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The environment Flashcards

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natural disasters

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les catastrophes naturelles

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an act of God

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une catastrophe naturelle

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an act of nature

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une catastrophe naturelle

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the earth’s crust

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la croûte terrestre

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a fault

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une faille

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an earth tremor

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une secousse tellurique

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the Richter scale

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l’échelle de Richter

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a volcano

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un volcan

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a crater

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un cratère

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a lava flow

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une coulée de lave

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scoriae

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les scories

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12
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cinders

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les scories

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soil erosion

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l’érosion du sol

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a landslide

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un glissement de terrain

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a mudslide

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une coulée de boue

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a blizzard

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une avalanche

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17
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a water table

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une nappe phréatique

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18
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drought

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la sécheresse

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19
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a hurricane

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un ouragan

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20
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a flood

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une inondation, une crue

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21
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a tidal wave

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un raz-de-marée

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a forest fire

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un incendie de forêt

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seismic

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sismique

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24
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to erupt

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entrer en éruption

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25
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to overflow

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déborder

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26
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to flood

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inonder

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27
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manmade disasters

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les catastrophes causées par l’homme

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a pollutant

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un produit polluant

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29
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a landfill

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une décharge

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30
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a dump

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une décharge

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31
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radioactive fallout

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les retombées radioactives

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nuclear waste

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les déchets nucléaires

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carbon dioxide

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le gaz carbonique

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emissions

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des émanations

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exhaust fumes

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les gaz d’échappement

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acid rains

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les pluies acides

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a poison cloud

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un nuage toxique

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the greenhouse effect

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l’effet de serre

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climate change

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le changement climatique

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global warming

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le réchauffement climatique

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an oil spill

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une marée noire

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an oil leak

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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une marée noire

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degassing

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le dégazage en mer

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oil dumping

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le dégazage en mer

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waste

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le gaspillage, le gâchis, les déchets

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wastage

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le gaspillage, le gâchis

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extinction

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l’extinction des espèces

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poisoning

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une contamination, une intoxication

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polluted

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pollué

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to pollute

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polluer

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to poison

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contaminer, intoxiquer

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to emit (gases)

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émettre (des gaz)

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to waste

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gaspiller

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to run out

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(s’)épuiser

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conservation

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la défense de l’environnement

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a conservationist

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un défenseur de l’environnement

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an environmentalist

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un défenseur de l’environnement

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the Greens

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les Verts

60
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the ozone layer

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la couche d’ozone

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biofuels

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les biocarburants

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energy saving

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les économies d’énergie

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clean energy

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l’énergie propre

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re(af)forestation

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le reboisement

65
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recycling

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le recyclage

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a recycling bin

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un bac de recyclage

67
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waste sorting

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le tri sélectif

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a bottle bank

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une borne de collecte du verre

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unleaded petrol

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l’essence sans plomb

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a catalytic converter

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un pot catalytique

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a wind turbine

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une éolienne

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a sewage plant

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une usine de retraitement des eaux usées

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insulation

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l’isolation

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reusable

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réutilisable

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renewable

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renouvelable

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non-renewable

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non-renouvelable

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sustainable

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durable

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to check

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contrôler, vérifier

79
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to ban

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