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sur les lieux du drame

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at the scene of the disaster

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une region sinistrée

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a disaster area

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une catastrophe aerienne / ferroviere

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an air / rail disaster

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un incendie

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a fire, blaze

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prendre feu

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to catch fire

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flamber

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to blaze, to flame up

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etre en feu, bruler

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to be on fire, to be burning

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bruler, roussir (fer à repasser)

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to scorch

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bruler completement qqch

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to burn sth down

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en flammes

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burning, blazing

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exploser

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to explode, to detonate

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sauter, faire sauter

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to blow up

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une catastrophe nucléaire

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a nuclear disaster

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une étincelle

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a spark

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jeter des étincelles

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to spark

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la braise

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embers

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ininflammable

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non inflammable

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ignifuge

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fireproof

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éteindre

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to extinguish, to put out

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tomber par dessus bord

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to fall overboard

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un homme a la mer

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man overboard

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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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faire naufrage

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to be shipwrecked

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s’échouer

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to run aground

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faire chavirer, chavirer
to capsize, overturn
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etre perdu corps et biens
to be lost with all hands
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un accident de chemin de fer
a rail crash, accident
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derailler
to be derailed, to come off the rails
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quitter la voie
to leave the rails, the track
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s'écraser
to crash
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un atterissage en catastrophe
a crash landing
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un atterissage forcé
a forced landing, emergency landing
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un atterissage sur le ventre
a belly landing
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un amérissage
a landing on water
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une quasi collision
a near miss
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un accident de voiture
a car accident, a motoring accident, a car crash
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un accrochage
a minor accident
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accroquer qqn
to bump into sb
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entre en collision avec
to collide with
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heurter qqch de plein fouet
to collide head on with sth
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un carambolage
a pile up
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heurter le mur
to hit a wall, to run into a wall
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percuter un mur
to crash into a wall
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déraper
to skip
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faire une embardée
to swerve
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fair eun tonneau
to roll over
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un chauffard
reckless driver
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un point noir de la circulation
an accident black spot
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renverser qqn
to knock sb down
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ecraser qqn
to run over sb
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etre projeté contre qqch
to be thrown against sth
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etre ejecté de la voiture
to be thrown out of the car
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une épave
a wreck
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détruire
to wreck
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etre bon pour la ferraille
to be wrecked, to be a write off
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etre blessé
to be injured
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etre tué sur le coup
to be killed instantly
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il y aurait deux disparus
two people are reported missing
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grièvement blessé
seriously injured
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des blessures graves
serious injured
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une victime
a casualty, a victim
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faire de nombreuses victimes
to claim many lives
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le bilan, le nombre de morts
the death toll
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indemne
unharmed, unhurt, unscathed
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les degats
damage
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les degats importants
there is extensive damage
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endommager, abimer
to damage
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porter secours à qqn
to come to sb's aid
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une équipe de secours
a rescue party
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un accident mortel
a fatal accident

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