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Die neuen Vorschriften können für Kleinbetriebe in ein Desaster münden. The new regulations could spell disaster for small businesses.

Das Projekt war ein einziges Desaster. The project was an out-and-out disaster.

Am 1. November 1986 trieben unzählige Fische mit dem Bauch nach oben: über 1.000 Tonnen Chemikalien gingen in Lagerhalle 156 des Basler Konzerns in Flammen auf, das Sandoz-Desaster führte zu einem Fischsterben in einem bis dahin unbekannten Ausmaß. [G] On 1 November 1986 the river filled with uncounted dead fish - more than 1,000 tons of chemicals in warehouse 156 of the Basle-based Sandoz chemical group had gone up in flames. The Sandoz disaster caused fish to die on a hitherto unknown scale.

The example sentences [G] were kindly provided by the Goethe Institute.
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