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l'explosion |
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| explosion (f) | |
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L'explosion nous fit sursauter.
We were startled by the explosion. |
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L'explosion nous a fait sursauter.
We were startled by the explosion. |
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Qu'est-ce qui a causé l'explosion ?
What caused the explosion? |
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Tout à coup, il y eut une explosion.
All at once there was an explosion. |
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L'explosion a tué plusieurs passants.
The explosion killed several passers-by. |
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Quelle était la cause de l'explosion ?
What was the cause of the explosion? |
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Quelle était la cause de l'explosion ?
What was the cause of the explosion? |
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L'explosion a terrorisé les villageois.
The explosion frightened the villagers. |
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L'explosion fut telle que le toit fut soufflé.
Such was the explosion that the roof was blown off. | The explosion was so powerful that the roof was blown away. |
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Elle est revenue dix minutes après l'explosion.
She came back ten minutes after the explosion. |
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L'explosion causa beaucoup de dégâts à l'édifice.
The explosion did a lot of damage to the building. |
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Tout le ciel s'illumina et il y eut une explosion.
The whole sky lit up and there was an explosion. |
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Un groupe de personnes moururent dans l'explosion.
A bunch of people died in the explosion. |
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Un groupe de personnes sont mortes dans l'explosion.
A bunch of people died in the explosion. |
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Où vous trouviez-vous lorsque l'explosion est survenue ?
Where were you when the explosion occurred? |
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J'ai encore bien en mémoire l'explosion de la navette spatiale.
I still have vivid memories of the explosion of the space shuttle. |
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Les experts ne sont pas parvenus à expliquer l'origine de l'explosion.
Experts have failed to come up with an explanation of why the explosion happened. |
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Il y a eu la nuit dernière une explosion dans une usine de feux d'artifice.
Last night an explosion took place at a fireworks factory. |
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Les éclats d'une explosion sont généralement plus dangereux que l'onde de choc.
The shrapnel from an explosion is usually more dangerous than the shock wave. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

