ballast
On va gonfler les ballasts, pour s'arracher du sable et remonter.
We’re going to inflate the ballast tanks to pull ourselves free of the sand and rise back up.
— Le Bateau (1981)
Gonflez les ballasts.
Inflate the ballast tanks.
Un des ballasts a lâché !
One of the ballasts has failed!
Les ballasts.
The ballasts.
Toute la sauce aux ballasts.
All the sauce is in the ballast.
On gonfle les ballasts ?
Are we inflating the ballast tanks?