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verb
A cet égard, un orateur a relevé que l'utilisation du mercure dans les lampes fluorescentes compactes économisait l'énergie et était souvent compensée par une diminution des émissions de mercure provenant des centrales électriques au charbon.
In that connection, one speaker said that the use of mercury in compact fluorescent lights saved energy and was often offset by reduced emissions of mercury from coalfired power stations.
Il économisait pour quelque chose ?
Was he saving up for something?
- Claqué. Il économisait le sien !
- He spent it and he saved his own.
Celui pour lequel on économisait.
- It's this bike that we were saving up for.
Je croyais qu'on économisait.
Oh, I thought we were trying to save money.
Elle économisait pour acheter un commerce.
You know, saved up for it.
Rob économisait pour y aller.
Rob was saving up to go there.
Elle économisait de l'argent.
She was saving money.
Hannah économisait bien de l'argent.
Hannah was saving her money.
Il économisait plus que moi.
Saves more than I do, frankly.
On économisait pour une armoire.
I thought we were saving for new closet systems.
verb
Je sais pourquoi le vaisseau économisait de l'énergie.
I've figured out why the ship's been trying to conserve power.
verb
Mon père économisait... Lors de la Prohibition, il a vendu du whisky médicinal sans ordonnance.
My father scrimped and scraped, and when Prohibition came, he sold some of the bonded medicinal whisky, you know?
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