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Être en danger

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To be at risk

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Aller de pair avec

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To be coupled with

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Une poubelle

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A bin

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Biodégradable

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Biodégradable

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La perte de biodiversité

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Biodiversity loss

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Une prime

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A bonus

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Pratique la politiquer de l’autruche

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To bury one’s head in the sand

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L’empreinte écologique

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The carbon footprint

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Un militant

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An activist

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Le co-voiturage

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Car pooling

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Un produit chimique

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A chemical

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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Endommager

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To damage

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Décliner

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To decline

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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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Un désert

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A desert

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La desertification

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Desertification

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Disparition

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Disappearance

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Une décharge

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A dumping ground

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Diminuer(nombre)

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To dwindle

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Un désastre écologique

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An ecological disaster

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Un écologiste

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An ecologist

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Ecoterrorisme

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Eco-terrorism

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Le tourisme écologique

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Eco-tourism

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

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Une politique protectrice de l’environnement

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An environment-friendly policy

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Disparu

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Extinct

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Extinction

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Extinction

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Très sale

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Filthy

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Une amende

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A fine

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Poisson d’eau douce

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Freshwater fish

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

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L’effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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Des normes écologiques

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Green standards

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Faire pousser

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To grow

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Des légumes produits chez soi

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Home-grown vegetables

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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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Mettre en œuvre

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To implement

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Isolation

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Insulation

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Un paysage

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A landscape

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Jonche de

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Littered with

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Magnifique

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Magnificent

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Oiseau migrateur

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A migratory bird

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La protection de la nature

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Nature conservation

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Nocif

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Noxious

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Une marée noire

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An oil spill

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Un insecte nuisible

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A pest

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Cueillir

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To pick

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Braconnage

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Poaching

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Un nuage toxique

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A poison cloud

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Polluant

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Polluting

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Préserver

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To preserve

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Accuser quelqu’un

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To put the blame on somebody

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Déchet nucléaires

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Radioactive waste

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La forêt tropical

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The rainforest

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Réutiliser

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To reuse

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La montée du niveau de la mer

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Rising sea levels

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Rare

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Scarce

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Sensibiliser

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To sensitize

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Contrebande,trafic

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Smuggling

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Faire boule de neige

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To snowball

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Trier

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To sort out

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Se déverser

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To spill

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Débrancher

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To unplug

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Un animal domestique

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A tame animal

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Le jardinage urbain

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Urban gardening

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Élimination des déchets

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Waste disposal

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Le ramassage des déchets

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Waste removal

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Une baleine

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A whale

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Une région sauvage

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Wilderness

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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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Une réservation animale

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A wildlife park

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WWF

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World wildlife fund

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