Agronomy Flashcards
Horse manure
Esterco/estrume de cavalo
It was carved from dung
Carved: esculpido; talhado
Dung: estrume; esterco
The sculpture was squatting over a glass
Squat: agachar-se
Squatting: ocupação; grilagem
They are still at large: cows
To be at large: estar à solta
Scrub where sheep used to graze
Scrub: mata; matagal
To graze: pastar
Nitrogen leaches into the water
Lixivia a água
Cows have a proclivity for wading in rivers and their faeces often find their way into water.
Proclivity: propensão
Wading in: entrar
Faeces/Feces: fezes
Sediment washed from farmland can also choke the life out of streams.
Streams: córregos; rios
Farmers are also criticised for causing rivers to shrivel and groundwater to fall in certain overburdened spots
To shrivel: enrugar; secar nesse contexto
Groundwater: águas subterrâneas
Most is hosed on the stony Canterbury region
Hose: mangueira; turbo
Hosed: regada
Earlier this year locals were forced to rescue fish and eels from puddles which formerly constituted the Selwyn river
Eels: enguias
Puddles: poças
Farmers have fenced off thousands of kilometres of rivers to prevent livestock from wading in.
Livestock: pecuária; rebanho
Cattle breeding: atividade pecuária
It ignored several recommendations of a forum of scientists and agrarians established to thrash out water policy
To thrash out: discutir algo até chegar em um acordo; delinear; acordar
Making rivers look much cleaner at a stroke.
At a stroke: de uma vez só
