Pollution Flashcards by Julie Balmer

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Dompter la nature

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Tame nature

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Espèce

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Spiecies

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Être menacé de disparition

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Be threatened with extinction

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Polluer

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Pollute

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Protéger

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Preserve

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Nature maltraitée

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Nature abuse

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Provoquer des ravages

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Wreak damages

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Un polluant

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A contaminant

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Pétrolier

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Oil tanker

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Cuve

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Tank

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Explosion

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Blast

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Couler

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Sink

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Faire naufrage

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To be shipwrecked

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Marée noire

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Oil spill
Spillage
Back tide

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Déverser

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Disgorge

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Largement pollué par le pétrole

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Heavily oiled

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Eau courante

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Running water

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Eau potable

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Drinking water

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Eau du robinet

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Tap water

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Nappe phréatique

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underground aquifer

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Salir l’atmosphère

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Foul the air

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Q

Libérer du CO2

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Release CO2

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Pluies acides

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Acid rains

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Couche d’ozone

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Ozone layer

Effet de serre

Greenhouse effect

Provoquer des changements climatiques

Produce climatic changes

Elever la température

Drive up the temperature

Fondre

Melt

Calotte glaciaire

Polar cap

Inonder

Flood

Elever le niveau

Raise the level

Déboisement

Deforestation

Réseau de transport en commun

Mass transit system

Pollution des sols

Land and soil pollution

Produits chimiques agricoles

Agrochemicals

Ordures

Rubbish, garbage, waste

Eboueur

Dustman

Société de gaspillage

Throw away society

Société d'abondance

Society of affluence

Gaspiller

Waste

Jeter

Throw away

Traitement des déchets

Waste processing

Ramassage des ordures

Garbage collection

Recycler

Recycle

Biodégradable

Biodegradable

Réduire les déchets au minimum

Minimize waste

Trier les ordures

Sort garbage

Circulation auto

Auto traffic

Crisser (pneus)

Squeal (tyres)

Horreur pour la vue

Eyesore

Défigurer un paysage

Disfigure a landscape

Gâcher

Spoil

Parcs éoliens offshore

Offshore wind farms

Eolienne

Turbine