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Under the threat of Maoist insurgency, over the previous seven years Nepal's factories and businesses had been closed, income from tourism and overall growth had plunged, and poverty had increased.
Vivant sous la menace de l'insurrection maoïste depuis sept ans, le Népal a vu ses usines et entreprises fermer, le tourisme et la croissance de manière générale chuter et la pauvreté se développer.
I shuddered as if some invisible eye had plunged into my innermost thoughts, and I rushed outside the stateroom.
Je tressaillis comme si un oeil invisible eût pu plonger au plus secret de mes pensées, et je me précipitai hors de la chambre.
Nye concluded that the House of Morgan had plunged the US into WWI to protect loans and create a booming arms industry.
Nye conclua que la maison Morgan précipita les États-unis dans la Première Guerre mondiale pour protéger des emprunts et pour créer un essor de l’industrie de l’armement.
In fact, they did not wait until they had plunged thousands of homes into financial difficulty and drafted the umpteenth useless report before they reacted.
En effet, ceux-ci n’ont pas attendu d’avoir plongé des milliers de foyers dans la détresse et de rédiger un énième rapport inutile pour réagir.
On the question of strategic deployment stocks, however, he would welcome information regarding the management of high-technology stocks whose value had plunged.
Toutefois, sur la question des stocks de matériel stratégique, l'orateur apprécierait que des renseignements lui soient communiqués en ce qui concerne la gestion des stocks de matériel de pointe, dont la valeur a chuté.
She couldn't drag herself from the depths she had plunged into after her husband's death.
Elle n'arrivait pas à sortir de l'abîme dans lequel elle était tombée après la mort de son mari.
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