They were shrinking vacuum tubes, making them smaller and smaller.
Ils rétrécissaient des tubes à vide, les rendant de plus en plus petits.
About a year after I had begun to apply the teachings of Bruno Gröning I noticed that the bunions were shrinking.
Environ un an après avoir pris connaissance de l'enseignement de Bruno Gröning, j'ai constaté que les deux oignons diminuaient.
This was only the second time in the past 20 years that per capita income had risen when capital flows were shrinking.
C'était la deuxième fois seulement durant les 20 dernières années que le revenu par habitant augmentait tandis que les entrées de capitaux diminuaient.
In 1950s they were shrinking vacuum tubes, making them smaller and smaller. They finally hit a wall; they couldn't shrink the vacuum tube any more and keep the vacuum.
Dans les années 50, ils réduisaient la taille des tubes à vide, les rendant de plus en plus petits. Finalement, ils atteignirent un mur. Ils ne pouvaient pas réduire plus la taille du tube à vide tout en gardant le vide.
In short, although I'm not easily discouraged, I realized that my chances of ever seeing my fellow men again were shrinking by the day, especially at a time when Captain Nemo was recklessly racing toward the south Atlantic!
En somme, bien que je ne fusse pas facile à décourager, je comprenais que les chances de jamais revoir mes semblables diminuaient de jour en jour, surtout en ce moment où le capitaine Nemo courait en téméraire vers le sud de l'Atlantique !
Peru was also deeply concerned at the effects of global warming on the ecosystem of the Andes, where the glaciers were shrinking noticeably.
Le Pérou est également gravement préoccupé par les conséquences que le réchauffement de la planète a pour l'écosystème andin, où les glaciers fondent très nettement.
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