The World-sustainability Flashcards by angela ollendorff

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Polluer

A

To pollute

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Pollué

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Polluted

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Polluant

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Polluting

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CO2

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Carbon dioxide

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Émettre

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To release/ emit

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Le plomb

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Lead

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Carburant

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Fuel

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L’énergie

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Energy

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Une décharge

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A dump/ a tip

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Jetable

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Disposable

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Des déchets

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Rubbish

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Le sol

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The soil

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Les ressources

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Resources

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Un pesticide

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A pesticide

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Abattre les arbres

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To log

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Un égout

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A sewer

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Déboiser

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Deforest

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Déverser

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To discharge

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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Non potable

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Undrinkable

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Intoxiquer

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To poison

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Cancérigène

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Cancer-causing

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Mortel

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Lethal

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To spoil

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Abîmer

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Nuire à

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To harm

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Les dégâts

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Damages

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Menacer

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To threaten

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La diminution (graduelle)

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Dwindling

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Épuiser

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To exhaust

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Une pénurie

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A shortage

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Rare

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Scarce

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Désertique

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Barren

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Ravager

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To devastate

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Une espèce

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A species

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Le péril

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Jeopardy

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Mettre en péril

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To jeopardize

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Disparaître

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To disappear

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Les déchets chimiques

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Chemical waste

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Marée noire

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An oil spill

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Un pétrolier

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An oil tanker

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Es gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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La fonte des glaciers

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Melting glaciers

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L’empreinte écologique

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The carbon footprint

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La prise de conscience

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Awareness

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Sensibiliser

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Sensitize

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L’environnement

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Environment

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An environmentalist

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Soucieux de l’écologie

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Ecologically-minded

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Préserver

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To preserve

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Durable

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Sustainable

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Une mesure

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A step

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Inciter à

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To urge

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Une subvention

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A subsidy

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Renouvelable

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Renewable

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Économe en énergie

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Energy efficient

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Sans plomb

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Lead-free

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Produire

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To generate

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Isoler

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To insulate

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Débrancher

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To unplug

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Trier

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To sort

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Un militant

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An activist

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Faire pression

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To lobby

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Les critiques

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Criticisms

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Abusif

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Improper

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Réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre

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To curb greenhouse gases

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Panneau solaire

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Solar panel

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Une éolienne

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A wind turbine

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Covoiturage

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Car-pooling

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Climato sceptiques

A

Climate sceptics