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Environmental Flashcards

1
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c’elebre

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adj. eminent

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interessado/ preocupado

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adj. concerned

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sem precedente/ nunca visto

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adj. unprecedented

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tensao

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n. strain

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5
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taxing

…problems that are more taxing

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desgastante

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eminent scientists

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c’elebres cientistas

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7
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greenhouse effect

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efeito estufa

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ameacar/ por em perigo

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v. threaten /tr’etam/

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fumaca/ gas

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n. fume

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indiscutivelmente

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arguably

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adj.

of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time

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adj. chronic

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cadeia/ corrente

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n. chain

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13
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Earth’s crises is _________.

without the possibility of stopping or prevention/ inevitable.

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adj. inexorable /’inex sorabou/

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14
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pollution is ________

universal/ generalizada

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adj. pervasive /per’ve:isive/

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15
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Our crops are also grown on land that is far from _____.

unspoiled
ser pura

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adj. pristine /pris’ti:ne/

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seca

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n. drought / ‘dr’a:ut/

17
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colheita

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crops / ‘cr’ops/

18
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antonym of pristine

estragado/ deteriorado

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adj. spoiled

19
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Through acid rain and greenhouse gases these same ______ _____ can have a devastating impact on our climate.

fumacas de escapamento de carro

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exhaust fumes

20
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___________ has been shown to cause soil _________.

Desmatamento e erosao

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Deforestation & erosion

21
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Yes it is our quest for _____ that generates so much of the refuse.

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wealth / u’e:u

22
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synonymous of search

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n. quest

23
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synonymous of waste

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n. refuse / ‘refiu:s/

24
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We are _____ our future as a species.

putting in risk / endangering

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threatening

25
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inviável

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infeasible

26
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synonyms of renowned / distinguished

successful in a positive way

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eminent

27
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irrealizável

It is an _____ goal.

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unattainable

28
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persistent

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chronic

29
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omnipresent
negative way
ubiquitous - positive or negative way

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pervasive

30
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unavoidably / inevitably

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inexorably

31
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take their toll

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damage / take their price

32
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waste gases from machines

negative meaning

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fumes

33
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crucial

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vital

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challenging

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taxing

35
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pedagio

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toll

36
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colheita

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crops

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