Health - Food Flashcards by Noémie Sahuc

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Pathologies

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Diseases

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provoquer

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to cause = to induce (a disease)

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un danger pour la santé

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a health hazard

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imprécis, confus, trouble

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fuzzy

Tom tried to remember what he did at the party last night, but his memory was fuzzy.

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surpasser (2)

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to trump

to outdo

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guérir

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to recover

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nocif/néfaste

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harmful

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avide

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greedy

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se désintégrer (radioactif)

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to decay

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déclencher (un désastre)

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to unleash

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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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a food scare

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couvrir qn

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to provide coverage to sb

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rougeur

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rash

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le commencement de qc

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the onset of sg

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la peste noire

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The Back Death

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pénurie

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shortage

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un obstacle majeur

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a critical barrier

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vivre + longtemps que qn

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to outlive sb

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lutter contre le SIDA

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to combat AIDS

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se faire tester

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to get tested

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transmettre une maladie à

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to pass on a disease to

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nouveaux-nés

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newborns

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être mis sur le marché

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to be marketed

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évaluer

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to assess

déformer/falsifier les données scientifiques sur

to distort scientific evidence about

l’âge adulte

adulthood

Malbouffe à l’Américaine

Supersize me

les gros

fat people

être susceptible d’avoir / sujet à

to be prone to sg

les aliments riches en graisse

fatty food

cru

raw

IMC

BMI

forte envie de qc

irresistible urge for sg

gourmandise

greed

les excès de nourriture

binge eating

faire des excès

to go on a binge

goûter, tester

to sample

sautes d’humeur

mood swings

les féculents

starch

problème de foie

liver damage

déchiffrer

to decipher

citation sur génétique / environnement

« Genetics loads the gun, and environment pulls the trigger »

par peur du gras, des produits chimique

for fear of fat, chemicals

la nourriture biologique

organic food

1 pound

0.45 kg

la nécessité de changer qc

the need to change

se priver de tout pour garder la ligne

to deny oneself everything to keep one’s figure