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Environment and climate

Emissions, waste, the sea level.

The list for a report rather than a garden. Near the end of it is nocif, harmful, and English owns its root but never in the plain form. The Latin verb is nocere, to harm, and English has it negated — « innocent » is in-nocens, « not harming », and « innocuous » is in-nocuus, the same thing. It has it prefixed: « noxious », and « obnoxious », which once meant exposed to harm and now means the person causing it. It has it worn down beyond recognition in « nuisance », via old French nuisance from nuire. What it does not have is a bare adjective meaning harmful and built on that root. So ce produit est nocif pour les abeilles says, quite literally, that the product is *not innocent* towards the bees — and the English word that keeps the root is the one that means the opposite.

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Verb (8)

contaminerto contaminateVerbB1
Une fuite a contaminé le ruisseau.A leak contaminated the stream.
valoriserto recover for reuseVerbB1
On valorise le verre depuis longtemps.Glass has been recovered for reuse for a long time.
épuiserto use upVerbB1
On épuise la nappe plus vite qu’elle ne se remplit.We are using up the groundwater faster than it refills.
menacerto threatenVerbB1
La sécheresse menace la récolte.The drought is threatening the harvest.
encouragerto encourageVerbB1
La commune encourage le vélo.The council encourages cycling.
maintenirto maintainVerbB1
On maintient la haie le long du champ.The hedge along the field is maintained.
dégelerto thawVerbB1
Le sol dégèle plus tôt qu’avant.The ground thaws earlier than it used to.
abattreto fellVerbB1
On abat les arbres malades en hiver.Diseased trees are felled in winter.

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