digues
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| French to English translations [PRO] Construction / Civil Engineering / repairing covenant in a commercial lease | |||||||
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| 3 +2 | dykes (sic) |
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| 4 | levees/flood protections/embankments/dykes |
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| 3 | Dams |
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| 2 | buttresses |
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| Larousse |
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Dams Explanation: Suggestion https://www.google.dz/search?hl=fr&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=667&q=digue&oq=digue&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1114.1963.0.2412.5.4.0.1 |
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11 mins confidence:
buttresses Explanation: I think "buttresses" is preferable to "embankments", as the latter suggests earthworks which would hardly apply to a shop in a town. |
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30 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2dykes (sic) Explanation: * |
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| Reference: Larousse Reference information: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/digue/25532 |
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30 mins |
| Reference: Some comments on the clause: Reference information: http://droits.leparticulier.fr/reparations-murs.html Originally dykes and retaining walls and nowadays mostly non- applicable. |
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