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1
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désastreux

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disastrous

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un drame, une tragédie

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a tragedy

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dramatique, tragique

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tragic

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une catastrophe, un sinistre

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a catastrophe

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catastrophique

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catastrophic

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un cataclysme

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a cataclysm

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toucher une région

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to affect a region

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une zone à haut risque

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a high-risk area

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frapper

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to strike, to hit

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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éviter, prévnir une catastrophe

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to avert a disaster

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l’ étendue, l’ ampleur du sinistre

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the scope, the extent of the disaster

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très mauvais temps

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severe, extreme weather

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prévoir le temps

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to predict, to forecast the weather

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les prévisions météo

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the weather forecast

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les dégâts

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damage

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abimer qch

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to damage sth

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causer des dégâts

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to do damage, to cause damage

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dévaster, ravager une région

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to devaste, to ravage a region

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la zone la plus durement frappée

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the worst hit-area

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être déclaré zone sinistrée

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to be declared a disaster area

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déclarer l’ état d’ urgence

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to declare a stateof emergency

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un sinistré

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a disaster victim

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faire 25 morts

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to claim 25 lives

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le nombre de victimes, le bilan

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thedeath toll

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une victime

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a casualty

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un cadavre

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a corpse

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fuir son domicile

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to flee one’s home

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une personnedéplacé

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a displaced person

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30
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la sécheresse

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drought

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une zone frappée par la sécheresse

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a drought-stricken area

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une famine

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a famine

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avoir faim

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to be hungry

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34
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la faim

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hunger

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35
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mourrir de soif

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to die of thirst

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mourrir de faim

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to starve to death

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risquer de mourrir de faim

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to be threatened with starvation

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition

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souffrir de malnutrition

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to be malnourished, undernourished

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une vague de froid

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a cold spell, a cold wave

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une canicule

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a heat wave

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une tempête, un orage

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a storm

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une tornade

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a tornado, a twister

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un ouragan , un cyclone

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a hurricane , a cylcone

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un typhon

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a typhoon

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46
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balayer la Thailande

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to sweep accross Thailand

47
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le tonnerre

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thunder

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les éclairs, la foudre

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lightning

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un éclair

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a flash of lightning

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de fortes précipitations, chutes de pluie

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heavy rainfall

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des pluis torrentielles, diluviennes

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torrential rain

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une innondation

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a flood

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des innondations

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flooding

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une crue subite

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a flash flood

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une zone inondable

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a flood-risk area

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déborder

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to overflow

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un tsunami

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a tsunami

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un raz-de marée

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a tidal wave

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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une couléee de boue

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a mudslide

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une tempête de neige

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a snowstorm

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une avalanche

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an avalanche

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la glace ou le verglas

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ice

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congère

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snowdrift

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un tremblement de terre, un séisme

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an earthsquake

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une faille

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a fault

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une ligne de faille

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a fault line

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l’ épicentre

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the epicentre

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secousse tellurique, sismique

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earth tremor

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l’ échelle de richter

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the richter scale

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de magnitude 6

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of magnitude 6

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les décombres

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rubble debris

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être prisonnier/enterré sous les décombres

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to be trapped/buried in rubble

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être porté disparu

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to be reported missing

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pénurie d’ eau potable

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the lack of drinking water

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la propagation de maladies

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the spread of diseases

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se propager

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to spread

78
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un volcan

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a volcano

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un cratère

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a crater

80
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entrer en éruption

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to erupt

81
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une éruption

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an eruption

82
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la lave

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lava

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une coulé de lave

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a lava flow

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les cendres

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ash

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un incendie

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a fire

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des iincendies de forêt wildfire

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des incendies de forêt

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feu de brousse

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bush fire

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to rescue

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sauver

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un secouriste, un sauveteur

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a rescuer, a rescue worker

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une équipe de secours

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a rescue party

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un pompier

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a fireman, a firefighter

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évacuer

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to evacuate

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un évacué

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an evacuee

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être en sécurité, hors de danger

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to be safe

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sain et sauf

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safe and sound

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sortir indemne de qch

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to escape unscathed, unharmed, unhurt from sth

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survivre

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to survive

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un survivant, un rescapé

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a survivor

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une ong

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an NGO

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une organisation caritative

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a charity, a charitable organization

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency, a relief organization

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un travailleur humanitaire

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a relief worker

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aide, assitance humanitaire

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humanitarian aid, assistance

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secours, aide d’urgence

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emergency aid, emergency relief, emergency assitance

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aide alimentaire

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food aid

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fournir de l’ aide

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to provide , supply aid

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assurer qch

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to insure sth

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un assureur

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an insurer

109
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une campagnie d’ assurances

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an insurance company

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une indemnité, des indemnités

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compensation

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indemniser qnde qch

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to compensate sb for sth

112
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se faire indemniser

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to get compensation, to get reimbursed

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le principe de précaution

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the precautionary principle, the safety-first principle

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