Sentence examples of "pénurie" in French with translation "shortage"

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Translations: all9 shortage6 other translations3
La récente pénurie de café a occasionné un grand nombre de problèmes. The recent shortage of coffee has given rise to a lot of problems.
La récente pénurie de café a donné lieu à un grand nombre de problèmes. The recent shortage of coffee has given rise to a lot of problems.
En 1994, il y a eu une pénurie d'eau et de riz au Japon. In 1994, there was a shortage of water and rice in Japan.
À cause de la pénurie d'eau, je n'ai pas pu prendre de bain. Because of the water shortage, I couldn't take a bath.
Comme il y a une sérieuse pénurie d'eau dans cette ville, nous devrions nous passer de bain de temps en temps. There is a severe shortage of water in this city, so we must give up having a bath occasionally.
Ce n'est pas la peine de s'inquiéter de pénuries pour le moment. There is no need to worry about shortages for the moment.
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