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Pollution

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La pollution

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to pollute

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polluer

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a polluter

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un pollueur

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polluted

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pollué

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polluting

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polluant

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pollutants

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des agents polluants

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CO = carbon monoxyde

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le monoxyde de carbone

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CO2 = carbon dioxide

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le dioxyde de carbone

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to release / emit

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émettre

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release / emission

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l’émission

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fumes

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des vapeurs / des émanations

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asbestos

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l’amiante

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lead

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le plomb

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particulates

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des particules dangereuses

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to breathe in

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inhaler

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unbreathable

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irrespirable

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asthma

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l’asthme

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asthmatic

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asthmatique

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to waste / to squander

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gaspiller

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waste

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le gaspillage

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fuel

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combustible / carburant

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energy

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l’énergie

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energy-guzzling

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gourmand en énergie

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to dump

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déverser / jeter

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a dump / a tip

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une décharge

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to dispose of

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se débarrasser de

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disposable

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jetable

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disposal

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enlèvement /destruction

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to throw away / to discard

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jeter / mettre au rebut

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rubbish / refuse / garbage (US) / trash

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des détritus

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landfill

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l’enfouissement des déchets

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to misuse

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faire mauvais usage de

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misuse

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le mauvais usage

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to mismanage

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mal gérer

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mismanagement

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la mauvaise gestion

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the soil

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le sol

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resources

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les ressources

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land-clearing

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le défrichage

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to fertilize

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fertiliser

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a fertilizer

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un engrais

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chemical

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chimique

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a chemical

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un produit chimique

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a pesticide

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un pesticide

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nitrates

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les nitrates

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to log

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abattre des arbres

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logging

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l’exploitation du bois

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to deforest

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déboiser

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deforestation

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le déboisement

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the rainforest

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la forêt tropicale

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a sewer

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un égout

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sewage

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les eaux usées

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effluents

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les effluents

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to leak

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se répandre / s’échapper

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a leak

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une fuite

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to spill

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se déverser

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spillage

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le déversement

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to discharge

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déverser / rejeter

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discharge

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écoulement

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mercury

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le mercure

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to contaminate

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contaminer

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contamination

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la contamination

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undrinkable

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non potable

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to poison

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intoxiquer

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poisonous

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toxique

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toxic

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toxique

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toxicity

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la toxicité

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noxious

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nocif

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a hazard

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un danger

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hazardous

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dangereux

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cancer

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le cancer

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carcinogenic / cancer-causing

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cancérigène

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lethal

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mortel

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Effects on nature

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Les effets sur la nature

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to spoil

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abîmer /défigurer

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spoilage

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la détérioration

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to foul

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souiller / polluer

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to harm

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nuire à

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harmful

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nuisible

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damage

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des dégats

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damaging

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nuisible / préjudiciable

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an ecosystem

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un écosystème

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an ecocide

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un écocide

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to threaten

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menacer

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a threat

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une menace

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to dwindle

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diminuer (en nombre)

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dwindling

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la diminution (graduelle)

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to deplete

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réduire /épuiser

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depletion

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la réduction / l’épuisement

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to exhaust

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épuiser

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exhaustion

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l’épuisement

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exhaustible

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non renouvelable

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a shortage

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une pénurie

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scarce

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rare

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a scarcity

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une pénurie

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dry

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sec

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to dry up

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se dessécher

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drought

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la sécheresse

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the desert

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le désert

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desertification

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la désertification

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barren

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désertique / aride / stérile

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barrenness

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l’aridité / la sécheresse

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to flood

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innonder

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a flood

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une innondation

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to devastate

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ravager / dévaster

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devastation

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la dévastation

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devastating

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dévastateur

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to destroy

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détruire

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destruction

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détruction

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to wipe out

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anéantir

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to massacre / to slaughter

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massacrer

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a massacre / a slaughter

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un massacre

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wildlife

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la faune et la flore

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fauna

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la faune

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flora

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la flore

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a species

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une espèce

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danger

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le danger

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to endanger

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mettre en danger

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endangered (species)

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en voie de disparition

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jeopardy

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le péril

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to jeopardize

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mettre en péril

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to disappear

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disparaître

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disappearance

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la disparition

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extinct

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disparu

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air pollution

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la pollution atmosphérique

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exhaust fumes

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les gaz d’échappement

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nuclear fallout

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des retombées radioactives

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a poison cloud

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un nuage toxique

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acid rain

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la pluie acide

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breathing difficulties

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des problèmes respiratoires

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lead poisoning

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le saturnisme

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fossil fuel

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combustible fossile

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to become scarce

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se raréfier

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a gas guzzler

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un véhicule qui consomme beaucoup d’essence

