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Vocabulary-7 : Health and genetics Flashcards

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La santé

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Health

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La douleur

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Pain

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Microbe

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A germ

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Une bactérie

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A bacterium

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Attraper une maladie

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To catch an illness/a disease

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Avoir/attraper la grippe

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To have/come down with the flu

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Etre contaminé par un virus

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To be infected with a virus

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Une épidémie

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An outbreak/An epidemic

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Faire un ravage/de nombreuses victimes

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To take a heavy toll

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Souffrir de qch

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To suffer from sth

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Recevoir un diagnostique

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To be diagnosed with

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Avoir la nausée

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To feel sick

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Etre malade

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To be ill

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Se blesser (accidentellement)

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To be/get injured

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Se blesser (par arme)

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To be/get wounded

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Blessure à l’arme blanche

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A stab

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Blessure par balle

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Gunshot wound

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Un vaccin

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A vaccine

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Un médicament

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Medecine/A drug

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Une pharmacie

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A drugstore

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Aller à la pharmacie

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To go to the chemist’s

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Services de santé (RU)

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The NHS

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Le ministère de la santé (EU)

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The health department

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Couverture des soins de santé

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Health care coverage

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Couverture soins de santé créée par Obama

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Obamacare

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Couvrir les frais médicaux

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To cover health care fees/costs

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Fraude aux prestations sociales

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Benefit fraud

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Qq1 qui abuse des prestations sociales

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A benefit cheat

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Hôpital

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A Hospital

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Un chhirurgien

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A Surgeon

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Opérer qq1

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To operate (on sb)

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Se rétablir

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To recover from

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Une greffe

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A transplant

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Un médecin

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A physician

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Un généraliste

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A general practitioner

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Prescrire un anti-douleur

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To prescribe a painkiller

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Un comprimé

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A tablet

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Effets secondaires

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Side-effects

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Médicaments en vente libre

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Over-the-counter medecines

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Un pharmacien (RU), un chimiste

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A chimist

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Soigner

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To cure/to treat

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Guérir

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To heal from

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Prévenir la rougeole

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To prevent measles

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Les anti-vaccins

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Anti-vaxxers

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Cancer du sein/des poumons

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Breast/Lung cancer

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Subir une chimiothérapie

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To undergo a chemotherapy

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Un essai clinique

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A clinical trial

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Le virus VIH

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HIV

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Contracter le sida

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To develop aids

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Transmettre un virus

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To pass on a virus

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Groupe à risque

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A risk group

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La toxicomanie

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Drug abuse

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L’alcoolisme

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Alcohol abuse

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Se desintoxiquer

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To dry out

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Etre soucieux de sa santé

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To be health-conscious

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Personne abstinente

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A teetotaller

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Retomber dans l’alcool après une période d’abstinence

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To fall of the wagon

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Arrêter d’un coup

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To go cold turkey

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Un fumeur invétéré

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A heavy smoker/ A chain

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Réduire sa consommation de qch

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To cut down on sth

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Arrêter la cigarette

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To give up/quit smoking

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Arrêter définitivement

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To kick the habbit

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Le tabagisme passif

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Passive smocking

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La publicité anti-tabac

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Anti-smoking ads

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Une interdiction de fumer

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A smoking ban

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Une cigarette electronique

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An e-cig/An e-cigarette

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Un paquet de cigarettes neutre

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Plain tobacco packaging

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Vapoter

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To vape

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Le cannabis thérapeutique

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Medical Majijuana

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Etre en phase terminale

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To be terminally ill

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Etre dans le coma

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To be in a coma

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Souffrances insupportables

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Unbearable suffering

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Mettre fin à ses jours

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To end one’s life

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Le suicide assisté

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Assisted suicide

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Pratiquer l’euthanasie

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To practise euthanasia

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Les techniques de fécondation

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Reproductive techniques

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L’insémination artificielle

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Artificial insemination

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Fecondation in-vitro

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IVF

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Une échographie

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An ultrasound/sonogram

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Un bébé éprouvette

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A test-tube baby

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La génétique

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Genetics

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Un bébé sur mesure

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A designer baby

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Parents qui choisissent les caractéristiques de leur futur bébé

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Baby-shoppers

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Le génie génétique

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Genetic engineering

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Le clonage humain/animal

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Human/animal cloning

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Jouer à l’apprenti sorcier

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To play god

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Clonage reproductif

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Reproductive cloning

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Clonage therapeutique

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Therapeutic cloning

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Le génome humain

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The human génome

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Maladie génétique

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A genetic disorder

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Malformation congénitale

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A birth deffect

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Déchiffrer les gènes

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To screen genes

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Cellule souche

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A stem cell

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Embryon

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An embryo

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Un bébé médicament

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A saviour sibling

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L’éthique

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Ethics

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Comité de l’éthique

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An ethics commision

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Conforme/non-conforme à l’éthique

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Ethical/Unethical

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Contestable

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Controversial/debatable

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Franchir les limites

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To cross a/the line

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Toucher à la nature de

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To tamper with nature

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Provoquer un débat

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To spark a debate

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Une problème controversé

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A controversial issue

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Susciter un tollé

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To cause an outcry

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Scandaliser l’opinion

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To cause public outrage

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Provoquer une tempête de protestation

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To cause an uproar

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Etre source d’inquiétude

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To be cause for concern

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Les cultures OGM

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GMOS/ GM crops

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Qui résiste aux maladies

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Disease-résistant

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Améliorer les rendements

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To improve yields

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Le principe de précaution

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The precautionary principle

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Perturbateurs endoctriniens

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ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

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La résistance aux antibiotiques

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Antibiotic resistance

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Les cultures

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Crops

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Le bétail

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Livestock

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La chaine alimentaire

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The food chain

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L’industrie agro alimentaire

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The food-processing industry

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Les plats cuisinés

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Convenience/processed food

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Manger à l’excès

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To overeat

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Qui fait grossir

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Fattening

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Obèse/obésité

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Obese/obesity

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Un play fait maison

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A home-cooked meal

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Les alimenst bio

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Organic food

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Le végétalisme

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Veganism

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Bonnes habitudes alimentaires

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Healthy eating habits

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Mauvaises habitudes alimentaires

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Unhealthy eating habbits

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