The environment/global warming Flashcards

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To switch off

A

Eteindre

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Solar panels

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Les panneaux solaires

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The heater

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Le chauffage

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Air conditioning

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La climatisation

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To lower

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Baisser

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To waste

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Gaspiller

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Standby (e.g. Tv setting)

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En position veille

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To sort

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Trier

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Rubbish

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Des déchets

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To throw away

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Jetter

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Batteries

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Les piles

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Pills

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Les comprimés

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Trips (e.g. A holiday trip)

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Les trajets

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To move (house)

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Emménager

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Lights

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Les luminères

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Light bulbs

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Les ampoules

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To reuse

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Réutiliser

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17
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Packaging

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Emballage

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18
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To pollute

A

Polluer

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19
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To salvage

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Récupérer

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20
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To change behaviour

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Changer de compartment

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21
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Restriction

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Restriction

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To act

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Pour agir

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23
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Third world country

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Pays du tier monde

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24
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At the top

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Au sommet

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25
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To be ecological

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Être écolo

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To tempt

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Tenter

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Protestors

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Des manifestants

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Real

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Réel

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29
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Ninja turtles

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Tortues accolées

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30
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Portuguese (language)

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Portugais

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31
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The heap

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Le tas

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Heat wave

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Canicule

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Thresholds (e.g. Houses)

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Seuils

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To salvage

A

Récuperér

35
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To change behaviour

A

Changer de compartement

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Être écolo

A

To be ecologist

37
Q

Drinking (water)

A

Potable

38
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Containing

A

Contenant

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Soil

A

Le sols

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Swimming/bathing (water)

A

De baignade

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Half

A

Moitié

42
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To avoid

A

Éviter

43
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To derive/ arise from

A

Provenir

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To lend

A

Prêter

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A helmet

A

Un casque

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Wool

A

Laine

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Wooded

A

Boisée

48
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Slaughter

A

L’abattage

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To reforest

A

Reboiser

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Populated

A

Peuplé

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Carbon gas

A

Le gaz du carbonne

52
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The build up

A

L’accumulation

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The healthiness

A

La salubrité

54
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Glass

A

Le verre

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Sustainable

A

Durable

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The shortage

A

La pénurie

57
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Undrinkable (water)

A

Imbuvable

58
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Economical growth

A

La croissance

59
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To complain

A

Renauder

60
Q

To be afraid

A

Avoir peur

61
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To contain

A

Contenir

62
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Full

A

Plein

63
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To switch off

A

Éteindre

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To hear

A

Entendre

65
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Herds

A

Des troupeaux

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Rain forests

A

Des fôrets tropicales

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Wild

A

Sauvage

68
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To wonder

A

Se demander

69
Q

Holes

A

Les trous

70
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To bring back

A

Ramener

71
Q

Extinct

A

Éteinte

72
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Once, a long time ago

A

Autrefois/ Jadis

73
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Cans

A

Des cannettes

74
Q

Recyclable cans

A

Des boîtes de conserve

75
Q

Gift voucher

A

Un Bon d’achat

76
Q

Outside

A

En dehors

77
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My roots (ancestors)

A

Mes racines

78
Q

So far as

A

En ce qui concerne

79
Q

The outset

A

Emblée

80
Q

Knows what he’s talking about

A

Sait de quoi il parle

81
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Western

A

Occidentale