French-English translations for perle

pearlI watched a very disturbing report on CNN about the state of the Pearl River in China. J'ai vu un reportage très troublant sur CNN consacré à l'état de la rivière des Perles, en Chine. Mr President, Mongolia is developing into the democratic pearl of Central Asia. Monsieur le Président, la Mongolie est en train de devenir la perle démocratique de l' Asie centrale. Previously, many of these regions were the 'black pearls' of economic performance in Europe. Celles-ci constituaient autrefois les "perles noires" de l'Europe en termes de performances économiques.
bead
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This is a sort of Glass Bead Game, which is time-consuming and which administratively can be shortened. C'est un peu comme le jeu de perles: c'est long, alors qu'il serait possible de le réduire sur le plan administratif. beads of sweatShe drew a bead on the target and fired

blooper
brilliant
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the brilliant lights along the promenadebutterflies with brilliant blue wingsThe actors performance in the play was simply brilliant.
gas
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A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinderThe atmosphere is made up of a number of different gasesGas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones
gem
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Another gem was the heading 'optimism in infrastructure capacity and logistical concepts'. Le titre "optimisation de la capacité infrastructurelle et des conceptions logistiques" est une autre perle. The gem in this report is at paragraph 14. La perle de ce rapport se trouve au paragraphe 14. Well, here's a real gem from the document: ‘Too often, elections become a source of conflict, because the losing side does not accept defeat.’ Voici une vraie perle du document: «Trop souvent, les scrutins deviennent source de conflit parce que le camp perdant n’accepte pas la défaite.»
howlerOur hansom came a howler.
jewel
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Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane