32- Natural disasters and natural hazards Flashcards

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1
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désastreux

A

disastrous

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  • un drame/ une tragédie

- dramatique / tragique

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  • a tragedy

- tragic

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  • une catastrophe/ un sinistre

- catastrophique

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  • a catastrophe

- catastrophic

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un cataclysme

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a cataclysm

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toucher une région

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to affect a region

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une zone à haut risque

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a high-risk area

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frapper (2)

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to strike

to hit

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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éviter/ prevenir une catastrophe

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to avert a disaster

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l’étendue/ l’ampleur du sinistre (2)

A

the scope/ extent of the disaster

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très mauvais temps (2)

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severe/extreme weather

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  • prévoir le temps (2)

- les prévisions météo(rologique)

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  • to predict/forecast the weather

- the weather forecast

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les dégâts

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damage

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  • abîmer qch

- causer des dégâts (2)

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  • to damage sth

- to do damage, to cause damage

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dévaster/ ravager une région

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to devastate/ ravage a region

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la zone la plus durement frappé

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the worst-hit area

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être déclaré zone sinistrée

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to be declared a disaster area

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déclaré 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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faire 25morts

A

to claim 25 lives

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le nombre de victimes/ le bilan

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the death toll

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une victime

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a casualty

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un cadavre

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a corpse

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fuir son domicile

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to flee one’s home

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une personne déplacée

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a displaced person

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une zone frappée par la sécheresse

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a drought-stricked area

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une famine

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a famine

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avoir faim

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to be hungry

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mourir de soif

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to die of thirst

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mourir de faim

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to strave to death

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risquer de mourir de faim

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to be threatened with starvation

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition

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33
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souffrir de malnutration (2)

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to be malnourished/ undernourished

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une vague de froid (2)

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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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36
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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/ cyclone (2)

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a hurricane/ cyclone

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un typhon

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a typhoon

40
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balayer la Thaïlande

A

to sweep across Thailand

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le tonnerre

A

thunder

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les éclairs/ la foudre

A

lightning

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un éclaire

A

a flash of lightning

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de fortes précipitations/ chutes de pluie

A

heavy rainfall

45
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les pluies torrentielles/ diluviennes

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torrential rain

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une inondation

des inondation

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a flood

flooding

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une crue subite

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a flash flood

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une zone inondable

A

a flood-risk area

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déborder

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to overflow

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un tsunami

A

a tsunami

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un raz-de-marée

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a tridal wave

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  • un glissement de terrain

- une coulée de boue

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  • a landslide

- a mudslide

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une tempête de neige

A

a snowstorm

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une avalanche

A

an avalanche

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la glace/ le verglas

A

ice

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congère

A

snowdrift

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un tremblement de terre

un séisme

A

an earthquake

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  • une faille

- une ligne de faille

A
  • a fault

- a fault line

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l’épicentre

A

the epicentre

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secousse tellurique/ sismique

A

(earth) tremor

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l’échelle de Richter

A

the Richter scale

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de magnitude 6

A

de magnitude 6

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les décombres (2)

A

rubble

debris

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être prisonnier/ enterré sous les décombres

A

to be trapped/ buried in rubble

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être porté disparu

A

to be reported missing

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pénurie d’eau potable

A

the lack of drinking water

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la propagation de maladies

A

the spread of diseases

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se propager

A

to spread

69
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un volcan

A

a volcano

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un cratère

A

a crater

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  • entrer en éruption

- une éruption

A
  • to erupt

- an eruption

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une coulée de lave

A

a lava flow

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les cendres

A

ash

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un inendie

A

a fire

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des incendies de forêt

A

wildfire

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feu de brousse

A

bush fire

77
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to rescue

A

sauver

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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

80
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un pompier (2)

A

a fireman/ firefighter

81
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  • évacuer

- un évacué

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  • to evacuate

- an evacuee

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être en sécurité/ hors de danger

A

to be safe

83
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sain et sauf

A

safe and sound

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sortir indemne de qch (3)

A

to escape unscathed/ unharmed/ unhurt from sth

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  • survivre

- un survivant/ rescapé

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  • to survive

- a survivor

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une ONG

A

an NGO

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une organisation caritative (2)

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a charity

a charitable organization

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une organisation humanitaire (2)

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a relief agency

a relief organization

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un travailleur humanitaire

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a relief worker

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aide/ assistance humanitaire (3)

A

emergency aid
emergency relief
emergency assistance

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aide alimentaire

A

food aid

92
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fournir de l’aide (2)

A

to provide/ supply aide

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  • assurer qch
  • un assureur
  • une compagnie d’assurances
A
  • to insure sth
  • an insurer
  • an insurance company
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  • une indemnité/ des indemnité

- indemniser qn de qch

A
  • compensation

- to compensate sb for sth

95
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se faire indemniser (2)

A

to get compensation

to get reimbursed

96
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le principe de précaution (2)

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  • the precautionary principle

- the safety-first principle