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Irene Mallory Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Could you help me, guys
I have a difficulty translating one sentence from Russian. I hope I managed to convey the main idea:
The river had always been a threat of flooding to population of the village until the levy was built.
The river had always been a threat of flooding to population of the village until the levy was built.
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You completely got your point across, but I would put it like this: "Until the levy was built the river constantly threatened the population of the village with flooding" Or "Until the levy was built the river was a constant flood threat to the population of the village"
- You completely got your point across, but I would put it like this: "Until the levy was built the river constantly threatened the population of the village with flooding" Or "Until the levy was built the river was a constant flood threat to the population of the village"
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You completely got your point across, but I would put it like this:
"Until the levy was built the river constantly threatened the population of the village with flooding"
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"Until the levy was built the river was a constant flood threat to the population of the village"
"Until the levy was built the river constantly threatened the population of the village with flooding"
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"Until the levy was built the river was a constant flood threat to the population of the village"
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The word you want is Levee.
A levy is a tax. (It also used to refer to a form of conscription into the military)
A levy is a tax. (It also used to refer to a form of conscription into the military)
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