Deck 1 Flashcards

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Humble

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Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes.

1 showing you do not think that you are as important as other people

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Forthright

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direct and honest in manner and speech

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Admittedly

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used, especially at the beginning of a sentence, when you are accepting that something is true

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Earmark

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usually passive] to decide that something will be used for a particular purpose, or to state that something will happen to somebody/something in the future (Verb)

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5
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Slaughterhouse

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a building where animals are killed for food

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Herd

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a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together a herd of cows/deer/elephants a beef/dairy herd

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Rancher

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a person who owns, manages or works on a ranch a cattle rancher

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Logging

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the work of cutting down trees for their wood Đốn gỗ

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Justifiable

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existing or done for a good reason, and therefore acceptable justifiable pride

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Play down

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play something down to try to make something seem less important than it is SYNONYM downplay OPPOSITE play up

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Indigenous

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belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else the indigenous peoples/languages of the area indigenous to… The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.

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Fuelled

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2 [uncountable] a thing that is said or done that makes something, especially an argument, continue or get worse The new information adds fuel to the debate over safety procedures. The revelations gave new fuel to angry opponents of the proposed law. His remarks simply added fuel to the fire/flames of her rage. 3 [transitive] fuel something to increase something; to make something stronger SYNONYM stoke to fuel speculation/rumours/fears Higher salaries helped to fuel inflation.

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13
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Logging

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the work of cutting down trees for their wood Đốn gỗ

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14
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Justifiable

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existing or done for a good reason, and therefore acceptable justifiable pride

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Play down

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play something down to try to make something seem less important than it is SYNONYM downplay OPPOSITE play up

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16
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Indigenous

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belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else the indigenous peoples/languages of the area indigenous to… The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.

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Fuelled

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2 [uncountable] a thing that is said or done that makes something, especially an argument, continue or get worse The new information adds fuel to the debate over safety procedures. The revelations gave new fuel to angry opponents of the proposed law. His remarks simply added fuel to the fire/flames of her rage. 3 [transitive] fuel something to increase something; to make something stronger SYNONYM stoke to fuel speculation/rumours/fears Higher salaries helped to fuel inflation.