The environment Flashcards

1
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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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2
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La faune / La flore

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Fauna / Flora

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3
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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmentally-friendly policy

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4
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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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5
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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist, an ecologist

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6
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness(-raising) campaign

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7
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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve, a national park

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8
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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage, to cause damage

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9
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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment

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10
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Mettre en danger quelque chose

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To jeopardize something, to endanger something

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11
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Être en danger

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To be at risk, to be in danger

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12
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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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13
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La rareté

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Scarcity

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14
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Epuisement

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Depletion

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14
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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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15
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Les matières premières

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Raw materials

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16
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La biodiversité

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Biodeversity

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17
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Une espèce

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A species

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18
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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

19
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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

20
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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest, a tropical forest

21
Q

Abattre des arbres

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To fell, cut down trees

22
Q

Le déboisement, la déforestation

A

Deforestation

23
Q

La surpêche

A

Overfishing

24
Q

Une catastrophe naturelle

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A natural disaster

25
Q

Faire des ravages

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To wreak havoc

26
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Eviter, prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert a disaster

27
Q

Très mauvais temps

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Severe extreme weather

28
Q

Prévoir le temps

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To predict, to forecast the weather

29
Q

Les prévisions météo

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The weather forecast

30
Q

La sécheresse

31
Q

Une famine

32
Q

La faim

33
Q

Mourir de faim

A

To starve to death

34
Q

Mourir de soif

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To die of thirst

35
Q

La malnutrition

A

Malnutrition

36
Q

Souffrir de malnutrition

A

To be malnourished, undernourished

37
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Une tempête, un orage

38
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Une tornade

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A tornado, a twister

39
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Un ouragan, un cyclone

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A hurricane, a cyclone

40
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Une inondation

41
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Un tremblement de terre, un séisme

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An earthquake

42
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Un volcan

43
Q

La lave

44
Q

Sauver

45
Q

La couche d’ozone

A

The ozone layer

46
Q

Pluies acides

A

Acid rains