Pollution Flashcards

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1
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Une bombée aérosol

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An aerosol spray

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Un atomiseur

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A spray can

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Les rayons ultraviolets

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UV rays

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4
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Le cancer de la peau

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Skin cancer

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5
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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

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Sea-level rise

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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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Partager une voiture

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To car-share

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10
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L’essence sans plomb

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Lead-free petrol

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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Les déchets industriels

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Industrial waste

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Les déchets radioactifs

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Radioactive waste

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14
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En égout

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A sewer

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15
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Recycler

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To recycle

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16
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Un article recyclable

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A recyclable item

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17
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Trier les ordures

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To sort garbage

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18
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Consigner les bouteilles

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To return bottles

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19
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Gâcher

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To spoil

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20
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Accroître la prise de conscience

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To heighten awareness

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21
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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Awareness raising

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Un tollé

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An outcry

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23
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Un danger pour la santé

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A health hazard

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24
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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardise

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25
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Nuire à

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To harm

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Mortel

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Lethal

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28
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Un produit cancérigène

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A carcinogen

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29
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Abattre les arbres

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To cut down trees

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30
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Un fleuve en crue

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A flooded river

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31
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Une sécheresse

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A drought

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32
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La terre stérile

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Barren land

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33
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Le stockage

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Stockpiling

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34
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La pollution acoustique

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Noise pollution

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35
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Le traitement des déchets

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Rubbish treatment

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36
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La fumée toxique

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Toxic smoke

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37
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Le taux d’ozone

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The ozone level

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38
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Le climat

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The climate

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39
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Le chauffage

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Heating

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40
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La désertification

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Desertification

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41
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La précipitation

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Rainfall

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42
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S’amincir

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To get thinner

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43
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Les algues

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Algae

44
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Un trou

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A hole

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Fondre

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To melt

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L’arctique

A

The arctic

47
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Le littoral

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The coastline

48
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L’Antarctique

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The Antarctic

49
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La nature

A

Nature

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Un écosystème

A

An ecosystem

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La faune

A

Faune

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La flore

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Flora

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La politique écologique

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Environmental policy

54
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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An environmentalist

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Un écolo

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An environmental activist

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L’écologie

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Ecology

57
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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’équilibre écologique

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The ecological balance

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Polluer

A

To pollute

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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Un polluant

A

A pollutant

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Protéger

A

To protect/ preserve

63
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La sauvegarde

A

Protection

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Les industries chimiques

A

Chemical industries

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Une centrale

A

A power station

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

A

An oil refinery

67
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Une centrale nucléaire

A

A nuclear power station

68
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L’industrie houillère

A

The coal industry

69
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Un pot d’échappement

A

An exhaust pipe

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Un combustible

A

A fuel

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Un carburant

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(Car) fuel

72
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Le charbon

A

Coal

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Le gaz (naturel)

A

Natural gas

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Le méthane

A

Methane

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Le pétrole

A

Petroleum

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Le pétrole brut

A

Crude oil

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Un produit chimique

A

A chemical

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Le soufre

A

Sulphur

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Le gaz carbonique

A

Carbon monoxide

80
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Le dioxide de carbone

A

Carbon dioxide

81
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Putrescible

A

Biodegradable

82
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L’ère industrielle

A

The industrial era

83
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La circulation routière

A

Road traffic

84
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Le navire

A

A ship

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Le naufrage

A

A shipwreck

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Rompre

A

To break/ upset

87
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Grimper

A

To climb

88
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Le réchauffement

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Warming (of the planet)

89
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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Melting of the ice caps

90
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Bouleverser

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To upset

91
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Déranger

A

To disturb

92
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Un adhérant

A

A member (of an organisation)

93
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La grenelle

A

‘Round table’ to bring organisations

94
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Viser à

A

To aim at

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Lié à

A

Linked

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Primordial

A

Fundamental

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Sensible à

A

Aware of

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Confier à

A

To entrust

99
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Ferroviaire

A

Using the railways

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Fluvial

A

Using the rivers

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Bannir

A

To banish

102
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Élaborer

A

To set out

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Puissant

A

Powerful

104
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Atteigne

A

(Subj.) of atteindre- to reach

105
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Avoir la cote

A

To have the upper hand