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71 Cards in this Set
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l'univers |
universe |
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le ciel |
the sky |
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le systeme solaire |
solar system |
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l'atmosphere |
atmosphere |
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la couche d'ozone |
ozone layer |
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un trou |
a hole |
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occidental |
western |
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oriental |
eastern |
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la hausse des temperatures |
rise in temperatures |
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le rechauffement de la planete |
global warming |
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l'effet de serre |
greenhouse effect |
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les pluies acides |
acid rain |
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le secheresse |
drought |
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s'etendre |
to spread |
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au dessus du niveau de la mer |
above sea level |
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entourner |
to surround |
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un champ de glace |
an ice field |
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fondre |
to melt |
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la fonte des calottes polaires |
melting of polar ice-caps |
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le rivage |
shore |
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le littoral |
coast |
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la marée (haute, basse) |
(high, low) tide |
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la vie marine |
marine life |
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un naufrage |
a shipwreck |
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couler |
to sink |
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une épave |
a wreck |
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s'échouer |
to run around |
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s'écraser contre |
to crash into or against |
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se déverser dans la mer |
to flow into the sea |
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une nappe de petrole |
an oil slick (on the water) |
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une marée noir |
an oil slick (on the beach) |
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l'eau douce |
fresh water |
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couler |
to flow |
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l'estuaire |
estuary |
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la rive |
bank |
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trouble; boueux |
turbid or cloudy; muddy |
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le marais |
marsh |
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polluer |
to pollute |
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éemettre |
to emit |
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nuire à |
to harm, injure |
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nuisible |
harmful |
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les déechets ménagers |
household rubbish |
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les ordures menagères |
household waste |
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l'élimination des dechets |
waste disposal |
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récupéerable |
reclaimable |
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réutilisable |
reusable |
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un tas de compost |
a compost heap |
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trier |
to sort |
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le tri |
sorting out or selection |
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traiter les dechets |
to treat waste |
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une usine de retraitement |
a treatment plant |
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éepurer |
to purify |
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une centrale thermique au charbon |
a coal-fired power station |
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le charbon |
coal |
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la houille blanche |
hydroelectric power |
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la houille verte |
marine power |
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un combustile organique |
a biofuel |
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l'energie renouvelable |
renewable energy |
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à long/court term |
in the long/short term |
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les ressources naturelles |
natural resources |
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investir dans |
to invest in |
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un engrais chimique |
a chemical fertiliser |
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menacer |
to threaten |
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les Vertsq |
the Greens |
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passer a l'action |
to take action |
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sensibiliser l'opinion |
to make people aware of |
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prévoir les consequences |
to foresee the consequences |
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s'aggraver |
to get worse |
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s'améliorer |
to get better |
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en voie de disparition |
disappearing |
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la survie des espèces |
survival of the species |
