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Environmental Issues Flashcards

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Écologique

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Environmental

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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An environmental-friendly policy // an eco-friendly policy

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect // to preserve thé environment

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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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La nature

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Nature

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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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La faune

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Fauna

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La flore

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Flora

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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist // an ecologist

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Un militant écologiste

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A green activist

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness campaign

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Un parc naturel

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A natural reserve // a national park

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Dégâts

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Damage

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Endommager qch

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To damage sth

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage // to cause damage

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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment // to do harm to the environment

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Mettre en danger qch

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To jeoparadize sth // to endanger sth

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Être en danger

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To be at risk // to be in danger

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Déclarer l’état d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Un sinistré

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A disaster victim

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Le développement durable

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Sustainable development

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La rareté

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Scarcity

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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L’épuisement des ressources

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The depletion of resources

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Les matières premières

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Raw materials

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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Une espèce

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A species

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Une espèce animale / végétale

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An animal / plant species

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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An endangered species

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Être menacé d’extinction

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To be threatened with extinction

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Disparaître

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To become extinct

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Une forêt tropicale

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A rainforest // a tropical forest

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Abattre des arbres

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To fell // cut down trees

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Le déboisement // la déforestation

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Deforestation

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Reboiser

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To reforest

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Le reboisement

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Reforestation

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La surpêche

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Overfishing

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40
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Le thon rouge

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Bluefin tuna

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Un dauphin

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A dolphin

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Une baleine

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A whale

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La pêche à la baleine

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Whaling

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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A natural disaster

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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

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A catastrophe

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Toucher une région

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To affect a region

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Dévaster // ravager une région

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To devastate // to ravage a region

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Faire des ravages

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To wreak havoc

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Éviter // prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert à disaster

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L’étendu // l’ampleur du sinistre

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The score // the extent of the disaster

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Très mauvais temps

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Severe // extreme weather

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Prévoir le temps

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To predict // to forecast the weather

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Les prévisions météo

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The weather forecast

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Une famine

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A famine

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La faim

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Hunger

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Mourir de faim

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To starve to death

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Mourir de soif

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To die of thirst

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La malnutrition

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Malnutrition

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Souffrir de malnutrition

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To be malnourished // undernourished

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Une vague de froid

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A cold spell // a cold wave

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Une canicule

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A heat wave

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Une tempête // un orage

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A storm

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Une tornade

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A tornado // a twister

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Des pluies torrentielles

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Torrential rain

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Des inondations

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Flooding

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Une crue subite

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A flash flood

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Une zone inondable

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A flood risk area

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Un séisme

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An earthquake

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Une faille

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A fault

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Une ligne de faille

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A fault line

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L’épicentre

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The epicentre

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Les décombres

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Rubble // debris

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Être prisonnier // enterré sous les décombres

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To be trapped // buried in rubble

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Ruines

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Ruins

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Être porté disparu

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To be reported missing

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Un tsunami

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A tsunami

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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une coulée de boue

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A mudslide

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Une tempête de neige

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A snowstorm

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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

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Un volcan

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A volcano

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Un cratère

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Un crater

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Un éruption

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An eruption

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La lave

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Lava

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Une coulée de lave

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A lava flow

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Les cendres

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Ash

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Un incendie

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A fire

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Sauver

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To rescue

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Un secouriste // un sauveteur

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A rescuer // a rescue worker

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Une équipe de secours

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A rescue party

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Un pompier

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A fireman // a firefighter

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Évacuer

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To evacuate

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Être en sécurité // hors de danger

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To be safe

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Survivre

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To survive

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Un survivant // un rescapé

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A survivor

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Une organisation humanitaire

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A relief agency // a relief organization

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Un travailleur humanitaire

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A relief worker

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Aide // assistance humanitaire

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Humanitarian aid // assistance

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Secours // aide d’urgence

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Emergency aid // emergency relief

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Assurer qch

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To insure sth

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Une compagnie d’assurance

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An insurance company

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Une indemnité

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Compensation

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Indemniser qn de qch

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To compensate sb for sth

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Se faire indemniser

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To getter compensation // to get reimbursed

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