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Record 1 1994-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

We must take a random sample throughout this shipment of cotton fibres. Please check a hand sample out of every 10 bales for: percentage of immature fibres; proportion of short fibres and other sorts of trash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

poignée de quelque chose.

Spanish

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