Disasters Flashcards

1
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une catastrophe naturelle

A

a natural disaster

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2
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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 plein 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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8
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un deraillement

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a derailment

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9
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dérailler

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to derail

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10
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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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11
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couler

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to sink

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12
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être déclaré zone sinistrée

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to be declared a disaster aera

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13
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une inondation

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a flood

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14
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être en crue

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to be in spate

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15
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sortir de son lit

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to overflow

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16
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un orage , une tempête

17
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un ouragan

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a hurricane

18
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des vents violants

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strong winds

19
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souffler à plus de 160 km/h

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to blow at 100 miles per hour

20
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un tornade, un cyclone, un typhon, la mousson

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a tornado,a cyclone, a typhoon, monsoon

21
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la secheresse

22
Q

un incendie de foret

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a forest fire

23
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une canicule

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a heat wave

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une vague de froid

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a cold spell

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une éruption volcanique
a volcanic eruption
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un glissement de terrain
a landslide
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un tremblement de terre
a earthquake
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un tremblement de terre de 7,8 sur l'echelle de richter
an earthquake measuring 7,8 on richter scale
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une replique
an aftershock
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un raz de marée, un tsunami
a tidal wave, a tsunami
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une avalanche
an avalanche
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dévaster
to devastate
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être sans abri
to be homeless
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prévenir les risques
to anticipate hazards