Chapitre 17 Flashcards

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1
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la population mondiale

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the world population

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explosion démographique

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baby boom

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effondrement démographique

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baby bust

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recensement

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census

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le fossé des générations

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the generation gap

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fortement peuplé

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heavily populated

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faiblement peuplé

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sparsely populated

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grouiller de monde

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to swarm with people

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répartition de la population

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population distribution

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la mortalité infantile

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infant mortality rate

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une bombe à retardement démographique

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a population time-bomb

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12
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une pyramide des âges

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population pyramid

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taux de natalité/ mortalité

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birth/ death rate

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taux de fécondité

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fertility rate

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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durée de vie

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life span

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17
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les conditions de vie

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living conditions

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18
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le niveau de vie

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standards of living

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le mode de vie

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way of life

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20
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le style de vie

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lifestyle

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21
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la surpopulation

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overpopulation

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22
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l’accroissement de la population mondiale

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the increase in world population

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23
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adorer/ pratiquer une religion

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to worship

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24
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un lieu de culte

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a place of worship

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une église

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a church

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un fidèle

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a churchgoer

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la foi

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faith

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28
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être fidèle à

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to be faithful to

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une mosquée

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a mosque

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aller à l’église

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to attend church

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prier/ une prière

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to pray/ prayer

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un pélerin

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a pilgrim

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un pélerinage

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a pilgrimage

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l’éthique

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ethics

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la morale

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morality

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laïque

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secular

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un athée

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an atheist

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le christianisme/ chrétien

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Christianity/ a Christian

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juif/ un Juif

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Jewish/ a Jew

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l’Ismal/ musulman

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Islam/ Muslim

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l’âme

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the soul

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le ciel

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heaven

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païen

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heathen

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le paradis

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Paradise

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l’enfer/ infernal

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hell/ hellish

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un présage

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a harbinger

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un signe annonciateur

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an omen

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chasse aux sorcières

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a witch hunt

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un chrétien ayant recouvré la foi

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a born-again Christian

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un aumônier

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a chaplain

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oeuvre de bienfaisance, bénévolat

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charity

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une confession religieuse

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a denomination

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une religion d’Etat

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an established religion

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intégrisme

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fundamentalism

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le salut

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salvation

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péché/ pécheur

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sin/ sinner

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honteux, coupable

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sinful

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la prêche télévisé

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televangelism

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faire un examen de conscience

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to do soul-searching

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prophètes de malheur

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doomsday prophets

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un moindre mal

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the lesser of two evils

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être condamné, perdu

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to be doomed

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saint

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holy

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sacré

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sacred

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édénique

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prelapsarian

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l’esprit du temps

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the Zeitgeist

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comprendre que la fin est proche

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to see the writing on the wall

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un projet coûteux et inutile

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a white elephant

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un voeu pieux

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wishful thinking

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bénir/ une bénédiction

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to bless/ a blessing

71
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“A quelque chose malheur est bon”

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“It is a blessing in disguise”

72
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“Estime-toi heureux!”

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“Count your blessings!”