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1
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Polluer

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To pollute

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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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Un polluant

Une substance polluante

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A polluant

A contaminant

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Polluant

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Polluting

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Être peu polluant

Être très polluant

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To pollute little

To pollute a lot

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Produits non polluants

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Non-polluting products

Eco-friendly products

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Diminuer la pollution

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To reduce pollution

To curb pollution

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Nocif

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Harmful

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La pollution de l’air

La pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Le smog

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Smog

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Un pic de pollution

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A pollution peak

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Les fumées d’usines

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Factory smoke

Factory fumes

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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 petrol

Lead-free petrol

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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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L’asthme

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Asthma

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La pollution de l’eau

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Water pollution

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Les nitrates

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Nitrates

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Les engrais

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Fertilizers

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23
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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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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 produit chimique toxique

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A toxic chemical

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27
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La dioxine

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Dioxin

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Un égout

Les égouts

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A sewer

The sewage system

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Les eaux usées

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Sewage water

Waste water

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30
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Une station d’épuration des eaux

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A sewage works

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31
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L’amiante

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Asbestos

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32
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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

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33
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Les gaz CFC

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CFCs

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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone depletion

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Respectueux de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone-friendly

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Les rayons ultra-violets

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Ultra-violet rays

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Les pluies acides

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Acid rains

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Le saturnisme

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Lead poisoning

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Les PCB

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PCBs

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Une marée noire

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An oil slick

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Un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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An oil spill

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Des oiseaux mazoutés

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Oil-covered birds

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Dégazer

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To empty one’s tanks

To flush out one’s tanks

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Les ordures
Les détritus
Les déchets

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Waste
Rubbish (GB)
Garbage (US)
Trash (US)

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Les déchets toxiques

Les déchets organiques

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Toxic waste

Organic waste

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Les déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household refuse

Household rubbish

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Ramasser des déchets

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To collect waste

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Le ramassage des ordures

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Waste collection

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Une déchetterie

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A waste collection centre

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Un incinérateur

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An incinerator

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Un éboueur

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A dustman (GB)
A garbage man (US)
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Les détritus

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Litter

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Éliminer des déchets

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To dispose of waste

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Jetable

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Disposable

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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

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Une poubelle

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A dustbin
A bin (GB)
A garbage can (US)

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Un camion poubelle

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A bin lorry (GB)

A garbage truck (US)

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Une décharge

Un dépotoir

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A rubbish dump (GB)

A garbage dump (US)

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Une décharge sauvage

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An illicit rubbish dump

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Déposer des ordures

Jeter des ordures

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To dump rubbish

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Un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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A landfill

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Jeter

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To throw away

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Enterrer

Enfouir

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To bury

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Brûler

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To burn

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Détruire

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To destroy

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Fondre

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To melt

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Les déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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La radioactivité

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Radioactivity

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Cancérigène

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Carcinogenic

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Éliminer les déchets nucléaires

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To dispose of nuclear waste

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L’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste disposal

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Un conteneur

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A container

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Stocker

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To store

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Le stockage

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Storage

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Des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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Hermetically sealed containers

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Une fuite

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A leak

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Le stockage des déchets radioactifs

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The storage of nuclear waste

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Le recyclage

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Recycling

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Recycler le plastique

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To recycle plastic

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Recyclable

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Recyclable

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Une usine de recyclage

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A recycling plant

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Les coûts de recyclage

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Recycling costs

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Traiter des déchets

Transformer des déchets

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To process waste

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Trier

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To sort

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Le tri sélectif

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Sorting

Waste separation

87
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Un conteneur de verre

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A bottle wank

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Des chiffons

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Rags

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Le carton

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Cardboard

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La ferraille

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Scrap metal

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Les emballages

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Packaging

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Une boîte de bière

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A can of beer

A beer can

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