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désastreux

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disastrous

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un dram

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a tragedy

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dramatique

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tragic

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une catastrophe

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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 hit

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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éviter une catastrophe

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to avert a disaster

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l’étendue du sinistre

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the scope the extent of a disaster

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mauvais temps

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extreme weather

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prévoir le temps

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to predict 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 qch

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to damage sth

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causer des dégâts

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to do damage

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dévaster une région

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to devastate 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 declare 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 desaster victime

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faire 25 mort

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to claim 25 lives

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le nombre de victimes

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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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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 strave 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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malnutrtiion

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souffrir de malnutrition

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to be manourished

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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

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a storm

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une tronade

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a tornado

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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un typhon

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a thyphoon

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balayer la Thaïland

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to sweep across Thailand

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le tonnerre

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thunder

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les éclairs

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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

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heavy rainfall

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des pluies torrenrielles

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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 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 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 ou le verglas

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ice

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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 sismique

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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

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être prisonnier sous les décombres

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to be trapped 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

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un volcan

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a volano

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un cratère

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a crater

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entrer 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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sauver

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to rescue

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un secouriste

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a rescuer

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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

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évacuer

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to evacuate

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un évacuer

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an evacuate

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être en sécurité

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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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tu escape unhurt from sth

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survivire

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to survive

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un survivant

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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

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency

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un travailleur humanitaire

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a relief worker

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assistance humanitaire

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humanitarian aid

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secours

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emergency

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aide alimentaire

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food aid

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forunir de l’aide

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to provide

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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

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une compagnie d’assurances

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an insurance company

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indemniser qn de qch

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to compensate sb for sthg

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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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hermetically sealed containers

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une fuite

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a leak

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le stockage de déchets radioactifs

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le principe de précaution

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the precautionary principle

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traiter des déchets

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to process waste

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trier

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to sort

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le tri sélectif

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sorting separation

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un conteneur de verre

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a bottle bank

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des chiffons

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rags

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le carton

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cardboard

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la féraille

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scrap metal

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les emballages

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packaging

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une boite de bière

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a can of beer

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un excès

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a glut

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le recyclage

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recycling

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recycler le plastique

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to resycle plastic

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recyclable

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recyclable

127
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une usine de recyclage

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a recycling plant

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les coûts de recyclage

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recycling costs

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jetable

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disposable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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ramasser des déchets

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to collect waste

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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un éboueur

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a dustman (GB) a garbage man (US)

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