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1
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sur les lieux du drame

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at the scene of the disaster

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une region sinistrée

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a disaster area

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une catastrophe aerienne / ferroviere

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an air / rail disaster

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un incendie

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a fire, blaze

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prendre feu

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to catch fire

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flamber

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to blaze, to flame up

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etre en feu, bruler

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to be on fire, to be burning

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bruler, roussir (fer à repasser)

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to scorch

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bruler completement qqch

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to burn sth down

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en flammes

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burning, blazing

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exploser

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to explode, to detonate

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sauter, faire sauter

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to blow up

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une catastrophe nucléaire

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a nuclear disaster

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une étincelle

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a spark

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jeter des étincelles

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to spark

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la braise

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embers

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ininflammable

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non inflammable

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ignifuge

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fireproof

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éteindre

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to extinguish, to put out

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tomber par dessus bord

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to fall overboard

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un homme a la mer

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man overboard

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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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faire naufrage

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to be shipwrecked

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s’échouer

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to run aground

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faire chavirer, chavirer

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to capsize, overturn

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etre perdu corps et biens

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to be lost with all hands

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un accident de chemin de fer

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a rail crash, accident

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derailler

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to be derailed, to come off the rails

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quitter la voie

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to leave the rails, the track

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s’écraser

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to crash

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un atterissage en catastrophe

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a crash landing

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un atterissage forcé

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a forced landing, emergency landing

33
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un atterissage sur le ventre

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a belly landing

34
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un amérissage

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a landing on water

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une quasi collision

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a near miss

36
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un accident de voiture

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a car accident, a motoring accident, a car crash

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un accrochage

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a minor accident

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accroquer qqn

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to bump into sb

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entre en collision avec

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to collide with

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heurter qqch de plein fouet

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to collide head on with sth

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un carambolage

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a pile up

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heurter le mur

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to hit a wall, to run into a wall

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percuter un mur

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to crash into a wall

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déraper

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to skip

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faire une embardée

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to swerve

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fair eun tonneau

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to roll over

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un chauffard

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reckless driver

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un point noir de la circulation

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an accident black spot

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renverser qqn

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to knock sb down

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ecraser qqn

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to run over sb

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etre projeté contre qqch

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to be thrown against sth

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etre ejecté de la voiture

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to be thrown out of the car

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une épave

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a wreck

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détruire

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to wreck

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etre bon pour la ferraille

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to be wrecked, to be a write off

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etre blessé

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to be injured

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etre tué sur le coup

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to be killed instantly

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il y aurait deux disparus

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two people are reported missing

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grièvement blessé

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seriously injured

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des blessures graves

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serious injured

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une victime

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a casualty, a victim

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faire de nombreuses victimes

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to claim many lives

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le bilan, le nombre de morts

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the death toll

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indemne

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unharmed, unhurt, unscathed

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les degats

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damage

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les degats importants

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there is extensive damage

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endommager, abimer

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to damage

68
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porter secours à qqn

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to come to sb’s aid

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une équipe de secours

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a rescue party

70
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un accident mortel

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a fatal accident

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