The Environment Flashcards by Pierrick Lallemand

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Le système d’égouts

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Sewage

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Un égout

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A sewer

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Forêt humide

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The rainforest

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Prairie

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Grassland

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Zone humide

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Wetland

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Mauvaise herbe

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Weed

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Insecte nuisible

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Pest

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Industries polluantes

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Smokestack industries

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Nappe de pétrole

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An oil slick

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Marée noire

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An oil spill

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Retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Les déchets

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Waste

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Les détritus

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Litter

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Les ordures

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Garbage/refuse/rubbish

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Déposer des ordures

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To dump rubbish/waste

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Une décharge

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A garbage dump

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Déchetterie

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A waste collection site

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Déchets toxiques

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Noxious waste

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Soja

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Soybean

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Maïs

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Corn

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Graine de colza

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Rape

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Biocarburant

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Biofuel

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Huile de palme

A

Palm

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Développement durable

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Sustainable development

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Agriculture biologique

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Organic farming

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Le bio

A

Organic food

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Un scénario catastrophe

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A doomsday scenario

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Une bombe à retardement

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A ticking time-bomb

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Tempête de sable

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Dust storm

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Glissement de terrain

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Landslide

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Inondation

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Flood

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Tremblement de terre

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Earthquake

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Tornade

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Tornado/twister/hurricane

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Tsunami

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A tidal wave

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Défrichement

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Land/forest clearance

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Érosion des sols

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Soil erosion

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Pluies acides

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Acid rain

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Réchauffement planétaire

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Global warming

Q

La fonte des calottes glacières

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Meltdown of the ice caps

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Effet de serre

A

Greenhouse effect

Q

Le trou dans la couche d’ozone

A

The hole in the ozone layer

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La montée des eaux

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The ruse of sea levels