Pollution Flashcards by Julie Balmer | Brainscape

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Dompter la nature

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Tame nature

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Espèce

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Spiecies

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Être menacé de disparition

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Be threatened with extinction

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Polluer

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Pollute

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Protéger

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Preserve

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Nature maltraitée

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Nature abuse

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Provoquer des ravages

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Wreak damages

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Un polluant

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A contaminant

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Pétrolier

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Oil tanker

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Cuve

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Tank

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Explosion

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Blast

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Couler

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Sink

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Faire naufrage

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To be shipwrecked

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Marée noire

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Oil spill
Spillage
Back tide

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Déverser

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Disgorge

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Largement pollué par le pétrole

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Heavily oiled

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Eau courante

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Running water

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Eau potable

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Drinking water

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Eau du robinet

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Tap water

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Nappe phréatique

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underground aquifer

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Salir l’atmosphère

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Foul the air

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Libérer du CO2

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Release CO2

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Pluies acides

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Acid rains

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Couche d’ozone

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Ozone layer

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Effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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Provoquer des changements climatiques

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Produce climatic changes

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Elever la température

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Drive up the temperature

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Fondre

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Melt

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Calotte glaciaire

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Polar cap

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Inonder

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Flood

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Elever le niveau

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Raise the level

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Déboisement

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Deforestation

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Réseau de transport en commun

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Mass transit system

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Pollution des sols

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Land and soil pollution

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Produits chimiques agricoles

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Agrochemicals

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Ordures

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Rubbish, garbage, waste

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Eboueur

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Dustman

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Société de gaspillage

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Throw away society

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Société d’abondance

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Society of affluence

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Gaspiller

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Waste

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Jeter

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Throw away

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Traitement des déchets

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Waste processing

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Ramassage des ordures

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Garbage collection

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Recycler

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Recycle

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Réduire les déchets au minimum

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Minimize waste

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Trier les ordures

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Sort garbage

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Circulation auto

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Auto traffic

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Crisser (pneus)

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Squeal (tyres)

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Horreur pour la vue

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Eyesore

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Défigurer un paysage

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Disfigure a landscape

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Gâcher

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Spoil

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Parcs éoliens offshore

A

Offshore wind farms

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Eolienne

A

Turbine