3- Famine Flashcards by Robin Cote | Brainscape

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la faim

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hunger

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la famine

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starvation

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ne pas manger à sa faim

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to go hungry

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition/ undernourishment (undernourished)

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mourir de faim

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starving to death

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manquer de

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to be short of

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la pénurie de nourriture

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the food scarcity

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lutter pour

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to struggle for

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faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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to scavenge for food

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carences alimentaires

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nutritional deficiencies

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être confronté à

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to be facing

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PAM

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the world food programme

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l’aide alimentaire

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food relief / food aid

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l’ide alimentaire d’urgence

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emergency food aid

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l’aide humanitaire

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humanitarian aid

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un bénévole

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a volunteer

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larguer des vivres

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to airdrop food supplies

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donateur

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donor

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collecter des fonds

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to raise funds

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denrées

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commodities

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approuver / appuyrr / soutenir

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to endorse

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souffrir de malnutrition chronique

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to be chronically malnourished

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bouches supplémentaires

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extre mouths

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dans moins de 30 ans

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within 30 years

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la situation ne s’est guère améliorée

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the situation has scarcely improved

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diviser par deux

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to halved

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bien trop souvent

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all too often

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tenir de beaux discours (ironique)

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to pay lip service

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paroles pas suivies d’effet

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don’t match words with action

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passer aux actes

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to move from words to action / to put money where their mouth are

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il est temps que les leaders passent aux actes

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it is time world leaders put their money whe

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il est grand temps

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it’s about time + prétérit

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il était temps que

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it was time + prétérit

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denrée de base

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the staple food

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de base

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stable

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arriver au compte-gouttes

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to trickle

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semer le chaos sur

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to wreak havoc on (wreak wrought wrought)

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sécheresse

A

drought

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incompétence gouvernementale

A

misgovernance