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L'environnement 3
la pollution at la conservation
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Language - French
12th Grade
03/27/2009
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Term
biodegredable
 Definition
biodegradable
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une bombe aerosol
 Definition
an aerosol spray
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une brique
 Definition
a carton
Term
un broyeur d'ordeurs
 Definition
waste disposable unit
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une calotte glaciaire
 Definition
icecap
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les CFC
 Definition
CFC's
Term
contamine
 Definition
contaminated
Term
un conteneur vert
 Definition
a bottle bank
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un contribuable
 Definition
a taxpayer
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la couche d'ozone
 Definition
the ozone layer
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deboiser
 Definition
to deforest
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couter les arbes
 Definition
to cut down trees
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une decharge
 Definition
a dump
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les dechets
 Definition
waste, refuse
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une decheterrie
 Definition
waste disposal site
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se deomposer
 Definition
to decompose
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un defenseur de la nature
 Definition
conservationalist
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defricher
 Definition
to clear (for cultivation)
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un depotoire
 Definition
a rubbish tip
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la desertification
 Definition
turning into desert
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un ecolabel
 Definition
a label showing a product is environmentally friendly
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ecolo
 Definition
green
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un/e ecologiste
 Definition
environmentalist
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ecologique
 Definition
ecological
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l'effet de serre
 Definition
the greenhouse effect
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l'elimination des dechets
 Definition
waste disposal
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les emballages
 Definition
packaging
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l'engrais chimique
 Definition
artificial fertiliser
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l'essence sans plomb
 Definition
unleaded petro;l
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etiquetage
 Definition
labelling
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le fioul
 Definition
fuel-oil
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gaspiller
 Definition
to waste
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le gaz carbonique
 Definition
carbon dioxide
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le gestion des dechets
 Definition
waste management
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insonoriser
 Definition
to soundproof
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jetable
 Definition
disposable
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un logo vert
 Definition
green label
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une maree noire
 Definition
a large oil slick
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une nappe de petrole
 Definition
small oil slick
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un nettoyage
 Definition
a clean-up
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les ordures menageres
 Definition
household waste
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l'oxyde de carbone
 Definition
carbon monoxide
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le papier recycle
 Definition
recycled paper
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la pluie acide
 Definition
acid rain
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polluant
 Definition
polluting
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polluer
 Definition
to pollute
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la pollution des eaux
 Definition
water pollution
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un pot catalytique
 Definition
catalytic converter
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un produit biologique
 Definition
organically grown product
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le ramassage d'ordures
 Definition
refuse collection
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les rayons ultraviolets
 Definition
ultraviolet rays
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se rechauffer
 Definition
to heat up
Term
recyclable
 Definition
recyclable
Term
les regions hoisees
 Definition
woodlands
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renouvelable
 Definition
renewable
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reutilisable
 Definition
reusable
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un site vierge
 Definition
green-field site
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un tas de compost
 Definition
compost heap
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toxique
 Definition
poisonous
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trier
 Definition
to separate out
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une usine de traitement
 Definition
recycling plant
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une usine d'incineration
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incineration plant
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vicie
 Definition
polluted
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les vidanges
 Definition
sewage
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les depots sauvages
 Definition
illegal tipping
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l'amenagement de l'environnement
 Definition
managing the environment
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la depollution des plages
 Definition
cleaning up the beaches
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le rechauffement de la terre
 Definition
global warming
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le climat est soumis a
 Definition
the climate is subject to
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le changement climatique
 Definition
climatic change
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avoir des consequences redoutables
 Definition
to have dreadful consequences
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une lessive aux enzymes
 Definition
a biological washing powder
Term
defricher les forets tropicales
 Definition
to cut down the rainforests
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les glaces polaires fondent
 Definition
the polar ice caps are melting
Term
le niveau des oceans monte
 Definition
the sea-level is rising
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le phosphate asphyxie les rivieres
 Definition
phosphates are choking the rivers
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les rejets de carbone des voitures
 Definition
carbon emmisions from cars
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qui ne nuit pas a l'environnement
 Definition
environmentally friendly
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degrader l'environnement
 Definition
to damage the environment
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les questions ecologiques
 Definition
green issues
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les Amis de la Terre
 Definition
Friends of the Earth
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faire prendre conscience aux gens
 Definition
to raise peope's awareness
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la croissance demographique
 Definition
population growth
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les matieres premieres
 Definition
raw materials
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perturber l'ecosysteme
 Definition
to upset the ecosystem
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l'evacuation des vindanges
 Definition
sewage disposal
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faire rimer l'ecologie et l'economie
 Definition
to mix the economy and the environment sensibly
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