mantener los escurrimientos en funcionamiento
English translation: retain runoffs
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| 4 | keep the trickles working |
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| 4 | Keep the run-offs working |
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| 4 | retain runoffs |
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| 4 | keep a proper run-off performance |
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5 mins confidence: 
keep the trickles working Explanation: Si los escurrimientos son de plástico, entonces sería 'yieldings' en lugar de 'trickles'. Pero sin más contexto no lo sé... ¡Suerte! |
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20 mins confidence:
Keep the run-offs working Explanation: It's runoffs of things which are drained off for whatever reason; - probably because they have a negative impact. They may well flow in a trickle, but I think it's a case of run-offs here, in the sense of ' escorrentía'; |
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22 mins confidence:
retain runoffs Explanation: 3. 2 Immediate Operational Objectives www.gdc.govt.nz/.../Moutohora-Quarry-Application-to-underta... and to retain runoffs for a period [the retention or turneover time ] suff icient to allow fine suspended sediments to settle from the water . The storage must ... Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge - The Future | GORP.com www.gorp.com/.../travel-ta-cypress-creek-national-wildlife-... Apr 29, 2002 - The trees eliminate erosion and retain runoffs that otherwise race to the lowlands. Over half the land within the approved refuge boundary is ... |
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1 hr confidence:
keep a proper run-off performance Explanation: this is the way I would say it. The meaning in Spanish is that run-off should work and it should do it the way it was originally intended to. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hora (2013-11-11 15:19:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Documents/MSc.../Carroll.pdf ....its rainwater runoff performance with that of a perspex sheet (to replicate a ... that green roofs have the capability to offset the 'poorer' runoff performance of PV... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hora (2013-11-11 15:20:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.com.cu/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web... |
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