The environment Flashcards

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1
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améliorer

A

to improve

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chasser

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to hunt/chase, the ‘r’ is silent

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développer

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to develop

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4
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épuiser

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to exhaust, to use up

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5
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gaspiller

A

to waste

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jeter

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to throw away, double ‘t’ on all forms except nous and vous

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notif (nocive)/néfaste

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harmful

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polluer

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to pollute

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préserver

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to preserve

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empêcher/prévenir* l’incendie

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to prevent fires, *conjugated like venir

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sauver la planéte

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to protect/save the planet

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le carburant

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fuel

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une catastrophe

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a catastrophe

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14
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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear power plant

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la chaleur

A

heat, the concept

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la chasse

A

hunting

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17
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le combustible fossile

A

fossil fuel

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le covoiturage (faire du covoiturage)

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carpooling

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19
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la croissance

A

increase, growth, development

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un danger

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danger

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21
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le déboisement, la déforestation

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deforestation

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le déchets (toxiques)

A

(toxic) waste

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écologique

A

ecological (adjective)

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l’écotourisme

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ecotourism = traveling without leaving a carbon footprint

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l’effect (m) de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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un emballage en plastique

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plastic packaging

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l’énergie éolienne

A

wind power/energy

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l’énergie nucléaire

A

nuclear power

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l’énergie solaire

A

solar power

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l’environnement (m)

A

environment

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une éolienne

A

wind turbine

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l’essence

A

gasoline

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le gaspillage

A

waste

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un nuage (ou le brouillard) de pollution

A

smog

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la pluie acide

A

acid rain

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la pollution

A

pollution

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une population croissante

A

growing population

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la préservation

A

preservation

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un produit

A

a product

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la protection

A

protection

41
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la ramassage des ordures

A

garbage collection (ramasser=to collect, gather)

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la réchauffement de la Terre

A

global warming

43
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le recyclage

A

recycle

44
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renouvelable

A

renewable

45
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la sauvetage des habitats

A

habitat preservation

46
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un trou dans la couche d’ozone

A

hole in the ozone layer

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une usine

A

factory

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abolir

A

to abolish, conjugated like finir

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interdire

A

to forbid, conjugated like dire

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une gouvernement

A

the government

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une loi

A

a law

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permettre

A

to allow, conjugated like mettre

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produire

A

to produce, conjugated like conduire

54
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une canicule, une période de chaleur extrême

A

heatwave

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un cyclone

A

cyclone

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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une inondation

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a flood

58
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un ouragan

A

a hurricane

59
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une sécheresse

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a drought

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une tempête (de neige)

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a (snow) storm

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un tremblement de terre

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an earthquake