Natural Disasters Flashcards by Rosie Tompkins | Brainscape

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Disorder

A

Le désordre

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Damage

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Le dégât

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Tsunami

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Le tsunami

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Earthquake

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Le tremblement de terre

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Refugee

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Le réfugié

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Outcome

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Le bilan

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Burden

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Le fardeau

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Hope

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L’espoir

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Food supplies

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Le ravitaillement

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Seabed

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Les fonds marins

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Volcano

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Le volcan

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Life environment

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Le milieu de vie

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Area

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Le territoire

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Soil, land

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Le sol

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Glacier

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Le glacier

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Heatwave

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La canicule

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Famine

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La famine

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Evacuation

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L’évacuation

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Menace/threat

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La menace

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Footprint

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L’empreinte

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Precaution

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La précaution

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Rise

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L’élévation

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Breach

A

La brèche

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Running water

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L’eau courante

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Richter scale

A

L’échelle de Richter

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Coast

A

La Côte

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Wave

A

La vague

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Drought

A

La sécheresse

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Avalanche

A

Une avalanche

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Epidemic

A

L’épidémie

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Flooding

A

L’inondation

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To lay waste/destroy

A

Dévaster, ravager

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To slaughter

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Massacrer

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To flood

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Inonder

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To hit

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Frapper

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To evacuate

A

Évacuer

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To estimate

A

Estimer

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To shake

A

Secouer

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To fear

A

Craindre

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To list

A

Faire état de

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To guarantee

A

Garantir

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To correct

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Redresser

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To compromise

A

Compromettre

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Deadly

A

Meurtrier

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Disastrous

A

Désastreux

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Devastated

A

Sinistré

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Deprived of

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Privé de

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Displaced

A

Déplacé

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Destitute

A

Sans ressource

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Pitiless

A

Sans merci

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Homeless

A

Sans abri, SDF

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Hurricane

A

L’ouragan