Sentence examples of "Famine" in French
Avec son équipage bloqué en pleine mer, Christophe Colomb réussit à les sauver de la famine en tirant 100 lapins de son chapeau.
With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.
À cause de la famine les bovins sont morts de faim.
Because of the famine the cattle starved to death.
Il y a une règle qui fonctionne pour chaque calamité. Que ce soit la peste, la guerre ou la famine ; les riches s'enrichissent et les pauvres s'appauvrissent. Les pauvres y contribuent, même.
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Parfois, je veux demander à Dieu pourquoi il autorise la pauvreté, la famine et l'injustice dans le monde, alors qu'il pourrait y faire quelque chose, mais je crains qu'il puisse me poser exactement la même question.
Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine and injustice in the world when He could do somehing about it, but I'm afraid He might just ask me the same question.
Il y a longtemps, la société était fortement hiérarchisée et inégalitaire, et la partie la plus pauvre de la population, arriérée, composée principalement par des paysans, était écrasée sous le poids des impôts, des guerres et des famines.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
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