Zanja in english
Ditch
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In gestures
zanja = ditch ; drainage ditch.
Example: The speciments were collected from different types of habitats, such as streams, springs, ditches, dams, swamps, wells and ponds.Example: It was found that 73.6% of the wetlands were lost due to the construction of drainage ditches and levees.more:
» cavar una zanja = dig + a ditch .
Example: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.zanjar
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» comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher .
Example: Then he delivered the clincher, 'Let's be realistic about this; there are those in town who feel there are too many professionals on the staff and consequently the person occupying this position will not be a professional librarian'.» zanjar el debate = clinch + the affair ; clinch + the argument ; clinch + the issue .
Example: 'The library needs furniture....' 'Okay,' he said, as if clinching the affair. Example: Paradoxically enough, it might be the coming of computerised reference work that will finally clinch the argument that the reference process is far more than mechanistic question-answering. Example: It was the triumph of Darwinism in the nineteenth century which for many humanists clinched the issue between theistic religion and science.» zanjar la cuestión = clinch + the affair ; clinch + the argument ; clinch + the issue .
Example: 'The library needs furniture....' 'Okay,' he said, as if clinching the affair. Example: Paradoxically enough, it might be the coming of computerised reference work that will finally clinch the argument that the reference process is far more than mechanistic question-answering. Example: It was the triumph of Darwinism in the nineteenth century which for many humanists clinched the issue between theistic religion and science.» zanjar una cuestión = settle + an issue .
Example: The U.S. Supreme Court decision, which will be argued in April, is expected to finally settle the issue of same-sex marriages for all 50 states.