Vocabulaire : Agriculture (chap 94) Flashcards

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1
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Un parasite

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A parasite

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Dévorer

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To eat up

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Un rongeur

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A rodent

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Le gel
Gelé

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Frost
Frostbitten

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La grêle
Un grêlon

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Hail
A hailstone

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Sec
La sécheresse

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Dry
Drought

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Infecter

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To infect

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La rage
Enragé

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Rabies
Rabid

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Abattre
L’abattage

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To cull
Cull

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Un surplus

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A surplus

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La surproduction

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Overproduction

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Beaucoup
Abondant

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Plenty
Plentiful

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Un quota

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A quota

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Une penurie

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A shortage

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16
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Vendre à bas prix

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To dump

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Une situation difficile

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A plight

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18
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Le revenu

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The income

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19
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Une dette

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A debt

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L’agronomie
Un agronome

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Agronomy
An agronomist

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21
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L’agroalimentaire

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Agribusiness

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Rapporter / produire
Le rendement

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To yield
The yield

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Maximiser

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To maximise

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Irriguer
L’irrigation

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To irrigate
Irrigation

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Fertiliser
Un engrais
La fertilisation

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To fertilize
A fertilizer
Fertilization

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26
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Les produits chimiques
L’agrochimie

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Chemicals
Agrochemicals

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Un pesticide

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A pesticide

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Un herbicide

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A herbicide

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Traiter

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To treat

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Pulveriser
La pulverisation des cultures

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To spray
Crop-spraying

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Abuser de
L’abus de

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To overuse
Overuse

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Un centre d’élevage intensif

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A feedlot

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Une batterie

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A battery

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Une hormone

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A hormone

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La biotechnologie

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Biotechnology

36
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Un gène
Transgénique
La génetique

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A gene
Transgenic
Genetics

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Les OGM
Modifié génétiquement

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GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
GM-engineered

38
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Qui résiste aux maladies

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Disease-resistant

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Une race / une espèce

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A breed / strain

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Evoluer
L’évolution

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To evolve
Evolution

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Contaminer
La contamination

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To contaminate
Contamination

42
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Le pollen

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Pollen

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Préjudice
Nuisible / préjudiciable

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Harm
Harmful

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Endommager
Des dégats

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To damage
Damage

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L’inquiétude
Inquiet

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Concern
Concerned

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Une etiquette
Étiqueter

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A label
To label

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Sans OGM

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GM-free

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Interdire
Une interdiction

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To ban
A ban

49
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Bio

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Organic

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Traditionnel

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Conventional

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Sans produits chimiques

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Chemical-free

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Sain

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Wholesome

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Savoureux / sans gout

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Tasty / tasteless

54
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Agroecologie

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Agro-ecology

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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An act of God

56
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Une mauvaise récolte

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A crop failure

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Une politique agricole

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A farming policy

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Les subventions agricoles

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Farm / agricultural subsidies

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Réduire les subventions

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To curb subsidies

60
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Les terres en jachère

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Set-aside land

61
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Des poulets élevés en batterie

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Battery chickens

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Les cultures génétiquement modifiées

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GM crops

63
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Augmenter le rendement

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To enhance yield

64
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Des poulets élevés en plein air

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Free-range chickens