Text Voc 2 Flashcards by Anaïs Trr

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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

Sac plastique (sac cabas)

Plastic bag / carrier bag

Souffre de sa mauvaise renommée

Has been frowned upon

Sacs en papier kraft

Brown paper grocery bags

Poignées et moins chers fabriquer

Handles and cheaper to produce

Diviser le coût de fabrication par trois

Cut the production costs by three

Directeur d’Alplast

Head of Alplast

Deuxième entreprise de secteur

Second largest manufacturer of plastic