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

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le déplacement

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the shifting

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des énormes perturbations

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huge disruptions

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faire de la place pour

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to make way for

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estimer

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to reckon

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déraciner

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to uproot

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enraciner

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to entrench

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le détournement

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the diverting

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vers le nord (région)

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northward

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la propagation

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the spread

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favoriser

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to promote

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courant (adjectif)

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common

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a debilitating snail-borne disease

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schistosomiasis

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le débit d’eau

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the flow of water

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la sécheresse

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the drought

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étiquette

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tag (price tag,…)

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le déroulement du projet

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the running of the project

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l’offre

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the supply

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ne pas parvenir à faire face à qqch

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to fail to confront smthg

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l’utilisation inefficace

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inefficient use

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l’eau du robinet

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the tap water

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Est-ce encore loin ?

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How far is it ? /How far away is it ?

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Les responsables

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The Officials

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fermer les yeux sur…

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To turn blind eyes to…

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l’eau souterraine non-tarifiée

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un-tariffed groundwater

un citadin

a city-dweller

malgré

despite +verb-ing (= gerund) / of+ noun

la chute libre

the plummeting

attirer qqch/qqn loin de...

to lure smthg/sb away from

les zones arides

arid areas

canaliser (dans des tuyaux) l'eau dans des villes déssechées

to pipe water into desiccated cities

Pékin

Beijing

une perte

a loss (-es)

compenser

to offset

facturer

to charge

une manifestation

a protest

déplacer

to shift

un tuyau

a pipe

un tableau d'affichage

a billboard

réciproque (ajectif)

reciprocal

un camarade

a comrade

rendre plus probable que

to make more likely that

aller de l'avant

to go ahead

une ingénierie

an engineering

déplorer

to deploy

astucieux

tricky

le niveau supérieur

the upper reach

le plateau tibétain

the Tibetan plateau

parts of a river

The upper, middle, or lower reaches of a river

the smaller streams near its source, which combine to form the river

Headwaters of a river