Liste 25 Voc Flashcards

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The earth’s crust

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La croute terrestre

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2
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A fault

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Une faille

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3
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An earth tremor

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Une secousse tellurique

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4
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An earthquake

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Un tremblement de terre

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5
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The Richter scale

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L’échelle de Richter

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6
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A volcano

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Un volcan

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7
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A crater

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Un cratère

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8
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An eruption

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Une éruption

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9
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Lava

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La lave

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10
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A lava flow

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Une coulée de lave

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11
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Scoriae, cinders

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Les scories

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12
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Soil erosion

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L’érosion du sol

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13
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A landslide

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Un glissement de terrain

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14
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A mudslide

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Une coulée de boue

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15
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A blizzard

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Une tempête de neige

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16
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An avalanche

A

Une avalanche

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17
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A water table

A

Une nappe phréatique

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18
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Drought

A

La sécheresse

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19
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A typhoon

A

Un typhon

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20
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A cyclone

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Un cyclone

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21
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A hurricane

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Un ouragan

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22
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A tornado

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Une tornade

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23
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A flood

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Une inondation, une crue

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24
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A tidal wave

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Un raz de marée

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25
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A tsunami

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Un tsunami

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26
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A forest fire

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Un incendie de forêt

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27
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Seismic

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Sismique

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28
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Volcanic

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Volcanique

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29
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To erupt

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Entre en éruption

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30
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To overflow

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Déborder

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31
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To flood

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Inonder

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32
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Pollution

A

La pollution

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33
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A pollutant

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Un produit polluant

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34
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A pesticide

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Un pesticide

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35
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A landfill, a dump

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Une décharge

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36
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Radioactive fallout

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Les retombées radioactives

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37
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Nuclear waste

A

Les déchets nucléaires

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38
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Carbon dioxide

A

Le gaz carbonique

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39
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Emissions

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Des émanations

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40
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Exhaust fumes

A

Les gaz d’échappement

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41
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Acid rains

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Les pluies acides

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42
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A poison cloud

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Un nuage toxique

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43
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The greenhouse effect

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L’effet de serre

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44
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Climate change

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Le changement climatique

45
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Global warming

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Le réchauffement du climat

46
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Deforestation

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Déforestation

47
Q

Desertification

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La désertification

48
Q

An oil spill / an oil leak / an oil slick

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Une marée noire

49
Q

Degassing / oil dumping

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Le dégazage en mer

50
Q

Waste / wastage

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Le gaspillage, le gâchis

51
Q

Waste

A

Les déchets

52
Q

Extinction

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L’extinction des espèces

53
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Poisoning

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Une contamination, une intoxication

54
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Polluted / unpolluted

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Pollué / non pollué

55
Q

Toxic

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Toxique

56
Q

To pollute

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Polluer

57
Q

To poison

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Contaminer, intoxiquer

58
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To emit ( gases )

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Émettre ( des gaz )

59
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To waste

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Gaspiller

60
Q

To run out

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(S’)épuiser

61
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Conservation

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La Défense de l’environnement

62
Q

An ecologist / a conservationist / an environmentalist

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Un écologiste, un défenseur de l’environnement

63
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The Greens

A

Les Verts

64
Q

The osone layer

A

La couche d’osone

65
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An ecosystem

A

Un écosystème

66
Q

Biodiversity

A

La biodiversité

67
Q

Biofuels

A

Les biocarburants

68
Q

Energy saving

A

Les économies d’énergie

69
Q

Clean energy

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L’énergie propre

70
Q

Re(af)forestation

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Le reboisement

71
Q

Recycling

A

Le recyclage

72
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A recycling bin

A

Un bac de recyclage

73
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Waste sorting

A

Le tri sélectif

74
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A bottle bank

A

Une borne de collecte du verre

75
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Unleaded petrol

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L’essence sans plomb

76
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A catalytic converter

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Un pot catalytique

77
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A wind turbine

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Une éolienne

78
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An act of God / an act of nature

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Une catastrophe naturelle

79
Q

A sewage plant

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Une usine de retraitement des eaux usées

80
Q

Insulation

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L’isolation

81
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Ecological, environment friendly

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Écologique

82
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Biodegradable

A

Biodégradable

83
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Reusable

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Réutilisable

84
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Renewable / non-renewable

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Renouvelable / non renouvelable

85
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Sustainable

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Durable

86
Q

To recycle

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Recycler

87
Q

To protect

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Protéger

88
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To check

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Contrôler / vérifier

89
Q

To ban

A

Interdire

90
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To lift a ban

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Lever une interdiction

91
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Polluters should be payers

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Les pollueurs devraient être les payeurs

92
Q

To deplete the ozone layer

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Épuiser la couche d’ozone

93
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Ozone holes are due to the release of chemicals by industries into the atmosphere

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Les trous de la couche d’ozone sont dus au fait que des industries lâchent des produits chimiques dans l’atmosphère

94
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Releasing chemicals into the sea is harmful to marine life

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Déverser des produits chimiques dans la mer est préjudiciable à la faune marine

95
Q

Some countries do not abide by the rules set by the Kyoto protocol

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Certains pays ne respectent pas les règles fixées par le protocole de Kyoto

96
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To protect the environment, we must use renewable energy, curb exhaust pipe emissions by promoting car-pooling and by ozone-friendly

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Pour protéger l’environnement, nous devons utiliser des énergies renouvelables, réduire les émissions de gaz d’échappement en faisant la promotion du covoiturage et respecter la couche d’ozone

97
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Lead poisoning

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L’intoxication au plomb, le saturnisme

98
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Asbestos is a health hazard

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L’amiante représente un danger pour la santé

99
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It was a nuclear meltdown that caused the Chernobyl disaster

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La catastrophe de Tchernobyl a été causée par la fusion d’un réacteur nucléaire

100
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An extinct / a protected / an endangered species

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Une espèce disparue / protégée / menacée

101
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To exhaust resources

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Épuiser les resources

102
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Energy saving bulbs last longer

A

Les ampoules à basse consommation durent plus longtemps

103
Q

A flood of words / of tears

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Un flot de paroles / de larmes

104
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Chinese products are flooding the market

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Les produits chinois inondent le marché

105
Q

Waste not want not

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Il n’y a pas de petites économies

106
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You’re such a waste of space

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Tu es vraiment un bon à rien

107
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It spread like a wildfire

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Ca s’est répandu comme une traînée de poudre

108
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Labour obtained a landslide victory

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Les travaillistes ont largement remportés les élections