Week 2 - Words and phrases Flashcards
the gift of divine flavour
blessing
a system of cultivation of crops with the minimum use of labour or expense.
extensive farming
to have enough precipitation for agriculture
to have enough rainfall for farming
a map showing the typical amount of precipitation received by a certain area during a certain period of time
rainfall map
system that irrigates (waters) dry land
irrigation
to supply dry land with water by means of canals, ditches, streams
to irrigate
the science and work of growing crops, farming
agriculture
the act or process of removing fluid
drainage
to make happen
to cause
to bring about by authority or force
cause (noun)
the triangle-shaped piece of land fromed when sand and soil are deposited at the mouth of a river
delta
пересекать границу
to cross a frontier
поля страницы
the margin of the page
сидел на краешке стула
sat on the edge of the chair
вечерняя заря вдали, на горизонте
the sun’s afterglow on the verge of the horizon
