch)

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fight (against sth)

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s’opposer (à qqch)

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oppose (sth)

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boycotter

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boycott

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se plaindre

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complain

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porter plainte

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lodge a complaint

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attaquer en justice

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sue

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intenter un procès à

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bring a lawsuit against

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militant

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militant

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écologique

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environmental

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provocateur

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provocative

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virulent

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virulent

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le militantisme

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activism

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l’action gouvernementale

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government actiob

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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une loi (2)

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a law, an act

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une loi en faveur de l’environnement

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a green law

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une mesure d’encouragement

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an incentive

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une réserve d’animaux sauvages (2)

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a game reserve, a game park

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une réserve naturelle

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a nature reserve

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un garde-chasse (2)

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a gamekeeper, a game-warden

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une réserve d’oiseaux

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a bird sanctuary

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une espèce protégée

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a protected species

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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 ressources

194
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le ramassage des déchets (2)

A

rubbish-collecting, garbage-collecting

195
Q

les transports en commun

A

public transport

196
Q

le covoiturage

A

car-pooling

197
Q

la circulation alternée

A

alternate traffic

198
Q

une taxe (2)

A

a tax, a duty

199
Q

une amende

A

a fine

200
Q

une saction (2)

A

a sanction, penalty

201
Q

voter une loi

A

pass a law

202
Q

promulguer

A

enact

203
Q

mettre en application

A

implement

204
Q

faire respecter

A

enforce

205
Q

promouvoir, encourager

A

promote

206
Q

réglementer

A

regulate

207
Q

contrôler (2)

A

control, check

208
Q

garantir

A

guarantee

209
Q

condamner à une amende

A

fine

210
Q

respecter la loi

A

abide the law

211
Q

les économies d’énergie

A

energy efficiency

212
Q

l’énergie propre/non-polluante

A

clean energy

213
Q

l’énergie éolienne

A

wind power

214
Q

l’énergie solaire

A

solar energy

215
Q

une station d’épuration

A

a sewage treatment plant

216
Q

le traitement des déchets

A

waste disposal

217
Q

un pot catalytique

A

a catalytic converter

218
Q

l’essence sans plomb

A

lead-free/unleaded petrol

219
Q

une voiture électrique

A

an electric car

220
Q

protéger

A

protect

221
Q

renouveler

A

renew

222
Q

économiser

A

save

223
Q

convertir

A

convert

224
Q

drainer

A

drain

225
Q

assainir

A

clean up

226
Q

décontaminer

A

decontaminate

227
Q

traiter (eaux usées)

A

process (sewage)

228
Q

traiter (déchets)

A

manage (waste)

229
Q

les innovations techniques

A

technical innovations

230
Q

biologique

A

bilogical

231
Q

naturel

A

natural

232
Q

propre, non-polluant

A

clean

233
Q

écologique

A

ecological

234
Q

innovant, novateur

A

innovative

235
Q

qui fonctionne à l’énergie solaire

A

solar-powered

236
Q

qui fonctionne à l’énergie éolienne

A

wind-powered

237
Q

renouvelable

A

renewable

238
Q

économique en énergie

A

energy-efficient

239
Q

économique en carburant

A

fuel-efficient

240
Q

sans agent polluant

A

pollutant-free

241
Q

sans phoshates

A

phosphate-free

242
Q

sans fumée

A

smoke-free

243
Q

sans plomb (2)

A

lead-free, unleaded

244
Q

associations et tendances dans le domaine de l’écologie

A

ecological trends and organizations

245
Q

organismes indépendants de protection de l’environnement (3)

A

Greenpeace, Friends for Earth, WWF( World Wide Fund for Nature)

246
Q

programme des Nations Unies en faveur de l’environnement

A

UNEP : United Nations Environment Programme

247
Q

agence américaine de la protection de l’environnement

A

EPA : Environment Protection Agency

248
Q

direction générale de la protection de la nature et de l’environnement

A

Nature Conservancy Board (Brit)

249
Q

association britannique fondée en 1889 dans le but de protéger les oiseaux sauvages

A

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds(RSPB)

250
Q

écologie profonde

A

Deep ecology

251
Q

écologie traditionnelle

A

shallow ecology

252
Q

écologiquement correct, respectueux de l’environnement

A

Ecologically PC (Politically correct)

253
Q

qqun qui se mobilise uniquement lorsque cela le concerne

A

Nimby : Not in my backyard

254
Q

néologismes concernant l’écologie

A

neologisms about ecology

255
Q

destructeur de la nature

A

countrycide

256
Q

dangereux pour les rivières

A

rivercide

257
Q

dangereux pour la mer

A

seacide

258
Q

impérialisme écologique

A

eco-imperialism

259
Q

un ecocide

A

an ecocide

260
Q

un obsédé d’écologie

A

an eco-freak

261
Q

un terroriste ecologique

A

an eco-terrorist

262
Q

sensibilisé aux problèmes de l’environnement

A

eco-aware

263
Q

une catastrophe écologique

A

an ecocatastrophe

264
Q

des légumes verts

A

greens

265
Q

la verdure

A

greenery

266
Q

un billet vert d’un dollar

A

a greenback(US)

267
Q

la puissance de l’argent

A

green power (US)

268
Q

un débutant

A

a greenhorn(US)

269
Q

la verdure/un bleu, l’inexpérience/la conscience écologique

A

greenness

270
Q

la prise de conscience technologique(des milieux d’affaires)

A

the greening of (business)

271
Q

passer au vert (route)

A

to go green/to turn green

272
Q

être naif ou novice

A

to be green

273
Q

avoir la main verte

A

to have greean fingers/thumbs (US)

274
Q

donner le feu vert

A

to give the green light

275
Q

la loi antipollution atmosphérique

A

the Clean Air Act

276
Q

impeccable de propreté

A

clean and tidy

277
Q

complétement

A

clean(adv)

278
Q

faire le ménage

A

to do the cleaning

279
Q

avouer, dire la vérité

A

to come clean

280
Q

gagner quelque chose haut la main

A

to make a clean sweep of something

281
Q

nettoyer à fond

A

to clean out

282
Q

effacer, enlever(une tache)

A

to clean off

283
Q

tout nettoyer, tout remettre en ordre ; faire la toilette (d’un enfant) ; expurger

A

to clean up

284
Q

ne rien avoir à se reprocher

A

to be clean

285
Q

avoir un casier judiciaire vierge

A

to have a clean record

286
Q

expression : restons décents !

A

let’s keep the conversation clean

287
Q

proverbe : la nature a horreur di vide

A

nature abhors a vacuum

288
Q

proverbe : la nature reprend ses droits

A

nature will have her course

289
Q

proverbe : la nature est bonne conseillère

A

he who follows nature is never out of this way

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