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1
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polluer

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to pollute

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la pollution de l’ eau

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water pollution

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la pollution sonore

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noise pollution

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un pollueur

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a polluter

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un polluant, une substance polluante

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a polluant

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polluant

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polluting

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être peu/très polluant

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to pollute little/ a lot

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produits non polluants

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non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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diminuer la pollution

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to reduce, curb pollution

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gaspiller

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to waste

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11
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legaspillage ou les déchets

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wastage

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la pollution de l’ air, la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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le smog

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smog

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un pic de pollution

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a pollution peak

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les fumées d’ usine

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factory smoke, factory fumes

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les gaz d’ échappement

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car exhausts , exhaust fumes

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l’ essence sans plomb

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unleaded, llead-free petrol

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un pot catalytique

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a catalytic converter

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surveiller la qualité de l’ air

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to monitor air quality

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avoir du mal à respirer

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to have difficulty breathing

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l’ asthme

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asthma

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les nitrates

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les nitrates

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les engrais

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fertilizers

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la nappe phréatique

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groundwater

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conntamiiner les rivières

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to poison rivers

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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un polluant, une substance polluante

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a conntaminant

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une substance chimique toxique

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a toxic chemical

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la dioxine

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dioxin

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nocif

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harmful

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31
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les égouts

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the sewage system

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un égout

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a sewer

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33
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les eaux usées

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sewage, waste water

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une station d’ épuration des eaux

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a sewage works, a sewage plant, a sewage farm

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l’ amiante

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asbestos

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desamienter un bâtiment

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to remove asbestos from a building

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le saturnisme

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lead poisoning

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les pcb

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PCBs

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les gaz CFC

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CFCs

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la couche d’ ozone

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the ozone layer

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les pluies acides

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acid rains

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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an oil spill

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des oiseaux mazoutés

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oil covered birds

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dégazer

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to empty one’s tanks, to flush out one’s tanks

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le dégazage

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oil trankers emptying their tanks, discharging waste oil

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les ordures, les détritus, les déchets

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waste, rubbish garbage

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les déchets toxiques, organiques

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toxic/organic waste

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les détritus

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litter

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éliminer les déchets

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to dispose of waste

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les décchets dangereux

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hazardous waste

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les ordures ménagères

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household refuse, housegold rubbish

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jetable

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disposable

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biodegradable

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biodegradable

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ramasser les déchets

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to collect waste

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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une décheterie

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a waste collection centre

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un éboueur

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a dustman, a garbage man

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une boite à ordure, une poubelle

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a dustbin, a bin, a garbage can

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une poubelle à roulette

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a wheelie bin

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry, a dust cart, a garbage truck

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un sac poubelle

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a bin liner

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déposer, jeter des ordures

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to dump rubbish

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jeter

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to throw away

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une décharge, un dépotoir

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a rubbish dump,a garbage dump, a rubbish tip, a dumping ground

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une décharge sauvage

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an illicit rubbish dump

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enterrer, enfouir

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to bury

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un site d’ enfouissement des ordures

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a landfill

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brûler

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to burn

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détruire

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to destroy

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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fondre

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to melt

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une fuite

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a leak

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les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

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retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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la radioactivité

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radioactivity

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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éliminer les déchets nucléaires

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to dispose of nuclear waste

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l’ élimination des décchets nuclaires

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nuclear waste disposal

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un conteneur

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a container

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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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hermetically sealed containers

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une fuite

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a leak

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le stockage des déchets radioactifs

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le principe de précaution

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the precautionary principle, the safety-first principle

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traiter, transformer les déchets

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to process waste

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trier

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to sort

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le tri sélectif

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sorting, waste separation

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un conteneur de verre

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a bottle bank

89
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des chiffons

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rags

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le carton

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cardboard

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la ferraille

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scrapmetal

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les emballages

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packaging

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une boite de bierre

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can of beer, a beer can

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un surplus un excès

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a glut

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le recyclage

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recylcing

96
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recylcler le plastique

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to recycle plastic

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recyclabe

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recylclable

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une usine de recylclage

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a recylcing plant

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les couts de recylclage

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recycling costs

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