Expressions Week 2 Flashcards

1
Q

La grande distribution

A

The advent of supermarkets

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2
Q

“Sac sortie de caisse”

A

“Checkout carrier bag”

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3
Q

L’emblème de la nouvelle société de consommation et du gaspillage.

A

The new wasteful, consumer society and its wasteful ways.

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4
Q

Une encre à l’eau

A

Washable ink

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5
Q

Miscible dans l’eau

A

Water based

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6
Q

Incinéré, il brûle sans laisser de résidus

A

When incinerated, it burns without a trace

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7
Q

Oublié dans la nature par un promeneur négligent ou déposé dans l’eau par un coup de vent

A

When dumped in the countryside by an inconsiderate rambler or deposited on the ocean/sea by a gust of wind

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8
Q

Ce sac magique

A

“Wonder bag”

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9
Q

Savent le fabriquer

A

The know-how

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10
Q

Est jugé trop élevé par les distributeurs

A

Are deemed too high by retailers

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11
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Il reste donc dans les cartons

A

It says where it is on the drawing-board

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12
Q

Souffre de sa mauvaise renommée

A

Has been frowned upon/on

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13
Q

Les sacs en papier kraft sans poignées

A

Brown paper bags

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14
Q

Il faut des sacs dotés de poignées et moins chers à fabriquer

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Something with handles and cheaper to manufacture was needed

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15
Q

“Avec les sacs plastiques, on divisait le coût de fabrication par trois”

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“Plastic cut the production costs by three”

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