L'agriculture Flashcards

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un fermier

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a farmer

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un métayer

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a tenant farmer

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un céréalier

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a wheat farmer

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un éleveur

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a stockbreeder

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un producteur de fruits et légumes, un maraîcher

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a fruit and vegetable grower

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un vigneron

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a wine grower

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un apiculteur

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a beekeeper

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un pisciculteur

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a fish farmer

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un ingénieur agronome

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an agricultural engineer

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un généticien

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a geneticist

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un ouvrier agricole

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a farm worker, a farm hand

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un paysan

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a countryman, a peasant

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un berger

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a shepherd

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une ferme

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a farmhouse

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un domaine

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an estate

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la terre arable

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the top soil

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l’industrie agro-alimentaire

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the farm-produce industry

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une récolte

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a crop, a harvest

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un tracteur

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a tractor

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une moissonneuse-batteuse

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a combine harvester

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un semoir

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a seeding machine

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un silo

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a silo

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de la terre

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land

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un champ

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a field

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une clôture

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a fence

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une haie

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a hedge

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une prairie

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a meadow

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un verger

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an orchard

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un vignoble

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a vineyard

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les agro-industries

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agribusiness

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31
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l’industrie agroalimentaire

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the food industry

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l’agriculture durable

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sustainable agriculture

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33
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l’agriculture bio

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organic farming

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l’agriculture intensive

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intensive farming

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35
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l’élevage industriel

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factory farming

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36
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l’élevage en batterie

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battery farming

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37
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la Politique agricole commune (la PAC)

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the Common Agricultural Policy (the CAP)

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38
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une subvention agricole

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an agricultural subsidy

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39
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le soja

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soybean

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40
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le blé

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wheat

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41
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le blé (Br), le mais (US)

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corn

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42
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le mais

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maize (Br)

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43
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la paille

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straw

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44
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le foin

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hay

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45
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l’orge

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barley

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46
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le seigle

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rye

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47
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l’avoine

A

oats

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le houblon

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hops

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le riz

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rice

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le colza

A

colza, rape

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le tournesol

A

sunflowers

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les OGM

A

GMOs

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un produit transgénique

A

a biotech product

54
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la traçabilité

A

traceability

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les récoltes

A

crops

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les subventions agricoles

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crop subsidies

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les engrais

A

fertilizers

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les pesticides

A

pesticides

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les biocarburants

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biofuels

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un bœuf

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an ox (pl. oxen)

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du bœuf

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beef

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un veau

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a calf (pl. calves)

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du veau

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veal

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un mouton

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a sheep

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du mouton

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mutton

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un agneau, de l’agneau

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a lamb/lamb

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un porc

A

a pig

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du porc

A

pork

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une chèvre

A

a goat

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une écurie

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a stable

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une étable

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a cowshed

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la volaille

A

poultry

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la basse-cour

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the barnyard

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un poulet

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a chicken

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poulets élevés en plein air

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free-range chickens

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un canard

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a duck

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une oie

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a goose (pl. geese)

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une maladie transmissible

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a communicable disease

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la grippe aviaire

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avian/bird flu

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la transmission de l’oiseau à l’homme

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bird-to-human transmission

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le virus H5N1

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the H5N1 virus

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un vaccin contre le virus H5N1

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a H5N1 vaccine

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une pandémie

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a pandemic

84
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la fièvre aphteuse

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foot-and-mouth disease

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la maladie de la vache folle

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mad cow disease

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aride

A

arid

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stérile

A

barren

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fertile

A

fertile

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en jachère

A

fallow

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arable

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arable

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intensif

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intensive

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transgénique

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transgenic

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génétiquement modifié

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genetically modified

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dormant, en sommeil (virus)

A

dormant

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bio

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organic

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élevé en liberté

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free-range

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renouvelable

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renewable

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mûr

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ripe

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cultiver (un champ)

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cultivate (a field)

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cultiver, faire pousser

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*grow

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planter

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plant

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amender (le sol)

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fertilize

103
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irriguer

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irrigate

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arroser

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water

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labourer

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plough

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semer

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*sow

107
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produire

A

yield

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moissonner

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reap

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cueillir

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pick

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récolter

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harvest, reap

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faire de l’élevage

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*breed, rear

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traire (une vache)

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milk (a cow)

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subventionner

A

subsidize

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muter

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mutate

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interdire

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ban

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mettre en quarantaine

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quarantine