Science (37) Flashcards

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la science, les sciences

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science, the sciences

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les sciences exactes / sociales, humaines

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exact / social sciences

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les sciences dures / molles

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hard / soft sciences

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les progrès scientifiques

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scientific progress

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les progrès médicaux / technologiques

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medical / technological advances

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un scientifique, un savant

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a scientist

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la communauté scientifique

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the scientific community

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avoir une formation scientifique

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to be scientifically trained

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le scientisme

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scientism

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prouvé scientifiquement

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scientifically proven

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la physique

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physics

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un physicien

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a physicist

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la chimie

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chemistry

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un chimiste

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a chemist

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un astronome

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an astronomer

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l’informatique

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computer science

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un informaticien

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a computer scientist, an IT specialist, a computer engineer

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la connaissance, les connaissances, le savoir

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knowledge

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une théorie

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a theory

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théorique

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theoretical

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une hypothèse

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a hypothesis

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des données

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data

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des preuves

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evidence

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avoir la preuve de qch

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to have proof of sth

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mettre une théorie à l’épreuve

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to test a theory

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remettre en cause une croyance

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to call a belief into question

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contester une idée

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to challenge, to question, to dispute an idea

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contestable

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questionable, disputable

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incontestable

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unquestionable, indisputable

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la recherche, des recherches

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research

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faire de la recherche

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to do research

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faire des recherches sur un sujet

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to carry out research into / on a subject

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la recherche de pointe

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cutting-edge research

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des recherches révolutionnaires

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groundbreaking research

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un laboratoire de recherches

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a research laboratory

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un chercheur

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a researcher, a research worker

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un chercheur attaché à une université

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a research fellow

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un étudiant de doctorat, un doctorant

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à research student

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la recherche fondamentale / appliquée

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basic, fundamental / applied research

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des conclusions, des résultats

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findings

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une découverte

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a discorvery

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une percée

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a breakthrough

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une étude

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a study

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mener, réaliser une étude

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to conduct a study

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un article

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a paper

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une revue scientifique

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a journal

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un érudit

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a scholar

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un universitaire

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an academic

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une expérience

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an experiment

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un phénomène

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a phenomenon (plural: ~na)

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faire une expérience

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to carry out, conduct, make an experiment

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faire des expériences sur des souris

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to experiment on mice

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expérimenter un nouveau vaccin

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to experiment with a new vaccine

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un laboratoire

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a laboratory, a lab

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un cobaye

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a guinea pig

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recherche et développement

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research and development

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mettre au point, élaborer

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to develop

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essayer, faire de l’essai d’une technique

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to try out a technique

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concevoir

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to devise

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un appareil, un dispositif, un mécanisme

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a device

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concevoir, élaborer

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to design

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un prototype

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a prototype

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un modèle , une maquette

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a model

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un plan, un projet

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a blueprint

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technique

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technique

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technologie

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technology

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technique

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technical

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un technicien

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a technician

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un détail technique OU une difficulté, un ennui technique

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a technicality

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une technopole

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a science ( and technology ) park, a research park, a technology park

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les gens qui ont une compétence technique

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the technorati

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un technophobe

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a technophobe

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technophobe

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technophobic

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la technophobie

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technophobia, technofear

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la technocratie

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technocracy

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améliorer

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to improve

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mettre à jour

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to upgrade

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révolutionner

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to revolutionize

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une technique révolutionnaire

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a revolutionary technique

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un brevet

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a patent

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innover

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to innovate

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une innovation

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an innovation

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un inventeur

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an inventor

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inventif, créatif

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inventive, creative

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inventivité / créativité

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inventiveness / creativity

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un pionnier

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a pioneer

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faire œuvre de pionnier

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to act as a pioneer

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un travail pionnier, novateur

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pioneer work

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être l’un des premiers à étudier qch

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to pioneer the study of sth

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un moteur

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an engine

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un ingénieur

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an engineer

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le génie, l’ingénierie

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engineering

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le génie civil

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civil engineering

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la robotique

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robotics

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l’électronique

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electronics

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la mécanique

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mechanics

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mécanique

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mechanical

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un mécanisme

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a mechanism

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les machines, la machinerie

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machinery

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faire fonctionner un système

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to operate a system

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le matériel

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equipment

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un gadget

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a gadget

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des gadgets

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gadgetry

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un machin, un truc

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a gizmo

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hi-tech

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hi-tech

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dernier cri

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state of the art

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être calé en matière de technologies

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to be tech savvy

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un téléphone portable

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a mobile phone, a cell phone (US)

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un appareil sans fil

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a wireless device

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un téléphone intelligent

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a smartphone

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un écran tactile

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a touch-screen

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un lecteur MP3

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an MP3 player

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un capteur

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a sensor