8. On a mission Flashcards
more than 22,000 fish ___
laji
species
seven ___ members
selvästi havaittava
distinct
one ___ that doesn’t belong
ainesosa
component
people ___
roskata
litter
pieces of ___ plastic
pois heitetty
discarded
according to conservative ___
arviot
estimates
humans ___ waste into the water
tyhjentää jätettä
dump
the ___ of five full shopping bags
vastaava
equivalent
turning beaches into ___ tips
vaarallinen
hazardous
turning beaches into hazardous ___
kaatopaikat
tips
after just one ___
nousuvesi
high tide
the majority stays ___
(veden) pinnalla
afloat
___ to the currents
panttivanki
hostage
hostage to the ___
virtaukset
currents
___ into an ocean gyre
raahata
drag
___ vortexes of water
kieppuva
swirling
items can remain ___
ehjä
intact
___ to the conditions
antaa myöten
succumb
___ into tiny piece
murentua
crumble
microplastics are chemical ___
saasteet
pollutants
mistake them for food and ___ them
niellä
swallow
a ___ in consumer society
vakiokalusto
fixture
___ around the world
ympäristöaktivistit
environmentalists
an ___ issue of unfathomable scope
yltyvä
escalating
an escalating issue of unfathomable ___
laajuus
scope
efforts to ___ it have proven futile
selvittää
tackle
efforts to tackle it have proven ___
hyödytön
futile
___ to the position that
alistunut
resigned
___ the ocean of rubbish
vapauttaa
rid
the ___ to prove them wrong
mahdollisuus
potential
an area of ___ rubbish
kelluva
floating
he first ___ the problem
kohtasi
encountered
he ___ to think of a way
vannoi
vowed
feel in ___ command of the issue
suhteellinen
relative
feel in relative ___ of the issue
hallinta
command
put a long ___ in the sea
este
barrier
while continuing his research ___
pakkomielteisesti
obsessively
that’s the ___ time bomb
tikittävä
ticking
the money should be for ___
ennaltaehkäisy
prevention
human nature is ___ slow
pahamaineisen
notoriously
Slat is a confident, ___ man
kiihkeä
intense
aim for success but ___ failure
olettaa
assume