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We shall only be able to pass on this side when the excavations have made a clearance.
On ne pourra passer que lorsque les fouilles auront déblayé tout ce côté-ci...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Such excavations are often backfilled with material which is more permeable than the soil removed, and therefore offer a migration route of minimum resistance, along which the oil tends to move more rapidly than it would through natural soils.
Ces excavations sont souvent remblayées par des matériaux plus perméables que le sol d'origine, ce qui en fait des parcours de moindre résistance que les hydrocarbures auront tendance à suivre plus rapidement que s'ils étaient dans un sol naturel.
© Ministre des Approvisionnements et Services Canada, 1978
© Minister of Supply and Service Canada, 1978
Outside the hole, on the piled-up things, in the excavations, upon the crowded dead, snow rests like muslin.
Hors du trou, sur les entassements, dans les excavations, par-dessus la cohue des morts, une mousseline de neige est posée.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
He also spoke at length about an excursion which the Court had made two days previously to a druidical monolith, in the neighbourhood of which some excavations were being carried on.
Puis, il conta longuement une promenade faite l'avant-veille par la cour à la Pierre-qui-tourne, un monolithe druidique, autour duquel on pratiquait alors des fouilles.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Several uprooted trees were lying about amongst the excavations, and the cutting was strewn with foliage.
On avait semé de feuillages le sol de la tranchée.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
In addition, the owner began to store snow plowing and excavation vehicles on the property.
En outre, le propriétaire a commencé à entreposer des véhicules de déneigement et d'excavation sur la propriété.
Around their extinguished fire in the dirty excavation they are frightful to see, black and sinister.
Ils sont épouvantables, noirs et sinistres, dans l’excavation terreuse, autour du foyer éteint.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Nevertheless he took a few steps to the left, and pausing before an excavation, a sort of grotto in the hillside, exclaimed: "This is the Lupercal den where the wolf suckled Romulus and Remus.
Pourtant, il poussa un instant vers la gauche, s’arrêta devant une excavation, une sorte de grotte dans le flanc du mont. « Ceci est l’antre Lupercal, où la louve allaita Romulus et Remus.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Contractor Excavation Work
Travaux d'excavation par l'entrepreneur
©2002 Société financière internationale (SFI)
©2002 The International Finance Corporation (IFC)

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excavation

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