Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ bills during drought
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Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ bills during drought

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The Guardian16 août 2026Voir la source

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Vandens įmonės Anglijoje nori naujų taisyklių.

Water companies in England want new rules.

Vandens→water (genitive)įmonės→companiesAnglijoje→in Englandnori→wantnaujų→new (genitive plural)taisyklių→rules (genitive plural)
Dabar yra labai karšta ir sausa.

Now it is very hot and dry.

Dabar→nowyra→is/arelabai→verykaršta→hotir→andsausa→dry
Žmonės naudoja per daug vandens.

People use too much water.

Žmonės→peoplenaudoja→useper→too (excessively)daug→muchvandens→water (genitive)
Kainos gali kilti per sausrą.

Prices can rise during the drought.

Kainos→pricesgali→cankilti→to rise/go upper→duringsausrą→drought (accusative)
Tai padeda žmonėms taupyti vandenį.

This helps people to save water.

Tai→thispadeda→helpsžmonėms→to people (dative)taupyti→to save/conservevandenį→water (accusative)
Kai kurie žmonės labai nerimauja.

Some people are very worried.

Kai kurie→somežmonės→peoplelabai→verynerimauja→worry/are worried
Reguliuotojas dabar galvoja apie šį planą.

The regulator is now thinking about this plan.

Reguliuotojas→regulatordabar→nowgalvoja→thinks/is thinkingapie→aboutšį→this (accusative)planą→plan (accusative)
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Vanduo
Water
"Man reikia šalto vandens."
Sausra
Drought
"Ši sausra yra labai ilga."
Kaina
Price
"Kokia yra šio plano kaina?"
Taupyti
To save
"Mes turime taupyti pinigus."
Įmonė
Company
"Mano brolis dirba šioje įmonėje."
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