43.Disasters Flashcards

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1
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une catastrophe naturelle

A

a natural disaster

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une catastrophe climatique

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a climate-related disaster

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3
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une catastrophe causée par l’Homme

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a man-made disaster

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4
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une catastrophe aérienne

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an air disaster

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5
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une collision en pleins vol

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a mid-air crash

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6
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un accident de la route

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a car crash / a car accident

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7
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entrer en collision avec

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to collide with

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un déraillement

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a derailment

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dérailler

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to derail / to be derailed

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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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11
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couler, sombrer

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to sink, sank, sunk

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12
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être déclaré zone sinistrée

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to be declared a disaster area

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13
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une inondation

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a flood

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être en crue

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to be in spate

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sortir de son lit

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to overflow / to break one’s bank

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un orage, une tempête

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a storm

17
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un ouragan

A

a hurricane

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des vents violents

A

strong winds

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souffler à 160 km à l’heure

A

to blow at 100 miles per hour

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une tornade

A

a tornado

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un cyclone

A

a cyclone

22
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un typhon

A

a typhoon

23
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la mousson

A

monsoon

24
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la sécheresse

A

drought

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un incendie de forêt

A

a forest fire

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une canicule

A

a heat wave

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une vague de froid

A

a cold spell

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une éruption volcanique

A

a volcanic eruption

29
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un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

30
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un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

31
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un tremblement de terre de 7,8 sur l’échelle de Richter

A

an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale

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une réplique

A

an aftershock

33
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un raz-de-marée

A

a tidal wave

34
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un tsunami

A

a tsunami

35
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une avalanche

A

an avalanche

36
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dévaster

A

to devastate

37
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être sans abri

A

to be homeless

38
Q

prévenir des risques

A

to anticipate hazards