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1
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Une bombée aérosol

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An aerosol spray

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Un atomiseur

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A spray can

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Les rayons ultraviolets

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UV rays

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Le cancer de la peau

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Skin cancer

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

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Sea-level rise

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Le déboisement

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Deforestation

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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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Partager une voiture

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To car-share

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L’essence sans plomb

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Lead-free petrol

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11
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Les ordures ménagères

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Household waste

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Les déchets industriels

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Industrial waste

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Les déchets radioactifs

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Radioactive waste

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14
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En égout

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A sewer

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15
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Recycler

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To recycle

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Un article recyclable

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A recyclable item

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17
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Trier les ordures

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To sort garbage

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18
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Consigner les bouteilles

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To return bottles

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19
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Gâcher

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To spoil

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20
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Accroître la prise de conscience

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To heighten awareness

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21
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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Awareness raising

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Un tollé

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An outcry

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Un danger pour la santé

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A health hazard

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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardise

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Nuire à

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To harm

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Mortel

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Lethal

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Un produit cancérigène

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A carcinogen

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29
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Abattre les arbres

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To cut down trees

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30
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Un fleuve en crue

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A flooded river

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31
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Une sécheresse

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A drought

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32
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La terre stérile

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Barren land

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33
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Le stockage

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Stockpiling

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34
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La pollution acoustique

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Noise pollution

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35
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Le traitement des déchets

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Rubbish treatment

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36
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La fumée toxique

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Toxic smoke

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37
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Le taux d’ozone

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The ozone level

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38
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Le climat

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The climate

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39
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Le chauffage

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Heating

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40
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La désertification

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Desertification

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41
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La précipitation

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Rainfall

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42
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S’amincir

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To get thinner

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Les algues

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Algae

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Un trou

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A hole

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Fondre

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To melt

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L’arctique

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The arctic

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Le littoral

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The coastline

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L’Antarctique

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The Antarctic

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La nature

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Nature

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La faune

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Faune

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La flore

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Flora

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La politique écologique

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Environmental policy

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An environmentalist

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Un écolo

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An environmental activist

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L’écologie

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Ecology

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Écologique

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Ecological

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L’équilibre écologique

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The ecological balance

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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Protéger

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To protect/ preserve

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La sauvegarde

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Protection

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Les industries chimiques

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Chemical industries

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Une centrale

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A power station

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

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An oil refinery

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Une centrale nucléaire

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A nuclear power station

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L’industrie houillère

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The coal industry

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Un pot d’échappement

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An exhaust pipe

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Un combustible

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A fuel

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Un carburant

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(Car) fuel

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Le charbon

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Coal

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Le gaz (naturel)

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Natural gas

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Le méthane

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Methane

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Le pétrole

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Petroleum

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Le pétrole brut

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Crude oil

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Un produit chimique

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A chemical

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Le soufre

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Sulphur

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Le gaz carbonique

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Carbon monoxide

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Le dioxide de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Putrescible

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Biodegradable

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L’ère industrielle

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The industrial era

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La circulation routière

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Road traffic

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Le navire

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A ship

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Le naufrage

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A shipwreck

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Rompre

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To break/ upset

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Grimper

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To climb

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Le réchauffement

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Warming (of the planet)

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La fonte des calottes glaciaires

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Melting of the ice caps

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Bouleverser

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To upset

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Un adhérant

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A member (of an organisation)

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La grenelle

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‘Round table’ to bring organisations

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Viser à

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To aim at

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Lié à

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Linked

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Primordial

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Fundamental

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Sensible à

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Aware of

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Confier à

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To entrust

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Ferroviaire

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Using the railways

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Fluvial

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Using the rivers

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Bannir

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To banish

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Élaborer

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To set out

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Atteigne

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(Subj.) of atteindre- to reach

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Avoir la cote

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To have the upper hand

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