Confront con l'acqua
English translation: relationship with water
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| Confronto con l'acqua this complex territory has a difficult history with water in the region. Explanation: "this complex territory has a difficult history with water in the region." It's a bit vague, but it's difficult without more context. |
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to facing the water Explanation: ... a complex territory whose history has been forever connected to facing the water. This is how I’ll put it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2014-08-25 21:13:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Just as an anecdote, think of Don Camilo movies. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2014-08-25 21:15:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The first entry in Merriam-Webster dictionary for “to face: to confront impudently”. |
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14 mins confidence:
grappling with its water Explanation: I don't think "confronto" is necessarily negative, suggesting more of having to "deal with" more than combat. Another option could be using "relationship" with an appropriate adjective. Example sentence(s):
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1battled the river Explanation: 'A complex territory which has continuously battled the river's destructive power' My suggestion. I don't know whether this would fit with context, though. |
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experienced a harsh connection with water Explanation: the history of this complex territory has always experienced a harsh connection with water |
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2 hrs confidence:
issues with water Explanation: I would translate the sentence as follows: ... a complex territory whose history has always been associated with having issues with water. |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| Confronto con l'acqua (troubled) relationship with water Explanation: This is an accepted and well used phrase. You may prefer to drop the "troubled", depnding on how you want to state it. Or use "uneasy" or another adjective in place of "troubled", as suggested below. see Epic Photos Expose Mankind's Uneasy Relationship With ... www.wired.com/2014/04/ed-burtynsky-water/ Apr 17, 2014 - Whatever the causes, signs are everywhere that our relationship with water is a troubled, even abusive one. The images in Water bring our ... Edward Burtynsky's stunning photos document our ... www.treehugger.com/culture/edward-burtynskys-water-photos.h... Oct 7, 2013 - Edward Burtynsky's stunning photos document our complicated relationship with water. Chris Tackett (@ChrisTackett) · Living / Culture October ... Considering Water A state-by-state analysis of our ... klabergroup.com/insights/?...Water-A...relationship-with-waterways... Jun 5, 2014 - Benjamin Franklin's quote probably captures best our relationship with water – we take it for granted when it is clean and plentiful, and come ... Our troubled relationship with water (Blog Action Day 2010 ... coyot.es/.../our-troubled-relationship-with-water-blog-action-day-2010-2... by Madhusudan Katti - Oct 16, 2010 - Our troubled relationship with water (Blog Action Day 2010). Leave a reply. How did we get here, in this parched state, fighting for and over ... Water Ethics: Foundational Readings for Students and ... books.google.it/books?isbn=1597268763 Peter G. Brown, Jeremy J. Schmidt - 2010 - Nature ... and can be traced to three root forces—greed, hatred, and delusion.48 These forces are also at the root of Western culture's troubled relationship with water. |
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