Vocabulaire Spécifique 001 L'environnement Flashcards

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L’écologie

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Science ayant pour objet les relations des êtres vivants avec leur environnement et avec les autres êtres vivants.

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Gérant

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Manager

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Chasser des animaux pour leur fourrures

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To hunt animals for their skins

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Être en voie d’extinction/de disparition

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Endangered

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S’éteindre

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To turn off/extinguish

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Disparaître

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To disappear

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Être menacé de disparaître

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To be threatened with extinction

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Une défense en ivoire

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An ivory tusk

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Les cornes (f)

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Horns

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La pollution

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Pollution

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Exhaust gas

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Polluer

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To pollute

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La pollution de l’air

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Air pollution

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L’asthme

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Asthma

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Les troubles respiratoires

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Respiratory troubles

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Les maladies cardiaques

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Cardiac illness

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Cancer des poumons

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Lung cancer

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Des fumées industrielles

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Industrial smoke

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Usine

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Factory

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Les gaz à effet du serre

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Greenhouse gasses

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Climate warming

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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La fonte des glaciers

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Glacial melting

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Un trou dans la couche d’ozone

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A hole in the ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Une couche de gaz qui empêche les rayons du soleil

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Le cancer de la peau

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Skin cancer

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L’Acide désoxyribonucléique (L’ADN)

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DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid

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Les bombes aérosols

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Aerosol sprays

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Les réfrigérateurs

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Refrigerating gasses, such as freon

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La déforestation

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Deforestation

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Abattre les arbres

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To cut down trees

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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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33
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Une scie

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A saw

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L’huile de palme

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Palm oil

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35
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Dégrader/abîmer

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To ruin

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La dégradation d’un milieu naturel

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The degradation/destruction of a natural habitat

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La désertification

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The desertification of an area or region

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38
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Le surpaturâge

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Overgrazing

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39
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Les pesticides (m)

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Pesticides

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40
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Les engrais (m)

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Fertilizers

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41
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Le pétrole

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Oil (mechanical)

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42
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La marée noire

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An oil spill (lit. “The black wave”)

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Un naufrage

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The sinking or shipwrecking of a boat

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Le déballastage/dégazage

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Illegally cleaning out/or dumping fuel tanks (generally in water)

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Les déchets industriels

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Industrial waste

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46
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Jeter qqch à la poubelle

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To throw something in the trash

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47
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Les déchets/les ordures ménagères

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Personal waste

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48
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Les aliments

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Food products

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49
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Un produit biodégradable

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A biodegradable product

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50
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Le plastique non recyclable

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Non-recyclable plastic

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51
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Les emballages sales

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Unclean product packaging

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52
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Un conteneur

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A bin

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53
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Le conteneur bleu

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Utiliser pour les papiers

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Le conteneur jaune

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Utiliser pour le plastique, les boîtes de conserve

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Le conteneur vert (grand, au lieu publique)

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Du verre

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Trier les déchets

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To sort the waste

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Le trie sélectif

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The sorting of waste

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Un camion poubelle

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A garbage truck

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La déchèterie

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The dump

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Gaspiller de l’eau

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To waste water

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Le gaspillage de l’eau

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The wasting of water

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Économiser

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To economize

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Une ressource inépuisable

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An unlimited resource

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Sauvegarder l’environnement

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To preserve the environment

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L’environnement

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The environment

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La planète

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The planet

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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’écologiste/l’écolo

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The ecologist

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La faune

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Wildlife

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La flore

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Plant life

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La nature

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Nature

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La forêt

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The forest

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Le bois

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The wood

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Allumer le chauffage

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To turn on the heat

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La climatisation/la clim

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The air conditioning

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L’impact sur l’environnement

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The impact on the environment

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Polluant

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A pollutant

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Dépolluer

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To de-pollute

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La dépollution

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The cleanup (environmental)

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La contamination

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Contamination

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Le gaz toxique

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Toxic gas

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La centrale nucléaire

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The nuclear power plant

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Les émissions nocives

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Noxious emissions/fumes

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La radioactivité

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Radioactivity

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Irradier

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To irradiate

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Les particules radioactives

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Radioactive particles

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Le rayonnement

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Radiation

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La bombe atomique

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The atomic bomb

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Le danger

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Danger

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Le réacteur

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The reactor

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La sûreté nucléaire

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Nuclear safety

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L’iode (f)

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Iodine

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La catastrophe

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The catastrophe

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L’exposition

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Exposure

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Être exposé

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To be exposed

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La géothermie

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Geothermal science

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Le traitement

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Treatment

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Toxique

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Toxic

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La toxicité

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Toxicity

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Les exhalaisons toxiques

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The toxic exhalations/emissions

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Les standards de sécurité

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Security/safety standards

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Les substances toxiques

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Toxic substances

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Inoffensif

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Harmless

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Vulnérable

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Vulnerable

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Fragile

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Fragile

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La destruction

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Destruction

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Détruire

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To destroy

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Le dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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Le gaspillage

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The waste

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L’élimination des déchets

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The waste disposal

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Le stockage des déchets

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Waste storage

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La décharge

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The dump

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La décharge sauvage

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The uncontrolled landfill

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Le recyclage

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Recycling

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La protection

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The protection

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Protéger

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To protect

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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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L’énergie renouvelable

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Renewable energy

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L’énergie propre

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Clean energy

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L’énergie solaire

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Solar energy

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Les panneaux solaires

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Solar panels

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L’énergie éolienne

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Wind energy

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L’éolienne

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Wind turbine

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Le parc éolien

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A wind farm

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L’énergie photovoltaïque

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Photovoltaic energy

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Les panneaux photovoltaïques

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Photovoltaic panels

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Éco-compatible

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Ecologically compatible

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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’énergie épuisable

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Expendable energy

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Non-épuisable

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Non-renewable

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Une espèce protégée

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A protected species