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chemical waste

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les déchets chimiques

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household waste

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les déchets ménagers

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industrial waste

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les déchets industriels

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radioactive waste

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les déchets radioactifs

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rubbish / garbage collecting

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le ramassage des déchets

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a rubbish dump

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une décharge publique

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a landfill site

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un site d’enfouissement des déchets

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waste disposal

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l’élimination des déchets

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ground water

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la nappe phréatique

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an oil spill

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil tanker

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un pétrolier

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noise pollution

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les nuisances sonores

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to wreak havoc / devastation

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faire des ravages

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the food chain

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la chaîne alimentaire

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biodiversity loss

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la diminution de la biodiversité

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global warming

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le réchauffement planétaire

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the greenhouse effect

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l’effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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les gaz à effet de serre

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climate change

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les changements climatiques

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climate-altering emissions

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les émissions responsables des changements climatiques

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melting glaciers

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la fonte des glaciers

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rising sea levels

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la montée du niveau de la mer

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an ecological disaster

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une catastrophe écologique

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the carbon foorprint

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l’empreinte écologique

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La pollution

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Pollution

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polluer

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to pollute

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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pollué

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polluted

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polluant

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polluting

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des agents polluants

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pollutants

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le monoxyde de carbone

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CO = carbon monoxyde

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le dioxyde de carbone

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CO2 = carbon dioxide

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émettre

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to release / emit

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l’émission

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release / emission

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des vapeurs / des émanations

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fumes

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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le plomb

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lead

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des particules dangereuses

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particulates

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inhaler

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to breathe in

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irrespirable

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unbreathable

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l’asthme

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asthma

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asthmatique

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asthmatic

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gaspiller

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to waste / to squander

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le gaspillage

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waste

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combustible / carburant

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fuel

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l’énergie

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energy

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gourmand en énergie

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energy-guzzling

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déverser / jeter

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to dump

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une décharge

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a dump / a tip

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se débarrasser de

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to dispose of

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jetable

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disposable

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enlèvement /destruction

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disposal

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jeter / mettre au rebut

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to throw away / to discard

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des détritus

A

rubbish / refuse / garbage (US) / trash

189
Q

l’enfouissement des déchets

A

landfill

190
Q

faire mauvais usage de

A

to misuse

191
Q

le mauvais usage

A

misuse

192
Q

mal gérer

A

to mismanage

193
Q

la mauvaise gestion

A

mismanagement

194
Q

le sol

A

the soil

195
Q

les ressources

A

resources

196
Q

le défrichage

A

land-clearing

197
Q

fertiliser

A

to fertilize

198
Q

un engrais

A

a fertilizer

199
Q

chimique

A

chemical

200
Q

un produit chimique

A

a chemical

201
Q

un pesticide

A

a pesticide

202
Q

les nitrates

A

nitrates

203
Q

abattre des arbres

A

to log

204
Q

l’exploitation du bois

A

logging

205
Q

déboiser

A

to deforest

206
Q

le déboisement

A

deforestation

207
Q

la forêt tropicale

A

the rainforest

208
Q

un égout

A

a sewer

209
Q

les eaux usées

A

sewage

210
Q

les effluents

A

effluents

211
Q

se répandre / s’échapper

A

to leak

212
Q

une fuite

A

a leak

213
Q

se déverser

A

to spill

214
Q

le déversement

A

spillage

215
Q

déverser / rejeter

A

to discharge

216
Q

écoulement

A

discharge

217
Q

le mercure

A

mercury

218
Q

contaminer

A

to contaminate

219
Q

la contamination

A

contamination

220
Q

non potable

A

undrinkable

221
Q

intoxiquer

A

to poison

222
Q

toxique

A

poisonous

223
Q

toxique

A

toxic

224
Q

la toxicité

A

toxicity

225
Q

nocif

A

noxious

226
Q

un danger

A

a hazard

227
Q

dangereux

A

hazardous

228
Q

le cancer

A

cancer

229
Q

cancérigène

A

carcinogenic / cancer-causing

230
Q

mortel

A

lethal

231
Q

Les effets sur la nature

A

Effects on nature

232
Q

abîmer /défigurer

A

to spoil

233
Q

la détérioration

A

spoilage

234
Q

souiller / polluer

A

to foul

235
Q

nuire à

A

to harm

236
Q

nuisible

A

harmful

237
Q

des dégats

A

damage

238
Q

nuisible / préjudiciable

A

damaging

239
Q

un écosystème

A

an ecosystem

240
Q

un écocide

A

an ecocide

241
Q

menacer

A

to threaten

242
Q

une menace

A

a threat

243
Q

diminuer (en nombre)

