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Vocabulary-10 : Nature and ecology Flashcards

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1
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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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The depletion of the ozone layer

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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3
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Pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Les gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Le CO2

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Carbon dioxide

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La pollution causée par l’homme

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Man-made pollution

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Les climato-sceptiques

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Climate change sceptics

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Ceux qui contestent l’existence du réchauffement climatique

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Climate change deniers

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Dégâts à l’échelle mondiale

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Global damage

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Les pluies acides

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Acid rain

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12
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L’érosion

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Soil erosion

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Politique en matière de changement climatique

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Climate change policy

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14
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L’empriente écologique

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A carbon footprint

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15
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Compensation des émissions de CO2

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carbon offsetting

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Une taxe carbone

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A carbon tax

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17
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Epuiser

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To exhaust, To deplete

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18
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Diminuer en nombre

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To dwindle

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Contaminer, empoisonner

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To contaminate, To poison

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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21
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Nocif

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Noxious

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Nocif, nuisible

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Harmful

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Cancèrigène

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Carcinogenic/cancer-causing

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24
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La pollution des eaux

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Water pollution

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25
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La nappe phréatique

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Ground water

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26
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Eau potable

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Drinking water

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27
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Déforestation

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Deforestation

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28
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L’industrie du bois

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The logging industry

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29
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Abattre des arbres

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To fell/cut down trees

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30
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Bois de construction

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Timber

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31
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La disparition des habitats naturels

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Habitat loss

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32
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Les déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

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Déchets ménagers

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Household waste

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Déchets industriels

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Industrial waste

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35
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Le ramassage des déchets

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Rubbish collecting

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36
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Rejets radioactifs

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Radioactive discharges

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Retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

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Fuir

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To leak

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Mettre en péril

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To jeopardize

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Gaspiller

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To waste/To squander

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Faire un mauvais usage

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To misuse

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Une marée noire

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An oil spill/ A black tide

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Dégazer

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To flush/To swill tanks

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déverser

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To dump

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Décharge publique

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A junkyard/A dumping site

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Se débarasser de qqc

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To dispose of sth

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Les coûts de recyclage

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Recycling costs

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Pas de ça chez moi

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Not In My Back Yard (NINMBYSM)

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Risques naturels

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Natural hazards

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L’ampleur d’une catastrophe

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To scope/extent of a disaster

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Un sinistré

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A disaster victim

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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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Une tornade

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A tornado

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Pḧénomène climatique anormal

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Freak/Extreme weather event

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Une pénurie alimentaire

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A food shortage

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Sous-alimenté/malnutri

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Malnourished

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La famine

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Starvation

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L’écologie

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Ecology/Environmentalism

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L’environnement

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The environment

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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist/A conservationist

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Les verts

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The greens

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Un militant

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A campaigner

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Une loi écologique

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A green law

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Sans danger pour l’environement

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Eco-friendly

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Le principe de précaution

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The precautionary principle

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Campagne de sensibilisation

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An awarness campaign

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Prendre conscience de

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To become aware of

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Sensibiliser le public

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To sensitise

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Faire prendre conscince de

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To make the public aware of sth

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Un écolo fanatique

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A tree-hugger

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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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Les économies d’énergie

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Energy conservation

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Energie propre, non polluante

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Clean energy

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Décontaminer

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To decontaminate

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Retraiter

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To reprocess

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Assainir

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To clean up

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Economiser

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To save

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Traitement des déchets

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Waste disposal

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Répondre à des normes

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To meet standards

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Une mesure d’encouragement

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An incentive

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Faire respecter la loi

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To enforce the law

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Une amende

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A fine

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Surveiller

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To watch

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Boycotter

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To boycott

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Faire campagne contre

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To campaign against

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