Course 3 (CL : Water Consumption) Flashcards by Unknown Unknown

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consommation

A

consumption

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soulager

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To alleviate

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rareté

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scarcity

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(pénurie d’eau)

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(water scarcity)

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Détournement d’eau

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water-diversion

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Accroupissement (building), un squat

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squat

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nouvellement

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newly

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allouer, attribuer (qqch à qqn)

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to allocate

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champ

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field

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to pass through it causing great destruction or change.

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to cut a swathe through smthg

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le canal

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the channel

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jaillir de

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to gush with

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s’écouler de… vers

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to flow from… to

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le sud luxuriant (= riche, abondant)

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the lush south

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le nord désseché

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the parched north

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la voie navigable

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the waterway

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le projet, le stratagème

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the scheme

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Ceci est conçu pour résoudre…

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This is designed to solve…

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un déséquilibre qui dure depuis très longtemps

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an age-old imbalance

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2/3

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two-thirds

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ces dernières années

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in recent decades

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rare

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scarce

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les réserves d’eau

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A

the water supplies

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une pénurie

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a shortage

La Banque Mondiale

The World Bank

1m^3

1 cubic meter(-s)

un habitant

a resident

inapte/ inapproprié, impropre

unfit

l'eau souterraine

the groundwater

stimuler

to boost

le boom économiqe

the economic boom

la demande globale

the overall demand

activer

to enable

commencer (ex: un projet,...)

to get under way

une première phase (d'un projet)

an initial phase

l'approfondissement

the deepening

l'élargissement

the broadening

le bassin du fleuve

the river basin

de... envers, à l'endroit de...

from... towards...

the direction or region to the north.

northward

Fin octobre

In late October

est censée (ouvrir)

is due to (open)

cours d'eau

the watercourse

le barrage

the dam

continuer à fonctionner

to keep functioning

pomper dans les réserves d'urgence

to pump in emergency supplies

une crise imminente (qui va se produire dans très peu de temps)

an imminent crisis

rester grande

to remain large

continuer à croître

to keep growing

fournir

to supply

a piece of ground which sticks out from its side

a spur

les parts

the shares

diminuer

to shrink

lubrifier, mettre de l'huile pour que ça fonctionne mieux

to lubricate

la croissance

the growth

le stress hydrique

the water stress

exacerber, rendre (un mal) plus aigu, à son paroxysme

to exacerbate