health hazards, health scares Flashcards

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une maladie

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a disease, an illness, a sickness

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souffrir d’une maladie

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to suffer from a disease

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mourir d’une maladie

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to die of, to die from a disease

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une maladie grave

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a serious disease

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être dans un état critique

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to be critically ill

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un microbe, un germe

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a germ

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des bactéries

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bacteria

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attraper la grippe

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to go down with the flu

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a health hazard

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un danger pour la santé

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un fléau

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a curse, a plague, a scourge

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épidémie

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outbreaks

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décennies

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décades

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par exemple

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for instance

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WHO

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World Health Organization

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mène

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carries out

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encourager

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to boost

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monde entier

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worldwide

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une maladie sexuellement transmissible

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a sexually transmitted disease

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avoir une maladie cardiaque

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to have a heart condition

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listless infants with bloated bellies

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nourrissons apathiques au ventre gonflé

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hunger

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faim

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midler

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plus légère

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plus répandue

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widespread

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enought

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suffisamment

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étonnamment répandues

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stunningly widespread

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plus de la moitié

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over half of

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anémie

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anémie

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déficientes en fer

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deficient in iron

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Le manque de

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The lake of

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les rend

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leaving them

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aveugles

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blind

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affecter, toucher un pays

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to affect a country

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un symptôme

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a symptom

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toucher 20 % de la population

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to afflict 20% of the populatio

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la zone la plus durement touchée

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the hardest-hit area

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éradiquer

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to eradicate

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endémique

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endemic

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frontières

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borders

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destitute

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dépourvu

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non seulement à (…), mais aussi à (…)

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not only to (save lives), but also (to condemn the injustices they see).

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déçus

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disillusioned

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de protester

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from speaking out

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empêcher

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prevent

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inondations très répandus

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widespread flooding

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blessés, malades, affamés

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the wounded, the sick and the starving

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SIDA

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AIDS

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contracter

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to develop

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un malade du sida

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an AIDS sufferer

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faire passer un test de dépistage

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to screen sb for (SIDA / COVID)

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un centre de dépistage du SIDA

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an ? screening centre

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un test de dépistage

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a screening test

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avoir des rapports non protégés

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to have unprotected sex

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un préservatif

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a condom

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la fidélité

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faithfulness

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une aiguille

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a needle

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through

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à travers

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circulation sanguine

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bloodstream

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un traitement médical

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medical treatment

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medical confidentiality

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secret médical

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prescrire

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to prescribe

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une ordonnance

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a prescription

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un médecin généraliste

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a general practitioner

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un chirurgien

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a surgeon

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se faire opérer

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to have surgery

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diagnostiquer

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to diagnose

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se faire opérer

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have an operation

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guérir un patient

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to cure a patient

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When people think of

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Lorsque l’on évoque

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It is generally agreed that

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Il est généralement admis que

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au cours des dernières années

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in the past few years

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à condition

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provided

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Though

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Bien que

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un remède

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a cure

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un médicament

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a medication

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un médicament générique

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a generic drug

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un effet secondaire

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a side effect

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une piqûre

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an injection

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prendre des antibiotiques

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to be on antibiotics

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un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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a pharmatical

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un vaccin

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a vaccin

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se rétablir

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to recover

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guérir

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recovery

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agissements malveillants

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the evil doing

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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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a food scare

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un péril sanitaire

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a health scare

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soins médicaux

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health care

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santé publique

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public health

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les responsables de la santé publique

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public health officials

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les dépenses de santé

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health expenses

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