32 Natural disasters 2/5 Flashcards

1
Q

la sécheresse

A

drought

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2
Q

une zone frappée par la sécheresse

A

a drought-stricken area

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3
Q

une famine

A

a famine

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4
Q

avoir faim

A

to be hungry

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5
Q

la faim

A

hunger

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6
Q

mourir de soif

A

to die of thirst

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7
Q

mourir de faim

A

to strarve to death

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8
Q

risquer de mourir de faim

A

to be threaten with starvation

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9
Q

la malnutrition

A

malnutrition

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10
Q

une vague de froid

A

a cold spell, a cold wave (2)

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11
Q

une canicule

A

a heat wave

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12
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une tempête, un orage

A

a storm

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13
Q

un ouragan / un cyclone

A

a hurricane / a cyclone

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14
Q

une tornade (2)

A

a tornado, a twister

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15
Q

un typhon

A

a typhoon

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16
Q

balayer la Thaïlande

A

to sweep across Thailand

17
Q

le tonnerre

A

thunder

18
Q

les éclaires, les foudres

A

lighting

19
Q

un éclair

A

a flash of lighting

20
Q

de fortes précipitations, de forte chute de pluie

A

heavy rainfall

21
Q

des pluies torrentielles, des pluies diluviennes

A

torrential rain

22
Q

une inondation

A

a flood

23
Q

des inondations

A

flooding