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1
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Et les risques naturels

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And natural hazards

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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 une catastrophe

Prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert a disaster

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L’étendue du sinistre

L’ampleur du sinistre

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The scope of the disaster

The extent of the disaster

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Très mauvais temps

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Severe weather

Extreme weather

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Prévoir le temps

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To predict the weather

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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Abîmer quelque chose

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To damage something

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage

To cause damage

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Dévaster une région

Ravager une région

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To devastate a region

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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Etre 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 state of 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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The death 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 personne déplacée

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A displaced person

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Prévisions

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Forecasts

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Avertissements

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Warnings

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Météo marine

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Shipping forecast

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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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La faim

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Hunger

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Mourir de soif

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To die of thirst

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Mourir de faim

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To starve to death

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Risquer de mourir 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

To be undernourished

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Harceler

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Stalking

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How many people died in the famine of 1984 and 1985 in Ethiopia?

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1 million

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How many people are risking famine in Ethiopia?

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More than 12 million

Half of those under 15

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Effrayant

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Chilling

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Blé

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Wheat

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Soja

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Soybeans

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Écarter

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Stave off

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Une vague de froid

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A cold spell

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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

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A hurricane

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Balayer la Thaïlande

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To sweep across Thailand

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What was the largest natural disaster in the US ?

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Hurricane Katrina
2005 over the Bahamas and reached southern Louisiana
1800 deaths

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Dégâts matériels

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Property damage

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Digue

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Levee

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Évaluations des dégâts

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Damage estimates

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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 pluies torrentielles

Des pluies diluviennes

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torrential rain

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Des inondations

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flooding

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Une crue subite

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A flash food

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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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Glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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Une coulée 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

Le verglas

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Ice

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Congère

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Snowdrift

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Pipe les dés

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Loads the dice

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Un tremblement de terre

Un séisme

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An earthquake

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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

Secousse 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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Etre prisonnier sous les décombres

Etre enterré sous les décombres

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To be trapped in rubble

To be buried in rubble

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Etre 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

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Risques naturels

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Natural hazards

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Décideurs politiques

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Policy makers

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Sans tenir compte

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Disregard

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Un volcan

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A volcano

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Un cratère

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A crater

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Entre en éruption

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To erupt

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Une éruption

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An eruption

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La lave

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Lava

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Une coulée 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 incendies de forêt

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Wildfire

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Feu de brousse

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Bush fire

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When did Mount Asama (Japan) erupt?

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In September 2004

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se préparer

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To brace oneself

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Riches en fusion

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Molten rock

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Sauver

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To rescue

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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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Etre en sécurité

Etre 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 quelque chose

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To escape unscathed
To escape unharmed
To escape unhurt from something

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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

122
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What is Doctors Without Borders?

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It is an NGO

Founded in 1971 by a group of French doctors (Bernard Kouchner)

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Where does Doctors Without Borders budget come from?

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80% comes from private donations

20% supplied by governments and corporations

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What prize did Doctors Without Borders win?

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It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999

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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 humanitaire

Assistance humanitaire

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Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian assistance

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Secours

Aide d’urgence

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Emergency aid
Emergency relief
Emergency assistance

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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 aid

To supply aid

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Assurer quelque chose

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To insure something

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Un assureur

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An insurer

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Une compagnie 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 quelqu’un de quelque chose

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To compensate somebody for something

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Se faire indemniser

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To get compensation

To get reimbursed

139
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Le principe de précaution

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The precautionary principle

The safety-first principle

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