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Deck 33: Natural Disasters Flashcards

1
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Désastreux

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Disastrous

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Un drame, une tragédie

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A tragedy

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Dramatique, tragique

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Tragic

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Une catastrophe, un sinistre

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A catastrophe

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5
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Catastrophique

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Catastrophic

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Un cataclysme

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A cataclysm

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7
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Toucher une région

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To affect a region

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8
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Une zone à haut risque

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A high-risk area

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9
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Frapper

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To strike, to hit

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10
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Faire des ravages

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To wreak havoc

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11
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Éviter, prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert a disaster

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12
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L’étendue, l’ampleur du sinistre

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The scope, the extent of the disaster

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13
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Très mauvais temps

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Severe, extreme weather

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14
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Prévoir le temps

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To predict, to forecast the weather

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15
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Les prévisions météo(rologiques)

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The weather forecast

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16
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Les dégâts

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Damage

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17
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Abîmer qqch

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To damage sth

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18
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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage, to cause damage

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19
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Dévaster, ravager une région

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To devastate, to ravage a region

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20
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La zone la plus durement frappé

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The worst-hit area

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21
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Être déclaré zone sinistrée

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To be declared a disaster area

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22
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Déclarer l’Etat d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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23
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Un sinistré

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A disaster victim

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24
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Faire 25 morts

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To claim 25 lives

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25
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Le nombre de victimes, le bilan

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The death toll

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26
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Une victime

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A casualty

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27
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

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28
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Fuir son domicile

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To flee one’s home

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29
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Une personne déplacée

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A displaced person

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30
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La sécheresse

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Drought

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31
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La zone frappée par la sécheresse

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A drought-stricken area

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32
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Une famine

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A famine

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33
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La faim

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Hunger

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34
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Mourrir de soif

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To die of thrist

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35
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Avoir faim

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To be hungry

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36
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Mourrir de faim

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To starve of death

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37
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Risquer de mourir de faim

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To be threatened with starvation

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38
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La malnutrition

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Malnutrition

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39
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Souffrir de malnutrition

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To be malnourished, undernourished

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40
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Une vague de froid

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A cold spell, a cold wave

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41
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Une canicule

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A heat wave

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42
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Une tempête, un orage

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A storm

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43
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Une tornade

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A tornado, a twister

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44
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Un ouragan, un cyclone

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A hurricane, a cyclone

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45
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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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46
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Balayer la Thaïlande

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To sweep across Thailand

47
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Le tonnerre

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Thunder

48
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Les éclairs, la foudre

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Lightning

49
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Un éclair

A

A flash of lightning

50
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Les fortes précipitations, chutes de pluie

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Heavy rainfall

51
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Les pluies torrentielles, diluviennes

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Torrential rain

52
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Une inondation

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A flood

53
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Des inondations

A

Flooding

54
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Une crue subite

A

A flash flood

55
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Une zone inondable

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A flood-risk area

56
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Déborder

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To overflow

57
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Un tsunami

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A tsunami

58
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Un raz de marée

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A tidal wave

59
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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

60
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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

61
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Une tempête de neige

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A snowstorm

62
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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

63
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La glace OU le verglas

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Ice

64
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Congère

A

Snowdrift

65
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Un tremblement de terre, un séisme

A

An earthquake

66
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Une faille

A

A fault

67
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Une ligne de faille

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A fault line

68
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L’épicentre

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The epicenter

69
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Secousse tellurique, sismique

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(Earth) tremor

70
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L’échelle de Richter

A

The Richter scale

71
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De magnitude 6

A

Of magnitude 6

72
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Les décombres

A

Rubble, debris

73
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Être prisonnier, enterré sous les décombres

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To be trapped, buried in rubble

74
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Être porté disparu

A

To be reported missing

75
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Pénurie d’eau potable

A

The lack of drinkable water

76
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Se propager

A

To spread

77
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La propagation de maladies

A

The spread of diseases

78
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Un volcan

A

A volcano

79
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Un cratère

A

A crater

80
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Entrer en éruption

A

To erupt

81
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La lave

A

Lava

82
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Une coulée de lave

A

A lava flow

83
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Les cendres

A

Ash

84
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Un incendie

A

Fire

85
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Des incendies de forêt

A

Wildfire

86
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Feu de brousse

A

Bush fire

87
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Une éruption

A

An eruption

88
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Sauver

A

To rescue

89
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Un secouriste, un sauveteur

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A rescuer, a rescue worker

90
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Une équipe de secours

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A rescue party

91
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Un pompier

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A fireman, a firefighter

92
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Évacuer

A

To evacuate

93
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Un évacué

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An evacuee

94
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Être en sécurité, hors de danger

A

To be safe

95
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Sain et sauf

A

Safe and sound

96
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Sortir indemne de qqch

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To escape unscathed, unharmed, unhurt from sth

97
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Survivre

A

To survive

98
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Un survivant, un rescapé

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A survivor

99
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Une ONG

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An NGO

100
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Une organisation caritative

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A charity, a charitable organization

101
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Une organisation humanitaire

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A relief agency, a relief organization

102
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Un travailleur humanitaire

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A relief worker

103
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Aide, assistance humanitaire

A

Humanitarian aid, assistance

104
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Secours, aide d’urgence

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Emergency aid, emergency relief, emergency assistance

105
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Aide alimentaire

A

Food aid

106
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Fournir de l’aide

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To provide, supply aid

107
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Assurer qqch

A

To insure sth

108
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Un assureur

A

An insurer

109
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Une compagnie d’assurance

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An insurance company

110
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Une indemnité, des indemnités

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Compensation

111
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Indemniser qqn de qqch

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To compensate sb to sth

112
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Se faire indemniser

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To get compensation, to get reimbursed

113
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Le principe de précaution

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The precautionary principle, the safety-first principle

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