pollution Flashcards

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polluer

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to pollute

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la pollution de l’eau

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water pollution

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la pollution sonore

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noise pollution

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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une substance polluante

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a pollutant

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polluant

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polluting

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être peu polluant

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to pollute little

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produits non polluants

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non-polluting products

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diminuer la pollution

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to curb pollution

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gaspiller

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to waste

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le gaspillage

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wastage

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12
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un pic de pollution

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a pollution peak

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les fumées d’usine

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factory smoke

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les gaz d’échappement

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car exhausts
exhaust fumes

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l’essence sans plomb

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unleaded
lead-free petrol

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surveiller la qualité de l’air

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to monitor air quality

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avoir du mal à respirer

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to have difficulty breathing

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18
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l’asthme

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asthma

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19
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clean air act

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  • passed in Britain in response to the great smog
  • stipulates that power stations had to be relocated to rural areas
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20
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les nitrates

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nitrates

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21
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les engrais

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fertilizers

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22
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la nappe phréatique

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groundwater

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23
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contaminer les rivières

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to poison rivers

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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un polluant
a contaminant
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une substance chimique toxique
a toxic chemical
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nocif
harmful
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les égouts
the sewage system
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un égout
a sewer
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les eaux usées
sewage waster water
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une station d'épuration des eaux
a sewage works a sewage plant a sewage farm
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l'amiante
asbestos
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désaimanter un bâtiment
to remove asbestos from a building
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le saturnisme
lead poisoning
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les pluies acides
acid rains
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une marée noire
an oil slick
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un déversement accidentel de pétrole
an oil spill
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des oiseaux mazoutés
oil-covered birds
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dégazer
to empty one's tanks to flush out one's tanks
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le dégazage
oil tankers emptying their tanks discharging waste oil
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The Blacksmith Institute
- New York based NGO whose purpose is to support environmental projects in conjunction with donors and governments - it identifies locations in the developing world where human health is most affected by pollution and it designs remediation strategies
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les ordures
waste rubbish garbage
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les déchets toxiques/organiques
toxic/organic waste
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les détritus
litter
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éliminer les déchets
to dispose of waste
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les déchets dangereux
hazardous waste
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les ordures ménagères
household refuse household rubbish
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jetable
disposable
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biodégradable
biodegradable
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ramasser les déchets
to collect waste
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le ramassage des ordures
waste collection
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une déchetterie
a waste collection centre
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un éboueur
a dustman a garbage man
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une boîte à ordures
a dustbin a bin a garbage can
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une poubelle
a wheelie bin
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un camion poubelle
a bin lorry a dust car a garbage truck
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un sac poubelle
a bin liner
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se débarasser de
to discard
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Jonathan Chapman tried to promote what he calls "emotionally durable" design
way of reducing the generation of toxic waste
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déposer jeter des ordures
to dump rubbish
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jeter
to throw away
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une décharge un dépotoir
a rubbish dump a garbage dump a rubbish tip a dumping ground
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une décharge sauvage
an illicit rubbish dump
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enterrer enfouir
to bury
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un site d'enfouissement des ordures
a landfill
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brûler
to burn
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détruire
to destroy
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un incinérateur
an incinerator
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fondre
to melt
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une fuite
a leak
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les déchets nucléaires
nuclear waste
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retombées radioactives
radioactive fallout
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la radioactivité
radioactivity
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cancérigène
carcinogenic
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éliminer les déchets nucléaires
to dispose of nuclear waste
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l'élimination des déchets nucléaires
nuclear waste disposal
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un conteneur
a container
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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés
hermetically sealed containers
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une fuite
a leak
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le stockage des déchets radioactifs
the storage of nuclear waste
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le principe de précaution
the precautionary principle the safety-first principle
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three mile island
- a malfunction in the cooling system of a reactor caused a partial meltdown of the reactor core - this led to the release of a significant amount of radioactivity
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traiter / transformer les déchets
to process waste
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trier
to sort
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le tri sélectif
sorting waste separation
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un conteneur de verre
a bottle bank
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des chiffons
rags
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le carton
cardboard
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la ferraille
scrap metal
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les emballages
packaging
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une boite de bière
a can of beer a beer can
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un surplus un excès
a glut
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le recyclage
recycling
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recycler le plastique
to recycle plastic
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recyclable
recyclable
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une usine de recyclage
a recycling plant
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les coûts de recyclage
recycling costs