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Ch.18 Vocab
Environment and Politics
57
Language - French
Undergraduate 3
11/03/2011

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Cards

Term

 

 

l'avenir

Definition

 

 

future

Term

 

 

le changement

Definition

 

 

change

Term

 

 

une empreinte

Definition

 

print, trace;

(carbon) footprint

Term

 

 

les gaz à effet de serre

(GES)

Definition

 

 

greenhouse gases

Term

 

 

une loi

Definition

 

 

law

Term

 

 

le monde

Definition

 

 

world

Term

 

l'orginisme;

organisme génétique

modifié (OGM)

Definition

 

 

organization; genetically modified organism

Term

 

 

le réchauffement

climatique

Definition

 

 

global warming

Term

 

 

le résultat

Definition

 

 

result

Term

 

 

la Terre;

la terre

Definition

 

 

the Earth;

earth, soil, land

Term

 

 

arrêter

Definition

 

 

to stop

Term

 

 

se comporter

Definition

 

 

to behave

Term

 

 

s'engager

Definition

 

 

to commit oneself

Term

 

 

protéger

Definition

 

 

to protect

Term

 

 

soutenir

Definition

 

 

to support

Term

 

 

un bac à recyclage

Definition

 

 

recycle bin

Term

 

 

une bouteille en verre

Definition

 

 

glass bottle

Term

 

 

le covoiturage

Definition

 

 

car pooling

Term

 

 

le déchets

Definition

 

 

trash

Term

 

 

l'essence

Definition

 

 

gasoline

Term

 

 

un individu

Definition

 

 

individual

Term

 

 

le papier-emballage

Definition

 

 

packaging

Term

 

 

la poubelle

Definition

 

trash can,

garbage can

Term

 

 

les transports

en commun

Definition

 

 

public transportation

Term

 

 

(sur) chauffer

Definition

 

 

to (over) heat

Term

 

 

se déplacer

Definition

 

 

to get around,

to go about

Term

 

 

éteindre

Definition

 

 

to turn off

Term

 

 

faire du covoiturage

Definition

 

 

to carpool

Term

 

 

gaspiller

Definition

 

 

to waste

Term

 

 

polluer

Definition

 

 

to pollute

Term

 

 

la lumière

Definition

 

 

light

Term

 

 

arriver (à)

Definition

 

 

to succeed in (doing)

Term

 

 

cesser (de)

Definition

 

 

to stop (doing)

Term

 

 

conduire

Definition

 

 

to drive

Term

 

 

construire

Definition

 

 

to construct

Term

 

 

détruire

Definition

 

 

to destroy

Term

 

 

produire

Definition

 

 

to produce

Term

 

 

réduire

Definition

 

 

reduce

Term

 

 

traduire

Definition

 

 

to translate

Term

 

 

se dépêcher

Definition

 

 

hurry

Term

 

 

dire

Definition

 

 

to say

Term

 

 

essayer

Definition

 

 

to try

Term

 

 

jeter

Definition

 

 

to throw

Term

 

 

 mettre

Definition

 

 

to put

Term

 

 

permettre

Definition

 

 

to allow

Term

 

 

promettre

Definition

 

 

to promise

Term

 

 

réussir

Definition

 

 

to succeed

Term

 

 

savoir

Definition

 

 

to know

Term

 

 

venir de

Definition

 

 

to come from

Term

 

 

vouloir

Definition

 

 

to want

Term

 

 

efficace

Definition

 

 

efficient

Term

 

 

fier

Definition

 

 

proud

Term

 

 

nombreux/euse

Definition

 

 

polluting

Term

 

 

grâce à

Definition

 

 

thanks to

Term

 

 

par terre

Definition

 

 

on the ground

Term

 

 

partout

Definition

 

 

everywhere

Term

 

 

presque

Definition

 

 

almost, nearly

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