The Envieronment Flashcards by Dylan Guedj

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Un tremblement de terre

A

An earthquake

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L’échelle de Richter

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The Richter scale

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L’érosion du sol

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Soil erosion

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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Une tempête de neige

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A blizzard

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Une nappe phréatique

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A water table

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Déborder

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To overflow

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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An act of God = an act of nature

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Une décharge

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A landfill = a dump

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Les retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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Les déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon dioxide

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

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Les déchets

A

Waste

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Polluer

A

To pollute

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La Défense de l’environnement

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Conservation

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Un écologiste / défenseur de l’environnement

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An ecologist = a conservationist = an environmentalist

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Les Verts

A

The Greens

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La couche d’ozone

A

The ozone layer

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Les biocarburant

A

Biofuels

Les économies d'énergie

Energy saving

L'énergie propre

Clean energy

Le reboisement

Re(af)forestation

Le recyclage

Recycling

Le tri sélectif

Waste sorting

L'essence sans plomb

Unleaded petrol

Une éolienne

A wind turbine

L'isolation

Insulation

Écologie

Ecological = environment friendly

Renouvelable \ non-renouvelable

Renewable \ non-renewable

Durable

Sustainable

Lever une interdiction

To lift a ban

Un flot de paroles / de larmes

A flood of words / of tears

Tu es vraiment un bon a rien

You're such a waste of space