Health Flashcards

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A physician

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Docteur

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A surgeon

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Un chirurgien

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A tablet

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Un comprimé

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A pill =! The pill

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Une pilule =! La pilule contraceptive

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A condom, a sheath

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Un préservatif

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Side effects

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Effets secondaires

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A hangover

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Une gueule de bois

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An injury, a wound

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Une blessure

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A scar

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Une cicatrice

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A sprain

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Une foulure

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Crutches

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Des béquilles

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A wheelchair

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Un fauteuil roulant

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AIDS

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Le sida, le VIH

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A breakthrough

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Une découverte capitale, avancée

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DUI (Driving Under Influence)

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Conduite sous l’emprise d’alcool, stupéfiants

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A condition

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Un état de santé, maladie

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A check-up

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Un bilan de santé

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18
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Health

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La santé

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Fitness

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La forme physique

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A vaccine

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Un vaccin

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21
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The figure

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La silhouette

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A sore throat

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Un mal de gorge

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A toothache

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Une rage de dent

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A stomachache

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Un mal de ventre

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A GP (General Practitioner)

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Un médecin traitant

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A midwife

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Une sage-femme

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A shot, an injection

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Une piqûre

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28
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To be on the pill

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Prendre la pilule

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29
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A teetotaller

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

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A scratch

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Une égratignure, éraflure

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A bruise

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Une ecchymose, un bleu

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A cast, a plaster

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Un plâtre

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A walking stick (GB)
A cane (US)
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Une canne

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34
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An awareness campaign

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Campagne de prévention, sensibilisation

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A disease

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Une maladie

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36
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A mandatory screening

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Dépistage obligatoire

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37
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An ailment

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Affection, maladie

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38
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A free screening

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Dépistage gratuit

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39
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Public health

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Santé publique

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40
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Health care

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Soins médicaux

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41
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Fatalities / the death toll

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Des morts / victimes

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42
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Discomfort

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Le malaise, la gêne

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43
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Wellness

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Le bien-être

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44
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A healthy lifestyle

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Une bonne hygiène de vie

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45
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A booster

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Un rappel

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46
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Obesity =! Anorexia

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Obésité =! Anorexie

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47
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A cold

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Un rhume

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48
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The flu/influenza

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La grippe

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49
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A STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease)

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Une MST (Maladie Sexuellement Transmissible)

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50
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Malaria

A

Le paludisme

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51
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Blood poisoning

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Une septicémie

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52
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PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

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SSPT (Syndrome de Stress Post-Traumatique)

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53
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An abnormality

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Une anomalie

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54
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Down’s syndrome

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La trisomie 21

55
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Sick leave

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Congé maladie

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Poverty relief

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La lutte contre la pauvreté

57
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The plague

A

La peste

58
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Smallpox

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La variole

59
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A disability

A

Un handicap

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Blindness

A

Cécité

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Deafness

A

Surdité

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Dumbness

A

Mutisme

63
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Short-sightedness

A

Myopie

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Colour-blind

A

Daltonien

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A painkiller

A

Un antalgique, un analgésique

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A claiment = a recipient

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Un bénéficiaire, un demandeur

67
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Maternity / Paternity leave

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Congé maternité / paternité

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Solidarity

A

Solidarité

69
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Wholesome

A

Sain

70
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Fit =! Unfit

Well =! Unwell

A

Bien portant =! Souffrant

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Contagious, infectious

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Contagieux, infectieux

72
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Disabled = handicapped = physically impaired

A

Handicapé

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Terminal = lethal = fatal

A

Létal

74
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Insane = stark-raving mad = as mad as a hatter

A

Aliéné = fou à lier

75
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Overweight =! Underweight

A

En surpoids =! Trop maigre

76
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Mentally retarded

A

Attardé mental

77
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Over-the-counter

A

En vente libre

78
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Unhealthy

A

En mauvaise santé

79
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Sick = ill

A

Malade

80
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Cripple

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Estropié (éclopé, boiteux), infirme

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Life-saving

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Vital

82
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Depressed / depressive

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Déprimé / dépressif

83
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Obese =! Anorexic

A

Obèse =! Anorexique

84
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Delivered on prescription

A

Uniquement sur ordonnance

85
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To heal

A

Guérir (blessure)

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To be wounded

A

Se blesser grièvement

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To suffer from

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Souffrir d’une maladie

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To catch a disease, to contract a virus

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Attraper une maladie, contracter un virus

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To cure (so of) something

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Guérir (maladie)

90
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To injure oneself

A

Se blesser accidentellement

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To recover

A

Se remettre

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To infect, to contaminate

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Infecter, contaminer

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To harbour, to carry a virus

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Être porteur d’un virus

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

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Faire un régime, perdre du poids

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To cut down on fat, sugar

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Réduire sa consommation de graisses, de sucres

96
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To detect

A

Dépister

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To take a heavy toll

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Faire des ravages, faire de nombreuses victimes

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To break out

A

Se déclarer

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To be addicted (to)

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Être dépendant

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To relapse

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Rechuter (addictions)

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To be insured

A

Être assuré

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To have a temperature

A

Avoir de la fièvre

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To feel dizzy

A

Avoir des vertiges

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To cough

A

Tousser

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To blow one’s nose

A

Se moucher

106
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To run in the family

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Être héréditaire

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To take effect

A

Faire de l’effet

108
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To be insured

A

Être assuré

109
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To be entitled to

A

Avoir droit à

110
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To feel sick

A

Avoir mal au coeur

111
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To put on weight

A

Prendre du poids

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To stutter

A

Bégayer

113
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To diagnose

A

Diagnostiquer

114
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To spread

A

Se propager

115
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To fall off the wagon

A

Se remettre à boire après une période d’abstinence

116
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To pull through

A

Se remettre d’une maladie

117
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To limp

A

Boiter

118
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To sweat

A

Transpirer

119
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To be out of breathe

A

Être essoufflé

120
Q

To sneeze

A

Éternuer

121
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To itch

A

Démanger, gratter

122
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To undergo

A

Subir

123
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To soothe the pain

A

Soulager la douleur

124
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To stick together

A

Être solidaire

125
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To deserve

A

Mériter

126
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A health scare

A

Un péril sanitaire

127
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Prévention is better than cure

A

Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

128
Q

A blind spot

A

Un point faible

129
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A bitter pill to swallow

A

C’est dur à avaler

130
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To nurse hopes / grievances

A

Nourrir des espoirs / rancunes

131
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To be under the weather

A

Ne pas se sentir bien

132
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To rub salt in somebody’s wound

A

Remuer le couteau dans la plaie

133
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To be on sick leave

A

Être en arrêt maladie