Health Flashcards

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Docteur

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A physician

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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

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Un comprimé

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A tablet

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Une pilule =! La pilule contraceptive

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A pill =! The pill

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Un préservatif

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A condom, a sheath

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Effets secondaires

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Side affects

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Une gueule de bois

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A hangover

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Une blessure

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An injury, a wound

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Une cicatrice

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A scar

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Une foulure

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A sprain

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Des béquilles

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Crutches

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Un fauteuil roulant

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A wheelchair

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Le sida, le VIH

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AIDS

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Une découverte capitale, avancée

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A breakthrough

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Conduite sous l’emprise d’alcool, stupéfiants

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DUI (Driving Under Influence)

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Un état de santé, maladie

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A condition

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Bilan de santé

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A check-up

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La santé

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Health

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La forme physique

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Fitness

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Un vaccin

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A vaccine

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La silhouette

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The figure

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Un mal de gorge

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A sore throat

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Une rage de dent

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A toothache

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Un mal de ventre

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A stomachache

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Un médecin traitant

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A GP (General practitioner)

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Une sage-femme

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A midwife

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Une piqûre

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A shot, an injection

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Prendre la pilule

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To be on the pill

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Une personne abstinente (qui ne boit pas d’alcool du tout)

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A teettotaller

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Une égratignure, une éraflure

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A scratch

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Une ecchymose, un bleu

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A bruise

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Un plâtre

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A cast, a plaster

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33
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Une canne

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A walking stick (GB)
A cane (US)
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34
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Campagne de prévention, de sensibilisation

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An awareness campaign

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Maladie

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A disease

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36
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Dépistage obligatoire

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A mandatory screening

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Affection, maladie

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An ailment

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38
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Dépistage gratuit

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A free screening

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39
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Santé publique

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Public health

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40
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Soins médicaux

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Health care

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41
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Des morts/victimes

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Fatalities/the death toll

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42
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Le malaise, la gêne

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Discomfort

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43
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Le bien-être

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Wellness

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44
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Une bonne hygiène de vie

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A healthy lifestyle

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45
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Un rappel

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A booster

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46
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Obésité =! Anorexie

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Obesity =! Anorexia

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47
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Un rhume

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A cold

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48
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La grippe

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The flu/influenza

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49
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Une MST

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A STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease)

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50
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Le paludisme

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Malaria

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51
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Une septicémie

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Blood poisoning

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52
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Syndrome de stress post traumatique

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PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

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53
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Une anomalie

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An abnormality

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54
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La trisomie 21

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Down’s syndrome

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Congé maladie

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Sick leave

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La lutte contre la pauvreté

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Poverty relief

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La peste

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The plague

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La variole

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Smallpox

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Un handicap

A

A disability

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Cécité

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Blindness

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Surdité

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Deafness

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Mutisme

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Dumbness

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Myopie

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Short-sightedness

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Daltonien

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Colour-blind

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Un antalgique, un analgésique

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A painkiller

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Un bénéficiaire, un demandeur

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A claiment = a recipient

67
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Congé maternité/paternité

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Maternity/paternity leave

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Solidarité

A

Solidarity

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Sain

A

Wholesome

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Bien portant =! Souffrant

A

Fit =! Unfit

Well =! Unwell

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Contagieux, infectieux

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Contagious, infectious

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Handicapé

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Disabled = handicapped = physically impaired

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Létal

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Terminal = lethal = fatal

74
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Aliéné = fou à lier

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Insane = stark-raving mad = as mad as a hatter

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En surpoids =! Trop maigre

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Overweight =! Underweight

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Attardé mental

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Mentally retarded

77
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En vente libre

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Over-the-counter

78
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En mauvaise santé

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Unhealthy

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Malade

A

Sick = ill

80
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Efficace

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Effective, efficient

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Estropié (éclopé, boiteux), infirme

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Cripple

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Vital

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Life-saving

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Déprimé / dépressif

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Depressed / depressive

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Obèse =! Anorexique

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Obese =! Anorexic

85
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Uniquement sur ordonnance

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Delivered on prescription

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Guérir (blessure)

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To heal

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Se blesser grièvement

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To be wounded

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Souffrir d’une maladie

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To suffer from

89
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Attraper une maladie, contracter un virus

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To catch a disease = to go down with, to contract a virus

90
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Guérir (maladie)

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To cure (so of) something

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Se blesser accidentellement

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To injure oneself

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Se remettre

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To recover

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Infecter, contaminer

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To infect, to contaminate

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Être porteur d’un virus

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To harbour, to carry a virus

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Faire un régime, perdre du poids

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To go on a diet, to lose weight, to slim down

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Réduire sa consommation de graisses, de sucres

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To cut down on fat, sugar

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Dépister

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To detect

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Faire des ravages, faire de nombreuses victimes

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To take a heavy toll

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Se déclarer

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To break out

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Être dépendant

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To be addicted (to)

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Rechuter (addictions)

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To relapse

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Être assuré

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To be insured

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Avoir de la fièvre

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To have a temperature

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Avoir des vertiges

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To feel dizzy

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Tousser

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To cough

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Se moucher

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To blow one’s nose

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Être héréditaire

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To run in the family

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Faire de l’effet

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To take effect

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Avoir droit à

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To be entitled to

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Avoir mal au coeur

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To feel sick

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Prendre du poids

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To put on weight

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Bégayer

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To stutter

113
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Diagnostiquer

A

To diagnose

114
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Se propager

A

To spread

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Se remettre à boire après une période d’abstinence

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To fall off the weagon

116
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Se remettre d’une maladie

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To pull through

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Boiter

A

To limp

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Transpirer

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To sweat

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Être essoufflé

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To be out of breathe

120
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Éternuer

A

To sneeze

121
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Démanger, gratter

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To itch

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Subir

A

To undergo

123
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Soulager la douleur

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To soothe the pain

124
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Être solidaire

A

To stick together

125
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Mériter

A

To deserve

126
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Un péril sanitaire

A

A health scare

127
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

A

Prevention is better than cure

128
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Un point faible

A

A blind spot

129
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C’est dur à avaler

A

A bitter pill to swallow

130
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Nourrir des espoirs/ une rancune

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To nurse hopes / grievances

131
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Ne pas se sentir bien

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To be under the weather

132
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Remuer le couteau dans la plaie

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To rub salt in somebody’s wound

133
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Être en arrêt maladie

A

To be on sick leave