Agronomy Flashcards

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Horse manure

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Esterco/estrume de cavalo

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It was carved from dung

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Carved: esculpido; talhado

Dung: estrume; esterco

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The sculpture was squatting over a glass

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Squat: agachar-se

Squatting: ocupação; grilagem

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4
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They are still at large: cows

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To be at large: estar à solta

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Scrub where sheep used to graze

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Scrub: mata; matagal

To graze: pastar

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Nitrogen leaches into the water

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Lixivia a água

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Cows have a proclivity for wading in rivers and their faeces often find their way into water.

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Proclivity: propensão
Wading in: entrar
Faeces/Feces: fezes

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Sediment washed from farmland can also choke the life out of streams.

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Streams: córregos; rios

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Farmers are also criticised for causing rivers to shrivel and groundwater to fall in certain overburdened spots

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To shrivel: enrugar; secar nesse contexto

Groundwater: águas subterrâneas

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Most is hosed on the stony Canterbury region

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Hose: mangueira; turbo
Hosed: regada

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Earlier this year locals were forced to rescue fish and eels from puddles which formerly constituted the Selwyn river

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Eels: enguias

Puddles: poças

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Farmers have fenced off thousands of kilometres of rivers to prevent livestock from wading in.

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Livestock: pecuária; rebanho

Cattle breeding: atividade pecuária

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13
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It ignored several recommendations of a forum of scientists and agrarians established to thrash out water policy

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To thrash out: discutir algo até chegar em um acordo; delinear; acordar

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14
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Making rivers look much cleaner at a stroke.

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At a stroke: de uma vez só

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