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

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le déplacement

A

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

A

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

A

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

A

to fail to confront smthg

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l’utilisation inefficace

A

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

A

The Officials

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fermer les yeux sur…

A

To turn blind eyes to…

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l’eau souterraine non-tarifiée

A

un-tariffed groundwater

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un citadin

A

a city-dweller

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malgré

A

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

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la chute libre

A

the plummeting

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attirer qqch/qqn loin de…

A

to lure smthg/sb away from

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les zones arides

A

arid areas

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

A

to pipe water into desiccated cities

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Pékin

A

Beijing

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une perte

A

a loss (-es)

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compenser

A

to offset

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facturer

A

to charge

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une manifestation

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a protest

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déplacer

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to shift

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un tuyau

A

a pipe

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un tableau d’affichage

A

a billboard

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réciproque (ajectif)

A

reciprocal

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un camarade

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a comrade

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rendre plus probable que

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to make more likely that

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aller de l’avant

A

to go ahead

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une ingénierie

A

an engineering

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déplorer

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to deploy

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astucieux

A

tricky

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le niveau supérieur

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the upper reach

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le plateau tibétain

A

the Tibetan plateau

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parts of a river

A

The upper, middle, or lower reaches of a river

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

A

Headwaters of a river