dirty water

collocation in English

meaningsofdirtyandwater

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dirty
adjective
uk
/ˈdɜː.ti/us
/ˈdɝː.t̬i/
marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofdirtyandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The flavour of the coffee was ruined by thedirtywater.
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But—and this is a huge "but"—no one was addicted todirtywater; no companies made billions of pounds out ofdirtywater.
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What happens if the water supply is interrupted or if the mains are flushed and somedirtywaterflows through the system?
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If such records cannot be easily produced, we shall open the sluice gates through which a lot ofdirtywaterwill be released.
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Of course, it is very difficult to prevent people bathing even indirtywaterin very hot weather.
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After all, we are the country which reported itself for havingdirtywater—you cannot get more clever at enforcement than that!
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They usedirtywaterto reconvert it into liquid milk—and it is of no use.
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It is not going to be clean water; it is to a certain extent going to bedirtywater.
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I was referring to the children's pool with battered furniture, cracked tiles,dirtywaterand one shower for several hundred guests.
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Meanwhile, we have a working party on sewage disposal at present surveying various methods of disposing ofdirtywater.
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The principal one is the establishment beyond doubt of the relationship between ill health,dirtywaterand poor sanitation.
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Three million children are said to die every year from diarrhoea caused by drinkingdirtywater.
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The coffee was bad and made withdirtywater.
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It is thedirtywaterthat the profit is combating.
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But the more water we use the moredirtywaterthere is to be got rid of.
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We have made very extensive arrangements for reserve supplies, static supplies,dirtywaterand so on, which have proved of great value.
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There will be plenty of opportunity for debating water supply and other relevant matters, such as the disposal ofdirtywater.
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That is bad enough, but the same situation will apply in the disposal and purification ofdirtywater.
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Secondly, how does one meter thedirtywateras well as the clean water in each home?
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People are being forced to drinkdirtywaterbecause water facilities have been sabotaged.
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