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Tbe Idea Of Progress (2) Flashcards

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Les problèmes liés à l’environnement

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Environnemental/green issues

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Une catastrophe écologique

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An ecological disaster

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Les changements climatiques

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Climate change

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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L’élévation du niveau de la mer

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Sea level rise

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Éteint, disparu

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Extinct

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Fondre

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To melt

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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The melting of the ice caps

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9
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Une pénurie

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A shortage

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10
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Les pluies acides

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Acid rain

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11
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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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12
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La réduction de la couche d’ozone

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The hole in the ozone layer

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13
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Le stockage des déchets

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The storage of waste

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14
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La terre est menacée

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Our planet is endangered/threatened

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Une vague de chaleur

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A heat wave

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Les catastrophes naturelles

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Natural disasters

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17
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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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Un orage, une tempête

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A storm

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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20
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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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21
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La sécheresse

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Drought

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22
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Une tempête de neige

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A blizzard

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23
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Un tremblement de terre

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A earthquake

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24
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Un tsunami

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A tsunami

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25
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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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26
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L’écologie

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Ecology, environmentalism

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27
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L’agriculture bio(logique)

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Organic farming

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28
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness campaign

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29
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Le chauffage solaire

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Solar heating

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30
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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31
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Les écologistes

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The environmentalists, the greens

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32
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Les énergies renouvelables

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Renewable energies

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33
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Une éolienne

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A wind turbine

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34
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Les espèces en voix de disparition

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Endangered species

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35
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Le forêt équatoriale

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The rainforest

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La nature, l’environnement

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Nature, the environment

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Un panneau solaire

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A Solar panel

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect the environment

39
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Le recyclage

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Recycling

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Respectueux de l’environnement

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Environment-friendly

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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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Sauver la terre

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To save the earth

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Soucieux de la protection de l’environnement

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Environmentally-conscious

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Traiter les déchets

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To treat waste

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Trier les déchets

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To sort out the rubbish

47
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Les Verts

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The Greens

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L’alimentation

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Food, diet

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Une alimentation malsaine

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An unhealthy diet

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Une alimentation équilibrée

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A balanced diet

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Aliments bio(logiques)

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Organic food

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Allégé (en graisses)

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Low fat

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Avoir faim

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To be* hungry

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Avoir soif

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To be * thirsty

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Un(e) boulimique

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A compulsive eater

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Être au régime, faire un régime

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To be* on a diet

57
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La faim

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Hunger

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La famine

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Starvation, famine

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Gros ≠ maigre

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Fat ≠ thin, skinny

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Grossir

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To put* on weight

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Les habitudes alimentaires

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Eating habits

62
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Se mettre au régime

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To go* on a diet

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Maigrir

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To lose* weight

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Mourir de faim

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To starve

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La nourriture saine

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Healthy food

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Obèse

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Obese

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L’obésité

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Obesity

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Un plat

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A dish

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Un repas

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A meal

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Sans matières grasses

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Fat-free

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Sans sucre

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Sugar-free

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La soif

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Thirst

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En surpoids ≠ mince

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Overweight ≠ slim

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Un végétalien

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A vegan, a veggie [fam.]

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Un végétarien

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A vegetarian

76
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Les troubles du comportement alimentaire

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Eating disorders

77
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Un(e) accro à la “malbouffe”

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A junk food addict

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Un(e) client(e)

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A customer

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Engloutir

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To gulp sth (down)

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Un fast-food

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A fast-food restaurant, a burger place

81
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Les matières grasses

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Fat

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Manger rapidement

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To snack

83
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La “malbouffe”

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Junk food

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La restauration rapide

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Fast food

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L’énergie solaire

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Solar energy, solar power

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