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56 Cards in this Set
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Biodegradable
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Putrescible
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Industrial Era
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L'ère industrielle
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Road traffic
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La circulation routière
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Household Waste
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Les ordures ménagères
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Sewer
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Un égout |
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Ship |
Le navire
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Shipwreck |
Le naufrage
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to break, to upset
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rompre
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indeed, even |
voire |
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to climb |
grimper |
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warming |
le réchauffement |
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la fonte des calottes glacaires |
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drought
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la sécheresse |
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upset
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bouleverser |
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walk |
la balade |
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to disturb |
déranger |
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member
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un adhérant |
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to bring organisations together
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la grenelle
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to aim at |
viser à
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linked to |
lié à |
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fundamental |
primordial |
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aware
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sensible à
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greedy |
gourmand |
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subjunctive of know |
sache |
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to entrust |
confier à
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using rail
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ferroviaire |
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using rivers |
fluvial
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to banish |
bannir
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harmful
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nuisible
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to set out |
élaborer |
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powerful |
puissant |
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subjunctive of wait |
atteigne |
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to have the upper hand |
avoir la côte |
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the standby |
la mise en veille |
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the coastline |
le littoral |
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low energy lightbulbs a |
les lampes fluorescents compactes
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low energy lightbulbs b |
les ampoules à économie d'énerige |
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to fight for/against |
lutter pour/contre |
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to safeguard |
sauvegarder
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re-usable shopping bags
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les sacs réutilisables
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the oil slick
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la marée noire
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to sort the rubbish |
trier les déchets
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to insulate
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isoler
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to suffer/undergo
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subir
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the sea level
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le niveau des océans |
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oil tanker which has run aground |
un pétrolier échoué |
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the rising waters |
la montée des eaux |
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the greenhouse effect |
l'effet de serre
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a power station (coal-fired/gas-fired) |
un central électrique
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the flood(ing) |
l'inondation
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a victim |
un sinistré
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scorching heat/heatwave |
la canicule
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the packaging
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l'emballage
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the ozone layer |
la couche d'ozone
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the fuel |
les carburants
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an underground line |
une ligne souterraine
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