Ils coulaient le moucheron et avalaient le chameau.
Some have strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel.
Oui, ils l’avalaient.
Yes, they swallowed it.
Dans un lointain passé, ces étranges objets étaient très actifs : ils avalaient d'énormes quantités de matière environnante, brillaient avec éclat, et expulsaient de minuscules portions de matière au travers de jets extrêmement puissants.
In the remote past, these bizarre objects were very active, swallowing enormous quantities of matter from their surroundings, shining with dazzling brilliance, and expelling tiny fractions of this matter through extremely powerful jets.
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