3- Famine Flashcards by Robin Cote

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la faim

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hunger

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la famine

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starvation

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ne pas manger à sa faim

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to go hungry

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition/ undernourishment (undernourished)

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mourir de faim

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starving to death

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manquer de

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to be short of

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la pénurie de nourriture

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the food scarcity

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lutter pour

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to struggle for

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faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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to scavenge for food

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carences alimentaires

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nutritional deficiencies

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être confronté à

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to be facing

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PAM

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the world food programme

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l’aide alimentaire

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food relief / food aid

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l’ide alimentaire d’urgence

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emergency food aid

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l’aide humanitaire

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humanitarian aid

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un bénévole

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a volunteer

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larguer des vivres

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to airdrop food supplies

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donateur

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donor

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collecter des fonds

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to raise funds

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denrées

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commodities

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approuver / appuyrr / soutenir

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to endorse

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souffrir de malnutrition chronique

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to be chronically malnourished

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bouches supplémentaires

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extre mouths

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dans moins de 30 ans

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within 30 years

la situation ne s'est guère améliorée

the situation has scarcely improved

diviser par deux

to halved

bien trop souvent

all too often

tenir de beaux discours (ironique)

to pay lip service

paroles pas suivies d'effet

don't match words with action

passer aux actes

to move from words to action / to put money where their mouth are

il est temps que les leaders passent aux actes

it is time world leaders put their money whe

il est grand temps

it's about time + prétérit

il était temps que

it was time + prétérit

denrée de base

the staple food

de base

stable

arriver au compte-gouttes

to trickle

semer le chaos sur

to wreak havoc on (wreak wrought wrought)

sécheresse

drought

incompétence gouvernementale

misgovernance