Alcohol And Public Health Flashcards

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Consommation

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Consumption : the using up of food, energy, resources

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Consumption

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Consommation

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Consommer

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To consume

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Seul, unique

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Single : only one

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Abus, excès d’alcool

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Alcohol abuse : excessive consumption of alcohol

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Picoleur, gros buveur occasionnel

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Binge drinker : someone who drinks heavily over a short period of time

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Binge drinker

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Picoleur, gros buveur occasionnel

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Beuverie expresse

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Binge drinking

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Binge drinking

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Beuverie expresse

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Association caritative

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(A) charity : an organization which collects/raises money in order to help people in need

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(A) charity

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Association caritative

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La charité

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Charity

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Chiffre

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Figure : an amount expressed as a number, especially for official purposes, such as statistics

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Figure

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Chiffre

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Traiter de, s’occuper de, faire face à

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To deal with , to cope with : to take action to solve a problem, to do a task

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To deal with

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Traiter de

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17
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Avoir envie de vomir

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To feel sick : to feel nauseous

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To feel nauseous

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To feel sick, avoir envie de vomir

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Impliqué

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Involved in : implicated in

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Noyade

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Drowning : death from suffocation by immersion in water

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Drowning

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Noyade

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Se noyer

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To drown

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Violence domestique, conjugale

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Domestic abuse, domestic violence : cruel and violent treatment inflicted on members of one’s family

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Cruel and violent treatment inflicted on members of one’s family

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Domestic abuse, domestic violence

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Estomac

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The stomach : bag-like organ where food is digested before it moves into the intestines

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L’(les) intestin(s)

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The bowel, the intestine, the gut : the digestive tube extending from the stomach to the anus, comprising the large intestine and the small intestine

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The bowel

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Intestin

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Le foie

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The liver : large organ in the upper abdomen which secretes bile and cleans the blood

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The liver

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Le foie

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Le coeur

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The heart : the muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood around the body

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Flux sanguin, vitesse circulatoire

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Blood flow : the rate at which blood circulates through the body

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Blood flow

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Flux sanguin

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Bloodstream

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Circulation sanguine

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Circulation sanguine

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Bloodstream

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Pancréas

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The pancreas : a large, elongated gland behind the stomach where insulin and digestive enzymes are secreted

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Les os

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The bones : the components of the skeleton made of hard connective tissue

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Les seins

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The breast : either of the two mammary glands in women which produce milk

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The breast

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Les seins

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Tissu adipeux

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Fatty tissue : adipose tissue

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L’utérus

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The womb, the uterus : the hollow muscular organ where the fœtus develops in a normal pregnancy

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Lesion, traumatisme, dégât

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Damage : physical or mental harm

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Tissu cicatriciel

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Scar tissue : the fibrous tissue replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or disease

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Une cicatrice

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A scar

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Cirrhose

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Cirrhosis : end-stage liver disease characterized by the replacement of healthy cells with scar tissue

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Avertissement, mise en garde

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Warning : caution against danger

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Caution against danger

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Warning

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Signes précurseurs

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Warning signs

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Contourner

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To bypass : to use an alternative route to go round an obstruction

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To bypass

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Contourner

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Un pontage

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A bypass

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Bas # élève, haut

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Low # high : below the usual, normal or average level, amount or intensity

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Arythmie

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Arrhythmia : any deviation from the normal sinus rhythm of the heart

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Any deviation from the normal sinus rhythm of heart

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Arrhythmia

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Prédisposé à, sujet à

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Prone to : having a natural tendency to be affected by something

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Prone to

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Prédisposé à

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Malformation congénitale

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Birth defect : an imperfection, malformation, dysfunction occurring during gestation

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Birth defect

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Malformation congénitale