Famine (vocab) Flashcards

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1
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la faim, la famine
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hunger / starvation

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la faim dans le monde
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world hunger / world famine

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avoir faim / ne pas manger à sa faim
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to be hungry / to go hungry

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4
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la malnutrition
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malnutrition / undernourishment

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l’insécurité alimentaire

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food insecurity

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sous-alimenté, en situation d’insécurité alimentaire
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malnourished / undernourished / underfed / food-insecure

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avoir un poids insuffisant

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to be underweight

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mourir de faim
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to die of hunger / to die from hunger / to die of starvation / to starve to death

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des enfants affamés, faméliques
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starving children / famished children

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des enfants décharnés
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emaciated children / scrawny children

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le retard de croissance

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stunting

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manquer de nourriture
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to lack food / to be short of food

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le manque de nourriture

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the lack of food

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la pénurie de nourriture
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the food scarcity / the food shortage

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15
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lutter pour se nourrir

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to struggle for food

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faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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to scavenge for food

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un glaneur
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a scavenger / a gleaner

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les carences alimentaires

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nutritional deficiencies

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la carence en vitamine C

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vitamin C deficiency

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la situation alimentaire

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the food situation

21
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la crise alimentaire

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the food crisis

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nourrir / se nourrir
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to feed / to feed oneself

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une famine étendue
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severe famine / widespread famine

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être confronté à la famine

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to be facing famine

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une région frappée par la famine

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a famine area

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le Sommet mondial de l’alimentation

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the World Food Summit

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le Programme alimentaire mondial

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the World Food Programme

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l’aide alimentaire
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food relief / famine relief / food aid

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l’aide alimentaire d’urgence

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emergency food aid

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une organisation humanitaire

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a humanitarian organisation

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une ONG

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an NGO

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l’aide humanitaire

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humanitarian aid

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un bénévole

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a volunteer

34
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larguer des vivres

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to airdrop food supplies

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distribuer de la nourriture

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to distribute food

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collecter des fonds au profit de…

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to raise funds for…

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des denrées alimentaires

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foodstuffs

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des denrées périssables
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perishable goods / perishables