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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the water supplies

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une pénurie

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a shortage

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La Banque Mondiale

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The World Bank

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1m^3

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1 cubic meter(-s)

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un habitant

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a resident

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inapte/ inapproprié, impropre

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unfit

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l’eau souterraine

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the groundwater

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stimuler

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to boost

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le boom économiqe

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the economic boom

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la demande globale

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the overall demand

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activer

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to enable

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commencer (ex: un projet,…)

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to get under way

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une première phase (d’un projet)

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an initial phase

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l’approfondissement

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the deepening

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l’élargissement

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the broadening

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le bassin du fleuve

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the river basin

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de… envers, à l’endroit de…

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from… towards…

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the direction or region to the north.

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northward

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Fin octobre

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In late October

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est censée (ouvrir)

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is due to (open)

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cours d’eau

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the watercourse

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le barrage

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the dam

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continuer à fonctionner

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to keep functioning

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pomper dans les réserves d’urgence

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to pump in emergency supplies

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

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an imminent crisis

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rester grande

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to remain large

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continuer à croître

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to keep growing

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fournir

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to supply

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a piece of ground which sticks out from its side

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a spur

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les parts

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the shares

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diminuer

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to shrink

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

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to lubricate

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la croissance

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the growth

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le stress hydrique

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the water stress

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

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to exacerbate