Global Problems Flashcards by Flo Ro

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Erdbeben

A

earthquake

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Hurrikan

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hurricane (A.E. cyclone)

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Tsunami

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tsuami

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Lawine

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avalanche (only one a mountain)

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Erdrutsch

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landslide

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Volkan/Vulkanausbruch

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volcano/volcanic eruption

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Tornado

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tornado

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Schneesturm

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blizzard

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Hochwasser

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flood

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Dürre

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drought

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Taifun (tropical storm)

A

typhoon

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Waldbrand

A

wildfire/bushfire (forestfire)

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Ölleck

A

oil spill/oil slick

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Klimawandel

A

climate change

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Erderwärmung

A

global warming

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a disease that affects the whole world

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pandemic

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a disease that affects many people in a specific region

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epidemic

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Bürgerkrieg

A

cicival war

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schwerer Unfall

A

major accident

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tödlich

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fatal

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Hungersnot

A

famine

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Vorfall/Zwischenfall

A

incident

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Explosion

A

explosion

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Völkmörder

A

genocide

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Femizid

A

femicide

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Hornmord

A

hornicide

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Selbstmord

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suicide

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Kindestötung

A

infanticide

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wehtun, used with people

A

to injure

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wehtun, used with objects, buildings, etc.

A

to damage

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(valcano) ausbrechen

A

erupt

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(civili war) ausbrechen

A

break out

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(pandemic, epidemic) ausbreiten

A

spread

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verhungern

A

(to) starve

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begehen

A

(to) commit (a crime)

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erschüttern

A

to shake (shook)

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kehren

A

to sweep (swept)

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es ist zu befürchten, dass… ums Leben gekommen sind

A

to be feared dead

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(er)leiden

A

to suffer

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opfer

A

victim

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ded or injured people

A

casualties

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Überlebende

A

survivous

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a person who moves from one country to another

A

migrant

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a person who moves to a country

A

immigrant

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a person who moves out of the country

A

emigrant

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Flüchtlinge/Geflüchtete (not internally displaced people)

A

refugges

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die Toten und Verletzten

A

the dead and wounded

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Tollwut

A

oabies

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Malaria

A

malaria

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the disease cause by HIV

A

AIDS

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Chlorea (cause by contaminated water)

A

chloera

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Typhus (caused by contaminated water)

A

typhoid

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Tetanus

A

tetanus

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Krätze

A

scabies

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Läuse

A

lice

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Windpocken

A

chicken pox

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Scharlach

A

scarlet fever

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Masern

A

measles

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Borreliose

A

Lyme disease

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Hirnhautentzündung

A

meningitis

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Gehirnentzündung

A

encephalitis

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Herzinfarkt

A

heart attack

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Schlaganfall

A

stroke

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Krampfanfall

A

seizure

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zurückgehen

A

(to) recede

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to follow synonym

A

(to) head

Q

listen to a waring

A

head a warning

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follow advice

A

head advice

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Gehirnerschütterung

A

concussion