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Week 3-4 Flashcards

1
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Inonder

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To flood

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2
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Raz de marée

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Tidal wave

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3
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Destructeur

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Devasting

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4
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Grande ampleur

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Large scale

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5
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Zone de basse altitude

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Low-lying areas

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6
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Une faille

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A fault

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7
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Résister aux tremblements de terre

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To be earthquake proof

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8
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Sur l’échelle de richter

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On the richter scale

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9
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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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10
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Une tempête de neige

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A snowstorm

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11
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La trajectoire d’un ouragan

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The course of a hurricane

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12
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Une sécheresse

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A drought

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13
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Une sécheresse

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A drought

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14
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Une canicule

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A heatwave

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15
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Nappes phréatiques

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Groundwater reserves

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16
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Niveau hydrostatique

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The water table

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17
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Approvisionnement en eau

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Water supplies

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18
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Fortes pluies

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Heavy rain

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19
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Une répliques

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An aftershock

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20
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Erosion des sols

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Soil erosion

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21
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Les secouristes

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The rescue services

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22
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Les chiffres actuels

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The current figures

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23
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L’ampleur

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The extent

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24
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Un sismologue

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A seismologist

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25
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Le code du bâtiment

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The building regulations

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26
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Mourir de faim

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To die of hunger

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27
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La famine

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Starvation

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28
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Les secours aux victimes de catastrophes

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Disaster relief

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29
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

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30
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Aide alimentaire

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Food relief

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31
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Déshydratation

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Dehydration

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32
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Un programme de secours

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A relief programme

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33
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Un organisme non gouvernemental

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A non governmental organizations

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34
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Aide humanitaire

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Humanitarian aid

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35
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Diriger l’aide

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To allocate aid

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36
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Un bénévole

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A volunteer worker

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37
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Une agence d’aide alimentaire

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A food aid agency

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38
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La menace d’épidémie

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The threat of epidemic

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39
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Une zone sinistrée

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A disaster area

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40
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Les sinistrés

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Disaster victims

41
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Une région dévastée

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A badly affected area

42
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Le bilan des victimes

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The death toll

43
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La surpopulation

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Over population

44
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Un recensement

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A census

45
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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

46
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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate

47
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Le taux de mortalité infantile

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The infant mortality rate

48
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Espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

49
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La croissance démographique

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Population growth

50
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Un accroissement démographique

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Population increase

51
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Organisation des nations unies pour alimentation et agriculture

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Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations

52
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Crise provoquée par l’homme

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A man made crisis

53
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Dépourvu de

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Devoid of

54
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Fiable

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Reliable

55
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Blocus

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Blockade

56
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Au bord de la famine

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To the brink of famine

57
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Un criminel endurci

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A hardened criminal

58
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Respecter la loi

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To abide by de the law

59
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Commettre une infraction

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To commit a crime

60
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Un délit

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A crime

61
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Une infraction au code de la route

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An offence against the highway code

62
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Signaler un crime

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To report a crime

63
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Être inculpé pour crime

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To be charged with a crime

64
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Le taux de criminalité

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The crime rate

65
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Une vague de criminalité

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A crime wave

66
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Réprimer la criminalité

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To crack down on crime

67
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Être condamné

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To be convicted of a crime

68
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Un délinquant

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A law breaker

69
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L’auteur présumé d’un crime

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The prime suspect

70
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Être pris la main dans le sac

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To be caught red handed

71
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Un délinquant primaire

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A first offender

72
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Un délinquant juvénile

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A juvenile delinquant

73
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Un récidiviste

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A previous offender

74
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Un récidiviste invétéré

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A habitual offender

75
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Un criminel

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A felon

76
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Menus larcins

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Petty crime

77
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Un complice

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An accomplice

78
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Un complice par assistance

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An accessory

79
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La trahison

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Treason

80
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Un complot

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A plot

81
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Une émeute

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A riot

82
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Mise en accusation

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An indictment

83
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Mettre en accusation

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To indict somebody

84
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Une infraction

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An offense

85
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Meurtre

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Murder

86
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Homicide involontaire

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Manslaughter

87
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Une tentative de meurtre

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An attempted murder

88
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Incendie volontaire

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Arson

89
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Cambriolage

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Housebreaking

90
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Contrefaçon

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Forgery

91
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Escroquer

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To swindle

92
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Faire le traffic de

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To traffic

93
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Un revendeur de drogue

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Drug dealer

94
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Un narcotrafiquant

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A drug trafficker

95
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Faire de la contrebande

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To smuggle

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Criminalité financière

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Financial crime

97
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Blanchissement de fonds

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Money laundering

98
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Paradis fiscal

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Tax haven

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