14:16 Jul 25, 2008 |
French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / testimony | |||||||
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5 +4 | mass grave |
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4 +1 | communal grave? |
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4 | communal grave |
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4 | Common grave |
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3 | grave [no "mass" here] |
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3 | shared grave |
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3 | (creating) false sense of community |
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communal grave Language variant: common grave Explanation: There is spelling mistake. It is fosse commune. |
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communal grave? Explanation: Probably a spelling mistake (fosse commune)... if not, then a pun, but then more context would be needed to understand it |
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mass grave Explanation: A communal grave is the burial pit where in life, a group of people who are somehow related, have chosen to be buried. Usually the identity of those buried in a communal grave is known. A mass grave is is a burial pit used to bury the dead who are likely not related, but have died in large numbers, such as from disease epidemic or warfare. The identities of those buried in a mass grave might not be known. |
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