Thème EDHEC + Environnement Flashcards

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affirmer

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to assert

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faire les meilleurs efforts

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make their best, their utmost

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le service informatique

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the IT support department

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rappeler

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to remind

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les comptes

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the accounts

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qui a de la valeur

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valuable

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faire l’objet de

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be the targets of

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tentative de piratage

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hacking attempt

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pirater un compte

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to hack INTO an account

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rappeler à qqun qqch

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to remind someone of sth

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rappeler à qqun de faire qqch

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remind someone to do sth

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to remember

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to recall

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a memory

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a remembrance

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a souvenir

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an object

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j’ai de bons souvenirs de cette période

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I have happy memories of that time

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être mis à mal

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to be tarnished

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le scandale des notes de frais

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the expenses scandal

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être destitué

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to be impeached

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avoir des avis divergents

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to be at loggerheads over

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référendum sur les relations RU avec Europe

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the in/out referendum on Europe

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Britain exiting the Euro

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Brexit

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comptable en chef

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chief accounting

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emprunter qqch à qqun

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to borrow from

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faire payer qqun

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to charge

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prêter qqch

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to lent

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vagabonder, errer

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to roam

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marché aux puces

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flea market

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modification, transformation

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alteration

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plus que jamais

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even more

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depuis lors

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even since

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imprudent

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reckless

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homicide par négligence

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reckless homicide

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inconsidéré, irréfléchi

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heedless

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diriger, amener

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to steer

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planter

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to stick

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s’éloigner, s’écarter

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to stray

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la nature sauvage

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the wilderness

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écologique

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environmental

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les écologistes, les verts

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the environmentalists, the conservationists, the greens

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défense de l’environnement

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conservation, preservation

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respectueux de l’environnement

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environment-friendly

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l’équilibre naturel

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the natural balance

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rompre l’équilibre naturel

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to upset the natural balance

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la faune et la flore

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the fauna and the flora

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le genre humain

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mankind

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les dégâts

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damage (tjrs au singulier)

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une espèce en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

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une espèce disparue

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an extinct species

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être en guerre contre

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to be at war with

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être menacé de

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to be threatened with

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empoisonner

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to poison

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fuir

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to leak

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear power plant

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déverser, jeter (ordures)

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to dump

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cracher, vomir (gaz toxiques)

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to spew, to belch

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le traitement des déchets

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waste disposal

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supprimer

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to cut out

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réduire

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to cut down, to curb

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s’épuiser

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to run out

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une pénurie

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a shortage

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détruire, démolir

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to wreck

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mettre en danger

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to jeopardize

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provoquer des ravages

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to wreak havoc on

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condamner

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to doom

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piller

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to loot, to plunder

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gaspiller

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to waste, to squander

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consommer en quantité énorme

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to guzzle

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nocif, nuisible

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harmful, noxious

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imprudent

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careless

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imprévisible

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unpredictable

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dangereux

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hazardous

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dévastateur, catastrophique

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devastating

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mortel

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lethal, deadly

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incontrôlé, galopant

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rampant

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rare

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scarce

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répandu

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widespread

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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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jetable

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disposable

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radicalement, sévèrement

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drastically

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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une marée noire

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an oil spill

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un produit polluant

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a pollutant

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un égout

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a sewer

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les eaux d’égout

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sewage

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une puanteur

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a stench

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le réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse effect

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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le gaz à effet de serre

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CFCs , greenhouse gases

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les conséquences possibles du réchauffement planétaire

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the possible aftermath of global warming

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un changement important

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a major shift

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une sécheresse

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a drought

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une inondation

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a flood

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être inondé

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to be flooded

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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un tremblement de terre

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an earthquake

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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une tempête

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a storm

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une vague de chaleur

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a hot spell

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la pulvérisation des cultures

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crop spraying

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fumées industrielles

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factory fumes

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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un pot d’échappement

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an exhaust pipe

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monoxyde de carbone

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carbon monoxide

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la campagne

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countryside

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défigurer

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to disfigure

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abimé

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spoilt

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un centre d’enfouissement des déchêts

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a landfill site

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une décharge publique

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a garbage dump, a refuse tip

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déboisement

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deforestation

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régions boisées

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woodlands

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effacer, supprimer

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to wipe out, to obliterate

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abattre les forêts

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to cut down forests

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raser une forêt

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to raze a forest

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coupes inconsidérées

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careless cutting

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mise a feu de la forêt

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the torching of a forest

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incendie de forêt

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forest fire