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resistance
[ri-zis-tuhns] |
an underground movement that opposes the occupying power
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enterprise
[en-ter-prahyz] |
an undertaking of a new or risky project
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dikes
[dahyk] |
ditches or channels which are dug in order to drain water from low-lying land
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marsh
[mahrsh] |
a tract of low, wet land that is covered by water
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fallow
[fal-oh] |
land plowed but left unplanted
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Boers
[bawr, bohr, boor] |
a South African whose ancestors were Dutch colonists
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canal
[kuh-nal] |
an artificial waterway, used for transportation or irrigation
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polder
[pohl-der] |
an area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea
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silt
[silt] |
sediment that often collects on the bottom of rivers, bays, lakes, etc.
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province
[prov-ins] |
a territory governed as a unit of another country
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