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16. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Flashcards

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écologique

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environmental

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une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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an environmentally-friendly poilicy

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protéger l’environnement

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to protect to preserve the environment

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la protection de l’environnement

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the preservation of the environment

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la nature

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nature

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la faune et la flore

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wildlife

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la faune, la flore

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fauna, flora

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un écologiste

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an environmentalist, an ecologist

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un militant écologiste

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a green activist

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un défenseur de l’environnement

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a conservationist

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une campagne de sensibilisation

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an awareness campagin

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un parc naturel

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a natural reserve, a national park

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la niche écologique

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habitat

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dégâts

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damage

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endommager qqch

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to damage sth

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causer des dégâts

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to do damage, to cause damage

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nuire à l’environnement

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to harm the environment, to to harm to the environment

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mettre en danger qqch

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to jeopardize sth

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être en danger

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to be at risk, in danger

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déclarer l’état d’urgence

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to declare a state of emergency

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un sinistré

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a disaster victim

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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la rareté

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scarcity

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un écosystème

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an ecosystem

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les ressources naturelles

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natural ressources

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l’épuisement des ressources

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the depletion of ressources

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les matières premières

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rax materials

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la biodiversité

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biodiversity

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une espèce

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a species

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une espèce animale/végétale

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an animal/plant species

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une espèce en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

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être menacé d’exctinction

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to be threatened with extinction

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disparaître

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to become extinct

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une forêt tropicale

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a rainforst

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abattre des arbres

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to fell, cut down trees

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le déboisement, la déforestation

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deforestation

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reboiser

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to reforest

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la surpêche

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overfishing

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le thon rouge

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blufin tuna

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un dauphin / une baleine

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a dolphin / a whale

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la pêche à la baleine

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whaling

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une catastrophe naturelle

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a natural disaster

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un drame, une tragédie

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a tragedy

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dramatique, tragique

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tragic

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une catastrophe, un sinistre

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a catastrophe

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toucher une région

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to affect a region

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dévaster, ravager une région

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to devastate, to ravage a region

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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éviter, prévenir une catastrophe

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to avert a disaster

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l’étendu, l’ampleur du sinistre

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the scope, the extent of the disaster

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très mauvais temps

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severe, extreme weather

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prévenir le temps

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to forecast the weather

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les prévision météorologique

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the weather forecast

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la sécheresse

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drought

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une famine

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a famine

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la faim

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hunger

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mourir de faim

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to starve to death

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mourir de soif

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to die of thirst

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition

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souffrir de malnutrition

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to be malnourished, undernourished

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une vague de froid

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a cold-spell, a cold wave

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une canicule

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a heat wave

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une tempête, un orage

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a storm

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une tornade

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a tornado, a twister

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un ouragan, un cyclone

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a hurricane, a cyclone

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un typhon

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a typhoon

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des pluies torrentielles, diluviennes

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torrential rain

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une inondation

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a flood

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une crue subite

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a flash flood

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des inondations

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flooding

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une zone inondable

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a flood risk area

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un tremblement de terre, un séisme

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an earthquake

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une faille

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a fault

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une ligne de faille

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a fault line

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l’épicentre

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the epicentre

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les décombres

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rubble, debris

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être prisonnier/enterré sous les décombres

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to be trapped/burried in rubble

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ruines

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ruins

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être porté disparu

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to be reported missing

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un tsunami

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a tsunami

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un raz-de-marée

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a tidal wave

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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une coulée de boue

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a mudslide

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une tempête de neige

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a snowstorm

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une avalanche

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an avalachance

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un volcan

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a volcano

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un cratère

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a crater

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une éruption

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an eruption

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la lave

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lava

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une coulée de lave

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a lava flow

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les cendres

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ash

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un incendie

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a fire

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sauver

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to rescue

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un secouriste, un sauveteur

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a rescuer, a rescue worker

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une équipe de secours

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a rescue party

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un pompier

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a fireman, a firefighter

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évacuer

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to evacuate

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être en sécurité, hors de danger

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to be safe

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survivre

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to survive

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un survivant, un rescapé

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a survivor

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency

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un travailleur humanitaire

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a relief worker

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aide, assistance humanitaire

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assistance

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secours, aide d’urgence,

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emergency aid, emergency relief

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assurer qqch

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to insure sth

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une compagnie d’assurances

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an insurance company

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une indemnité, des indemnités

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compensation

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indemniser qn de qch

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to compensate sb for sth

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se faire indemniser

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to get compensation, to get reimbursed

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