Carbon prices Breathing difficulties Flashcards

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to limit the size, amount or range of something

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to restrict

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2
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something that encourages you to do something

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the incentive (Anreiz)

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3
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feeling ill/sick or unhappy

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wretched (ˈretʃɪd)

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4
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to allow somebody to do something or to allow something to happen

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to permit

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5
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continuing for a long period of time without interruption, or repeated frequently, especially in a way that is annoying and cannot be stopped

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persistent (anhaltend)

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6
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an amount that is extra or more than you need

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the surplus (ˈsɜːrpləs )

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7
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an act of asking for something that you want very much, in an emotional way

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pleading (dringend bitten)

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to prevent something from falling by putting something under it to support it

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to prop something up (abstützen)

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9
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a chemical element. Carbon is found in all living things, existing in a pure state as diamond

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carbon (Kohle)

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10
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a way of dealing with a situation that does not really solve the problems but is intended to appear to do so

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a fudge

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to refuse to accept something and try to stop it from happening

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to resist

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12
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enjoying getting involved in situations that do not concern them

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meddlesome (aufdringlich)

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13
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the way that things have always been done

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precedent

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14
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to reduce something by a large amount so that there is not enough left

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to deplete

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15
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seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case

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ostensible (angeblich)

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