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Reckless
Reckless driver
Reckless driving

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Imprident
Chauffard/ danger public
Conduite dangereuse

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Heedless

Heedless of danger

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Action: Inconsidéré/ irréfléchie
Personne: insouciant

Sans se soucier du danger

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To compel

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Contraindre/ forcer

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Price-induced

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Induit par les prix

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To rekindle

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Raviver/ rallumer/ ranimer

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Untold

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Too large or numerous to say / incalculable

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A cyclical lull

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Une accalmie conjecturel

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To constrain

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Contraindre/ obliger/ forcer

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To teeter

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Chanceler/ tomber

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Department store

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Grand magasin

Mancy’s is a famous department store in NY City

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Registry office (UK)

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Bureau de l’état civil

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Rear

Rear seatbelts

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Arrière

Ceintures arrières

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Carpooling

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Co-voiturage

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To stop by + ??

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To stop by + to + bv

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Les dernières usines illégales

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The last rogue factories

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Rogue

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Illégale

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Sink forest

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Forêts eponges/ tampons

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The world population crisis

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La crise démographique mondiale

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Q

True, Asians had also adopted…

À traduire

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Il est vrai cependant que les asiatiques avaient adopté…

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Smogs

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Brouillards polluants/ nuages de pollution

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In the warm greenhouse air

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Dans l’air chaud généré par l’effet de serre

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The watchword was wealth

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Le maitre mot était prospérité

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Buffaloes

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des buffles

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Sports utility vehicles

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Des véhicules de type 4*4

Des véhicules de loisir utilitaires

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A janitor

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Un nettoyeur

Une femme de menage

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And then it hit

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Et puis il frappa

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To sniff

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Renifler

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To show up for work

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Se présenter au travail

Aller travailler

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Hydroxyl radicals

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Les radicaux d’hydroxyle