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Betaland Posted 10 years ago
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Need help with some words in this video.

There are some words I don't get in this video:



1:43 when the first French colonials arrived in Burkina Faso, then called ___, they found a thriving iron smelting industry,

1:57 the French began to use trucks and _______ on the roads they forced their subjects to construct.

Could anyone help identify these words, please?
  

Top answer

1. Upper Volta. 2.

— Blue Jay

  • 1.
  • Upper Volta.
  • 2.
  • Automobiles (the narrator stumbles over the word).
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1. Upper Volta.
2. Automobiles (the narrator stumbles over the word).
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betalandCould anyone help identify these words, please?
The video is almost two hours long. In the future, please specify the second at which each sentence begins.
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Mister MicawberThe video is almost two hours long. In the future, please specify the second at which each sentence begins.
The OP did specify the seconds at which the sentences begin. Both sentences are from the first couple of minutes of the video.
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Blue JayThe OP did specify the seconds at which the sentences begin. Both sentences are from the first couple of minutes of the video.
Ah. I was searching 'way down the recording at 1 hour 43. Sorry, betaland.
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