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Unité 6
environnement
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Le bac poubelle | garbage can (bin) |
| Le bac de recyclage | recycling bin |
| Une cartouche | a cartridge (like in a printer) |
| Une pile | a battery |
| Le carton | cardboard |
| Le journal | newspaper |
| Le verre | glass |
| Une brique | a brick (something in the shape of a brick) |
| Une bouteille | a bottle |
| Les déchets | rubbish / waste / litter |
| lancer | to throw |
| jeter | to throw (out) |
| Trier | to separate |
| Le tri | the sorting |
| recycler | to recycle |
| Casser / briser | to break |
| Les restes (alimentaires) | left overs (food) |
| Gaspiller | to waste |
| Le gaspillage | the waste |
| Ancien(ne) | former (or old) |
| Une serre | greenhouse |
| L'effet de serre | greenhouse effect |
| Des produits chimiques | chemical products |
| sans | without |
| La chaleur | heat |
| Le réchauffement de la terre | global warming |
| Le réchauffement climatique | climate warming |
| Un bilan carbone | carbon level |
| faible | weak |
| Élevé | elevated (augmented) |
| neutre | neutral |
| Polluer | to pollute |
| La pollution | pollution |
| Cueillir (PC: avoir cueilli) | to gather |
| l'agricole | agriculture |
| Une forêt | forest |
| arroser | to water (a plant) |
| cultiver | grow |
| pousser | grow (lit. push out of the ground) |
| manquer | to be lacking / missing |
| manque d'eau | water shortage |
| Les bons gestes quotidiens | daily good gestures |
| augmenter | to raise |
| baisser | to lower |
| Lutter | to struggle |
| Protéger | to protect |
| L'eau potable | drinkable water |
| L'eau du robinet | water faucet |
| Au lieu de | in place of |
| (Laisser) couler | (allow) to flow |
| réduire | reduce |
| Économiser / conserver | save / economize / conserve |
| éviter | to avoid |
| empêcher | to prevent / put a stop to / impede |
| Des produits jetables | disposable products |
| Les sacs plastiques | plastic sacks |
| réutilisable | reusable |
| durable(ment) | lasting |
| L'emballage | packaging |
| Éteindre | extinguish/ put out |
| renouvelable | renewable |
| des expressions impersonnelles | impersonal expressions |
| Il faut que | it is a must that |
| Il est nécessaire que | it is necessary that |
| Il est important que | it is important that |
| Il est bon que | it is good that |
| Il est dommage que | it is too bad that |