Course 1 Nature is Everywhere 1 Flashcards
the kind of attitudes that person who wants something to be totally correct or unchanged, especially something they know a lot about have.
purist (adjective)
maintain (something) in its original or existing state.
To preserve
a person who is fully grown or developed.
adult
To repair, to solve
To fix smthg for sb
A solution to a problem
A fix
To decide, to choose
To fix a time, prices
plantation, agriculture
Grow crops
Wood that is used for building houses and making furniture. You can also refer to trees that are grown for this purpose as timber
Timber
To put cattle (= bovins), etc out to graze in a pasture
Pasture animals
to increase gradually until there is a large amount
To add up
find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.
To weigh
mammifère
Mammal
Particule de plastique
Plastic particle
the branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.
Chemistry
engrais artificiel
Artificial fertilizer
to put different groups together and think about them or deal with them in the same way
to lump together -> to be lumped together
An expert who studies the science which deals with the physical structure and substance of the earth, their history, and the processes which act on them
Geologist
époque
epoch
widespread
pervasive (ex: ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society)
Magnitude
Magnitude
séparé de
Apart from
change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.
to alter
To be on conflict with sb on smthg, to not share the same idea with sb
To disagree with
develop gradually
To evolve (NOT EVOLUTE = a curve which is the locus of the centres of curvature of another curve (its involute))
microbe
m[ai]crobe
not handled, used, or tasted / not affected, changed or damaged in any way
Untouched by
to prosper, to do well, to flourish
to thrive
XXX is the world’s largest coral reef system
composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over
2300 km over an area of approximately 344400 km2. (wikipedia)
The Great Barrier Reef
to cause something to fail or be spoiled
to screw up (ex: You can’t open the window because it screws up the air
conditioning./ Get out. Haven’t you screwed things up enough already?)
interdire
to ban