A

to dwindle

244
Q

la diminution (graduelle)

A

dwindling

245
Q

réduire /épuiser

A

to deplete

246
Q

la réduction / l’épuisement

A

depletion

247
Q

épuiser

A

to exhaust

248
Q

l’épuisement

A

exhaustion

249
Q

non renouvelable

A

exhaustible

250
Q

une pénurie

A

a shortage

251
Q

rare

A

scarce

252
Q

une pénurie

A

a scarcity

253
Q

sec

A

dry

254
Q

se dessécher

A

to dry up

255
Q

la sécheresse

A

drought

256
Q

le désert

A

the desert

257
Q

la désertification

A

desertification

258
Q

désertique / aride / stérile

A

barren

259
Q

l’aridité / la sécheresse

A

barrenness

260
Q

innonder

A

to flood

261
Q

une innondation

A

a flood

262
Q

ravager / dévaster

A

to devastate

263
Q

la dévastation

A

devastation

264
Q

dévastateur

A

devastating

265
Q

détruire

A

to destroy

266
Q

détruction

A

destruction

267
Q

anéantir

A

to wipe out

268
Q

massacrer

A

to massacre / to slaughter

269
Q

un massacre

A

a massacre / a slaughter

270
Q

la faune et la flore

A

wildlife

271
Q

la faune

A

fauna

272
Q

la flore

A

flora

273
Q

une espèce

A

a species

274
Q

le danger

A

danger

275
Q

mettre en danger

A

to endanger

276
Q

en voie de disparition

A

endangered (species)

277
Q

le péril

A

jeopardy

278
Q

mettre en péril

A

to jeopardize

279
Q

disparaître

A

to disappear

280
Q

la disparition

A

disappearance

281
Q

disparu

A

extinct

282
Q

la pollution atmosphérique

A

air pollution

283
Q

les gaz d’échappement

A

exhaust fumes

284
Q

des retombées radioactives

A

nuclear fallout

285
Q

un nuage toxique

A

a poison cloud

286
Q

la pluie acide

A

acid rain

287
Q

des problèmes respiratoires

A

breathing difficulties

288
Q

le saturnisme

A

lead poisoning

289
Q

combustible fossile

A

fossil fuel

290
Q

se raréfier

A

to become scarce

291
Q

un véhicule qui consomme beaucoup d’essence

A

a gas guzzler

292
Q

les déchets chimiques

A

chemical waste

293
Q

les déchets ménagers

A

household waste

294
Q

les déchets industriels

A

industrial waste

295
Q

les déchets radioactifs

A

radioactive waste

296
Q

le ramassage des déchets

A

rubbish / garbage collecting

297
Q

une décharge publique

A

a rubbish dump

298
Q

un site d’enfouissement des déchets

A

a landfill site

299
Q

l’élimination des déchets

A

waste disposal

300
Q

la nappe phréatique

A

ground water

301
Q

une marée noire

A

an oil spill

302
Q

une nappe de pétrole

A

an oil slick

303
Q

un pétrolier

A

an oil tanker

304
Q

les nuisances sonores

A

noise pollution

305
Q

faire des ravages

A

to wreak havoc / devastation

306
Q

la chaîne alimentaire

A

the food chain

307
Q

la diminution de la biodiversité

A

biodiversity loss

308
Q

le réchauffement planétaire

A

global warming

309
Q

l’effet de serre

A

the greenhouse effect

310
Q

les gaz à effet de serre

A

greenhouse gases

311
Q

les changements climatiques

A

climate change

312
Q

les émissions responsables des changements climatiques

A

climate-altering emissions

313
Q

la fonte des glaciers

A

melting glaciers

314
Q

la montée du niveau de la mer

A

rising sea levels

315
Q

une catastrophe écologique

A

an ecological disaster

316
Q

l’empreinte écologique

A

the carbon foorprint

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