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English Flashcards

1
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dubbelzinnig

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unequivocal

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onjuist, onnauwkeurig

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to be inaccurate

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bedrog

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a hoax

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bedriegen

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to hoax

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koolstofuitstoot

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carbon emission

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uitstoten

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to emit

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in de steek laten

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to abandon

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onweerlegbaar

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to be irrefutable

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gebrekkerig

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flawed

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een gebrek

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a flaw

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een voorspelling

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a forecast

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onthullen

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to reveal

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schatting

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an estimate

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schatten

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to estimate

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misrekening

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a miscalulation

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koraalrif

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a reef

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prachtig

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to be stunning

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adembenemend

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to be breathtaking

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jaarlijks

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annual(ly)

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bijspringen, uit de nood helpen

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to help out with something

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vernieling

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destruction

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vernielen

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to destruct

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minimaliseren

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to minimise

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behouden

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to preserve

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prachtig

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magnificent

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zwoegen

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to struggle

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herstellen

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to recover

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verbeteren

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to improve

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een probleem aanpakken

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to adress a problem

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toegang

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acces

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toegangelijk

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accessible

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een soort (van bv. een dier)

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a species

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uitgeroeid zijn

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to become extinct

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34
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beperken

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to reduce

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blijkbaar

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apparently

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het is ongewoon

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to be uncommon

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bedreigd

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endangered

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in gevaar brengen

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to endanger

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overtuigen

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to persuade

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aanpassen

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to adapt

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41
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verward raken in iets

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to be tangled in

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een nier

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a kidney

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gewurgd worden

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to be strangled

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hangen

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to hang

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ontbinden

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to decompose

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vee

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livestock

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dwingend

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to be compelling

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grof / vies

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to be gross

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49
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een smaak

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a flavour

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50
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a period of 10 yrs

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a decade

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51
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to make possible

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to enable

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52
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beschikbaarheid

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availability

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beschikbaar zijn

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to be available

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54
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verdamping

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evaporation

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55
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vochtigheid

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humidity

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vochtig zijn

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to be humid

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57
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verdampen

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to evaporate

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bevochtigen

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to humidify

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bijdragen

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to contribute

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bijdraging

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a contribution

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de bijdrager

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a contributor

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zuur

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acid

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zuurtegraad

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acidity

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smelten

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to melt

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gletsjer

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a glacier

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zich ophopen

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to accumulate

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verminderen

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to decrease

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afnemen

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to diminish

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bedreigen

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to threaten

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volhouden, doorzetten

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to persist

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to feel good, alright

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to be right as rain

72
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to make more environmentally friendly decisions

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to go green

73
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to keep something i.e money for a time when needed

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to save it for a rainy day

74
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there is something good in every bad situation

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every cloud has a silver lining

75
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someone who is your friend only when you’re in a good situation and who doesn’t support you in difficult times

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to have a fair weather friend

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to be a small amount, especially when compared to a much larger one

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to be a drop in the ocean

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to refuse an offer in a polite way

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to take a rain check

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ebola (deadly disease caused by a virus)

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ebola

79
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het KMI

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meteorological department

80
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cholera (infectious disease that causes watery diarrhoea)

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cholera

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doorweekt zijn

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to be soaked

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infectie

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an infection

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orkaan

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a hurricane

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slachtoffer

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a casualty

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overstroming

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a flood

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woestijn

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a desert

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lawine

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an avalanche

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briesje

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a breeze

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tyfoon

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a typhoon

90
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vulkaanuitbarsting

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volcanic eruption

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vulkaan

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a volcano

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onweer

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a thunderstorm

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hagelbui

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a hailstorm

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een trilling

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a tremor

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een slachtoffer (still alive)

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a victim

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naschok

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aftershock

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stortvloed

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a deluge

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zeebeving

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a seaquake

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stortvloed

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a torrent

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schaal van richter

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Richter scale

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hoogtij

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high tide

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nasleep

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aftermath

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instorten

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to collapse

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sterfgeval

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fatality

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dodental

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death toll

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totaal verwoesten

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to devastate

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verwoesting

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devastation

108
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stortbui

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downpour

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droogleggen

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to drain

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vernietigen

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to ruin

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dijk

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embankment

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beving

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seismic disturbance

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aardverschuiving

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landslide

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regenseizoen

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monsoon

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modderstorm

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mudslide

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uitbraak

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outbreak

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brokstukken

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debris

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besmetting

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infestation

119
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besmet zijn door

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infested by

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rijp

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white frost

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rubberboot

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rubber dinghy

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verwonde

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wounded

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vlammenzee

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blaze / inferno

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hongersnood

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famine

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evacuatie

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evacuation

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hittegolf

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heatwave

127
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tsunami

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tsunami

128
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droogte

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drought

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sneeuwstorm

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blizzard

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harde wind

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gale

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tornado

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tornado

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aarbeving

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earthquake

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overstroming (fancy word)

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inundiation

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epicentrum ( van de aarbeving )

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epicenter

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epidemie

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epidemic

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hittegolf

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heat spell

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bosbrand

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forest fire

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hongersnood

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starvation

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verhongeren

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to starve

140
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besmetting, vervuiling

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contamination

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besmetten

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to contaminate

142
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periode van grote droogte

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dry spell

143
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ijzel (op het wegdek)

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black ice

junior yr (6 decks)

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