Text Voc 2 Flashcards by Anaïs Trr | Brainscape

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La grande distribution

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The advent of supermarkets (with supermarkets sprouting everywhere),

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Le «sac sortie de caisse»

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The checkout carrier bag (»)

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Devenu l’emblème

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Came to symbolize

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Société de consommation et du gaspillage

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Wasteful, consumer society

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Fabrique

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Produce / manufacture

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Qui le décrie

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That complains (moans)

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Le nom du magasin

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Shop’s name/retailer’s name

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Imprimer

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Printed

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Encre à l’eau

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Washable ink

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Miscible dans l’eau

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Water-based (water-soluble)

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Incinéré

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When incinerated

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Sans laisser de résidus

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Without a trace

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Oublié dans la nature

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When dumped in the countryside

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Un promeneur négligeant

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An inconsiderate rambler

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Un coup de vent

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A gust of wind

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Il s’évapore

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It evaporates / disintegrates

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En quelques mois

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Within few months

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Les industriels

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Industrialists /Manufacturers

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Savent le fabriquer (savoir-faire)

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Have the know-how to produce

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Sac magique

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Wonder bag

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Jugé trop élevé

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Deemed too high

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Distributeurs

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Retailers

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Il reste dans les cartons

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It stays where it is - on the drawing-board

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Depuis son apparition

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Since it first came on the scene

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Sac plastique (sac cabas)

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Plastic bag / carrier bag

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Souffre de sa mauvaise renommée

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Has been frowned upon

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Sacs en papier kraft

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Brown paper grocery bags

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Poignées et moins chers fabriquer

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Handles and cheaper to produce

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Diviser le coût de fabrication par trois

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Cut the production costs by three

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Directeur d’Alplast

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Head of Alplast

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Deuxième entreprise de secteur

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Second largest manufacturer of plastic