Capítulo Dos Vocabulario Flashcards

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1
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El bosque

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Forest

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El cambio climático

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Climate Change

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Conservar

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To conserve/maintain

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4
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La contaminación

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Pollution

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La energía

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Energy (electirical, nuclear, solar, etc.)

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Generar

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To generate

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7
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La ley

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Law

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Montar

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To ride (an unpowered vehicle)

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El petróleo

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Oil

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El plástico

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Plastic

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11
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Reciclar

A

To recycle

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12
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La selva

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Jungle

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Agotar

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To exhaust

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Alcanzar

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To reach, to be enough

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Aumentar

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To increase

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Cale(ie)ntar

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To warm

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17
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Concienciar

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To make aware

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18
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Desechar

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To throw away, to discard

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19
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Destru(y)ir

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To destroy

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20
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Disminu(y)ir

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To diminish

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21
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Favorec(zc)er

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To favor

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22
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Frenar

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To curb, to stop, to reduce

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23
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Inve(ie)rtir

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To invest

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24
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Multar

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To fine

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25
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Perjudicar

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To harm

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Premiar

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To reward

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Presionar

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To pressure

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28
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Preve(ie)nir

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To prevent

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29
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Promo(ue)ver

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To promote

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30
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Proteg(j)er

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To protect

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31
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Reno(ue)var

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To renew

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32
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Rescatar

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To rescue

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33
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El agujero

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Hole

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34
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La basura

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Trash

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35
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El beneficio

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Benefit

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El bienestar

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Wellbeing

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La bombilla led

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LED lightbulb

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La calidad

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Quality

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La capa de ozono

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Ozone layer

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El carbón

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Coal

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El combustible

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Fuel

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El compostaje

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Compost

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El desafío

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Challenge

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La ventaja

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Advantage

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El efecto invernadero

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Greenhouse effect

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Las especies en peligro de extinción

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Endangered species

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La fuente

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Source

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El humo

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Smoke

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La leña

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Firewood

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La medida

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Measure

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El medioambiente

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Enviroment

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El recurso

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Resource

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La regla

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Rule

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La sequía

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Drought

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El vidrio

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Glass

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Agotable

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Exhaustible

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Eólico

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Wind (specifically in relation to wind power, wind erosion, etc.)

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Grave

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Serious

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Medioambiental

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Environmental

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Renovable

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Renewable

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Sostenible

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Sustainable

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A corto/medio/largo plazo

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In the —- term

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Sin embargo

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However/nevertheless

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El accesso

A

Access

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Adecuado

A

Appropriate

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Agregar

A

To add

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La conservación

A

Conservation

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La enfermedad

A

Illness

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Agravar

A

To aggravate

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Avanzar

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To advance (usually in relation to a group or concept instead of an individual)

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Comprometer

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To compromise, to commit

72
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Cumplir

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To fufill/satisfy

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Dañar

A

To damage

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Desarrollar

A

To develop

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Fomentar

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To promote, to further

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Mejorar

A

To improve

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Prede(i)cir

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To predict

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Reservar

A

To protect

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Proponer

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To propose (editor’s note: conjugates the same as poner)

80
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Satisfac(zc)er

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To satisfy

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El fondo

A

Background

82
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l patrimonio

A

Heritage

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La vivienda

A

Housing

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Beneficioso

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Beneficial

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En vías de desarrollo

A

Developing

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Factible

A

Feasible

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Nutritivo

A

Nutritious

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Saludable

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Healthy

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Seguro

A

Safe/secure