Not In My Back Yard
Not In My Back Yard
13 NIMBY terms
This glossary lists several words of vocabulary about a wind farm project and the reactions of campaigners and companies. It talks about the settlement of wind turbines on water and the syndrome of some people called NIMBY. It aims to help me to learn more vocabulary and to better understand in French the words, verbs and expressions from English. My teacher of improvement lessons asks the class to create this type of glossary and to add new words of vocabulary each week.
- a blight
- noun
- sth that damages/spoils sth else
- Example: The beaches where soldiers landed will suffer the worst blight.
- en: un fléau
- a canvas
- noun
- cloth on which artists paint with oil paints
- Example: A painter needs an empty canvas.
- en: une toile
- a matchstick
- noun
- sth uses to light a fire
- Example: The impact of wind turbines on the view is compared to seeing a matchstick from a metre away.
- en: une allumette
- a proponent
- noun
- sb who publicly supports an idea, a policy, a plan
- Example: Many proponents view the wind turbines as a job creator.
- en: un(e) partisan(e)
- a tidal island
- noun group
- an island that can't always be reached on foot
- Example: Mont St. Michel stands majestically atop a rocky tidal island.
- en: une île de marée
- an encroachment
- noun
- a gradual advance beyond usual/acceptable limits
- Example: Wind turbines are seen as an encroachment on fishing grounds and shipping lanes.
- en: une intrusion, un empiétement, envahissement
- an insignia
- noun
- a badge
- Example: Veterans want their regiment's insignia to be somewhere as a homage.
- en: une insigne
- Briton
- noun/adjective
- a native/inhabitant of Great Britain
- Example: Briton campaigners are attached to war history.
- en: Britannique, Anglais(e)
- dog-tired
- adjective
- exhausted
- Example: Soldiers were dog-tired but had the courage to land and fight for freedom.
- en: épuisé(e), éreinté(e)
- on hold
- adverb
- to temporarily postponed a project
- Example: The wind farm is put on hold due to public opposition.
- en: qqch de suspendue, de côté, en attente
- the casualties
- noun
- people injured/killed in a serious accident/war
- Example: The US forces suffered more than 2,000 casualties during the Second World War.
- en: les blessés, morts, victimes
- to brand sb/sth
- verb
- to describe sb/sth as bad person/thing, especially when they don't deserve it
- Example: Wind turbines are branded by campaigners as an insult.
- en: cataloguer, étiqueter, stigmatiser qq/qqch
- to desecrate sth
- verb
- to violate the sacred character of a place
- Example: Campaigners say that Government desecrates the Second World War beaches.
- en: profaner qqch
