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Air pollution

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La contaminación atmosférica

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light pollution

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La contaminación lumínica

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Water pollution

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La contaminación del agua

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Noise pollution

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La contaminación acústica

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Acid rain

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La lluvia ácida

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Visual pollution

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La contaminación visual

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Animals and species in danger

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Los animales y especies en peligro de extinción

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Climate change

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El cambio climático

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Greenhouse effect

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El efecto invernadero

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Destruction of the environment and its ecosystems

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La destrucción del medio ambiente y los ecosistemas

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Land degradation

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Degradación ecológica

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Fertile soil

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Suelo fértil

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Vegetation

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Cubierta vegetal

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Behaviour

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El comportamiento

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Soil organisms

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Los organismos del suelo

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Química

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Chemical

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Wildlife

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La vida natural

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Afectos perniciosos

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Harmful effects

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Harmless

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Inocuas

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Azufre

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Sulphur

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Dumping tip

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Vertedero

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La emisión de flujo luminoso

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Luminous flux emission

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Living organisms

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Seres vivos

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Fuentes

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Sources

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Inappropriate or unfit or strange

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Impropio

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Se trata pues

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It is therefore

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Assist or boost

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Favorecer

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Repercutir

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Affect

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Residential heating

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Calefacciónes residenciales

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Rango espectrales

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Spectral ranges

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The planetary surface

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La superficie planeta

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Reasonable

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Razonable

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Complaints

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Quejas

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Suggest

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Proponer, implicar, insinuar

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To put up with

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Aguantar

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To break down/go wrong

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Averiarse

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Reemplazo

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Replacement

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Coger

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to take

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Precisely

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Precisamente

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Its like this/that

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Así es

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Rush hour

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Hora Punta

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Carriages

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Coches

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Train arround the city and suburbs

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El tren de cercanías

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To get comfortable/adjust

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Acomodarse

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Push chair

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El cochecito de bebé

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Luckily

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Menos mal que

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To change/transfer

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Trasbordar

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Traffic jam

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Atascos

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Ready to explode

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Nervíos a flor de piel

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Surrounded by

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Rodear de

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Section

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Un tramo

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Lane

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Un Carril

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Ring road

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La circunvalación

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Parking space

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Aparcamiento

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Heavy duty lorries

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Los camiónes de carga

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Goods

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Mercancía

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To deliver ( clue = e…)

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Entregar

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To deliver ( clue = R..)

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Repartir

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Support

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Apoyar

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At the end of the day

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En fin

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¡Que va!

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Nonsense!

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Tinned sardines

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Sardinas enlatadas

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Business

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Comercio

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Costly or difficult

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Costoso

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To taste or to try

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Probar

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Underground

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Subterráneo

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Co2

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El dióxido de carbono

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To save

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Ahorrar

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To follow

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Conseguir

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An average

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Un medio de

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Fuel

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Carburante

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landscape

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Paisaje

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waste

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los desechos

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fires

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los incendios

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incinerators

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las incineradoras

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motworway lane

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un carril de autopista

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Air conditioning

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el aire acondicionado

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driving

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La conducción

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movement

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El desplazamiento

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railway line

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La vía ferroviaria

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to tackle/address

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abordar

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to stop doing something

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Dejar de

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to travel

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recorrer

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cuanto más rápido mejor

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the faster the better

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no longer have the advantage of

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dejar de ofrecer las ventajas

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floods

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las inundaciones

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Refineries

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las refinerías

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storage of radioactive waste

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El almacenamiento de los deschos radioactivos

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discharge of domestic and industrial waste

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los vertidos de la basura doméstica y los residuos industriales

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vertido

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spill

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over fishing

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sobrepesca

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over farming

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sobrepastoreo

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over population

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la superpoblación

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hunting and the trade

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la caza y el comercio

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oil spillage

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vertidos de petróleo

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the hole in the ozone layer

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el agujero en la capa de ozono

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farmers

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los granjeros

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atmosphere

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atmósfera

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trapped/caught

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atrapar

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worsen

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empeorar

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indefinite

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indefinido

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escena

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scene

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argumento

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argument/reasons

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escena

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clip

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pollute

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polucionar

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worsen

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empeorar

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trap

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atrapar

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atmosphere

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atmósphera

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survey - S

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sondeo

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survey - e

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encuesta

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heard of

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oído de algo

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to be ready

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estar dispuesto

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to save

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salvar

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to make people panic

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sombrar el pánico

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citizens

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cuidadanos

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habits

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hábitos

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crime

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delito

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undeniable

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innegable

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catastrophes

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cátastrofes

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pace

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titmo

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surrounds us

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nos rodea

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electromagnetic

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electromagnético

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to disguise something

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emescar algo

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label

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etiqueta

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budget/estimate

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presupestrar

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to resist/counteract

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contrarrestar

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to set/fix/pay attention to

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fijarse

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extreme weather

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meterológicas extremas

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phenomenon/something extrodinary

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fenomeno

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terremotos

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earthquakes

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volcanic erruptions

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erupciones volcánicas

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storms

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tormentas

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we only have a limited period of time to solve the crisis

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sólo nos queda un período limitado de tiempo para solucionar la crisis

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to end

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acabar de

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to have

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disponer de

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to contain/hold

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albergar

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coast

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litoral

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members

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socio

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random

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indiscriminado

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overexploitation

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sobreexplotación

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agricultural

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agrario/a

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to agree

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convenir

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there was always warm and cold periods

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siempre hubo peíodos frios y calidos

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dry and wet

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secos y humedos

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tremendoous

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tremendo

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to be against

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oponerse

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mother nature

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madre naturaleza

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snowfall

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nevadas

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to chop down

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talar

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switzerland

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suecia

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highway

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carretera

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territory

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territorio

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votes

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votos

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together

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en conjunto

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a decline

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un declive

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importance

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trascendencia

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mega machine

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mega-máquina

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tired/exhausted

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agotado

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half

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mitad

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to be late or take

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tardar

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