Health professionals and health care Flashcards

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use/ resort to

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avoir recours à

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restrain/ hold back (an illness/ epidemic)

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endiguer une épidémie

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diagnosis

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un diagnostic

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heal/ cure

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guérir

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5
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prescribe

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prescrire

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recommend/ advocate

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prôner

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7
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get/ use/ seek out

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recourir à

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treat/ a treatment

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un soin/ soigner

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ease, relieve / relief, respite

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un soulagement/ soulager

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improve/ get better x2

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se rétablir/ se sentir mieux

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11
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a beneficial effect

placebo/ nocebo

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un effet bénéfique/ Nocebo/ placebo

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12
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a fast

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le jeûne

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a medication, rememdy, lozenge, pill, syrup, capsule

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un médicament, un remède, une pastille, un comprimé, un sirop, une gélule

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14
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the dose/ dosage

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une posologie

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15
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a sleeping pill

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un somnifère

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16
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recreational usage vs therapeutic usage

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l’usage récréatif/ thérapeutique

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17
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cannabis

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le cannabis

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18
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decriminalisation

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la dépénalisation

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19
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clampdown productive/ counterproductive

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la répression productive/ contre productive

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20
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drug addiction

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la toxicomanie

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21
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a repressive/ lax policy

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une politique de répression/ laxiste

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22
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drugs trafficking

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le trafic de drogue

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23
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moderate/ excessive usage

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une consommation modérée/excessive

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24
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an économie that is unofficial

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l’économie souterraine/ parallèle/ alternative/ le marché clandestin

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consensus
un consensus
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change your tune
changer son fusil d'épaule
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cannabis plant
un plant/ un pied de cannabis
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using drugs/ narcotics
l'usage de stupéfiants
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bury your head in the sand
faire l'autruche
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hard drugs, not hard drugs
les drogues douces/ dures
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over the counter
en vente libre
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addiction
la dependance
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addicted to
accro/ dépendant à
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to have fever/ to be feverish x2
avoir de la fièvre, être fiévreux(euse), être fébrile
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hot flushes
avoir des bouffées de chaleur
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to have aches
avoir des courbatures
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to have pain in the joints
avoir des douleurs articulaires
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to have pins and needles
avoir des fourmis dans les..../ ressentir des picotements
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to sleep badly/ have insomnia
avoir du mal à s'endormir, être insomniaque, avoir des troubles du sommeil
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to have hiccoughs
avoir le hoquet
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hypersensitive nerves
avoir les nerfs à fleur de peau
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headache
avoir mal à la tête, mal au crâne, avoir une migraine
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to feel sick
avoir mal au cœur,
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to be anxious
être angoissé(e), avoir une boule à l'estomac
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to be in good health
être en bonne santé/ être bien-portant(e)
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to be overweight
être en surpoids, être obèse, l'obésité
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to have a cold
être enrhumé, avoir un rhume, avoir la crève
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to sneeze/ a sneeze
éternuer/ un éternuement
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to have a runny nose/ blow your nose
avoir le nez qui coule / se moucher
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to catch a cold
prendre froid
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sniff
renifle
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cough
tousser
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to be stressed
être stressé
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scratch yourself x2
se démanger/ se gratter
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to be a hypochondriac
etre hypocondriaque
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to be hospitalised
etre hospitalisé
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to be exhausted
être sur les rotules
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to feel tired all of a sudden
avoir un coup de barre
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to be tired x4
être crevé, flapi, vidé, vanné
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normal measure of beauty
un canon esthétique
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figure
la silhouette
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portly/ plump
avoir de l'embonpoint
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plump/ corpulent
être bien chair, corpulent
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to be fleshy / succulent
etre pulpeux
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to have love handles
avoir des poignées d'amour
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to be well built
être bien charpenté
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spinal chord
la moelle épinière
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immune system
le système immunitaire
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system (as in digestive)
l'appareil