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1
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global warming

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calentamiento global

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fossil fuels

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los combustibles fósiles

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sustainable consumption

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el consumo sostenible

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melting of polar ice caps

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el derretimiento de la masa polar

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solar energy

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la energía solar

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greenhouse effect

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el efecto invernadero

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industrialization

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la industrialización

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preservation of nature

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la preservación de la naturaleza

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flood

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la inundación, la riada, el diluvio

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to flood

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inundar

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to melt

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derretir(se)

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recycling

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el reciclaje/ reciclado(a)

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natural resources

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los recursos naturales

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drought

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la sequía

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to dry

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secar

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public transportation

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el transporte público

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accelerated

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acelerado

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to accelerate

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acelerar

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rate

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la tasa

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aluminum

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el aluminio

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atmosphere

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la atmósfera

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atmospheric

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atmosférico(a)

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carbon

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el carbon

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carbon dioxide

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el dióxido de carbono

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to recycle

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reciclar

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nuclear plants

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el centro nuclear/ la central nuclear

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insecticide

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la insecticida

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pesticide

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la pesticida

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plastic

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el plástico

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radioactive

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radioactivo(a)

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to threaten

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amenazar

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threat

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la amenaza

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threatened

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amenazado

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to hunt

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cazar

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hunted

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cazado

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hunting

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la caza

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to conserve

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conservar

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conservation

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la conservación

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to pollute

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contaminar

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pollution

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la contaminación

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to deforest

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deforestar

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deforestation

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la deforestación

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to disappear

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desaparecer

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disappearance

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la desaparición

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to throw away (waste)

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desechar, botar, tirar, echar

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waste (unwanted object/rubbish)

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el desecho/ el desperdicio

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to disintegrate/break up

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desintegrarse

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disintegration

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la desintegración

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to waste (time/money), to squander

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desperdiciar

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to say goodbye/to fire

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despedir

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51
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to destroy

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destruir, arruinar, asolar

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to devastate

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asolar

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to emit

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emitir

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emission

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la emisión

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to build/manufacture/produce

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fabricar

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to chop (down trees)

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talar

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felling (of trees)

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la tala

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to build up/increase

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acrecentar

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accelerated rate

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el ritmo acelerado

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unchecked

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sin restricción, no comprobado, desfrenado

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to check/prove/verify

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comprobar

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to unbridle (not control/contrain)

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desfrenar

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to promote, encourage, boost

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fomentar

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to bolster

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reforzar

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to increase

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aumentar

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to be harmful/detrimental to

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perjudiciar

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to prejudice/influence

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predisponer

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to discredit

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prejudiciar

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damaging, harmful

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perjudicial, dañino, nocivo, pernicioso

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to live together/coexist

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convivir

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living things/beings

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seres vivos

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human beings

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seres humanos

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mutually, reciprocally

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mutuamente

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to reciprocate

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corresponder

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beneficial

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beneficioso(a)

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environment

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el entorno

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clouds

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las nubes

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land/earth

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la tierra

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planet

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el planeta

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planet Earth

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el planeta Tierra

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natural disaster

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la catástrofe

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field

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el campo

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jungle

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la selva

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forest

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el bosque

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to sink

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hundirse

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to remedy

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remediar

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to make noise

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hacer ruido

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noise

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el ruido

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to protect

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proteger

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to preserve

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preservar

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preservation

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la preservación

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protection

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la protección

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to purify

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purificar

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purification

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la purificación

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to endanger

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poner en peligro

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endangered

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en peligro de extinción

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species

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la especie

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replace

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reemplazar

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replacement

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reemplazo(a)

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to repair/fix

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reparar

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repair

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reparación

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to recover

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recuperar, recobrar

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recovery

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la recuperación

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to rescue/save from danger

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rescatar

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rescue

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el rescate

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explorer

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exploradora

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to explore

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explorar

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to overpopulate

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sobrepoblar

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overpopulation

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sobrepoblación

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renewable sources of energy

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las fuentes renovables de energía

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to spill

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derramar

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renewable

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renovable

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spill

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el derrame

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smoke/fume

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el humo

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irritating fumes

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los humos irritantes

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acid rain

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la lluvia ácida

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to bear/put up with

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aguantar

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to throw (propel/release)

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echar, tirar

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to turn off

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apagar

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to turn on

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prender, encender

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to restrict

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restringir, prohibir

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restricted

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restringido, prohibido

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environmental

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ambiental/medioambiental

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disposable

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desechable

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available

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disponible

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unattainable

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inalcanzable

127
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to rot

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pudrir

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steep

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empinado(a), inclinado(a), abrupto(a)

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land, earthly

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terreno

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crampon

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el crampón (una pieza de metal que sirve para escalar o caminar sobre la nieve)

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piece/constituent

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la pieza

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regression

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el retroceso, el revés (back), la regresión

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MSNM

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acrónimo para metros sobre el nivel del mar

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workshop

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taller

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(coral) reef

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el arrecife

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well-being

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el bienestar

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ozone layer

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la capa de ozono

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layer

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la capa

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ash

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la ceniza

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oil spill

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la derrame de petróleo

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oil

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el petróleo

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car exhaust

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el escape de auto

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cardboard

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el cartón

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smog

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el smog

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future

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porvenir

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drinkable

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potable

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fearsome, fearful, scary

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temible

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to slip

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resbalar (lose balance), deslizar

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to freeze

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congelar

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freezer

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congelado

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crack

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la grieta

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to stand out

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descollar

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bill

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la cuenta

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story

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el cuento

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torrent, rush, overflow, run-off

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la escorrentía, el torrente, la pérdida de líquido

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overflowing

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desbordamiento

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to overflow/exceed

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desbordar, rebasar, salirse de los bordes

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hole, hollow

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el hueco

159
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landslide

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un deslave

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fall

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la caída

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to throw/fling/emit

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arrojar, echar, vaciar (to empty)

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to provide/supply

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abastecer, suministrar, proveer

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polar bears

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los osos polares

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to climb

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subir, trepar

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gradually

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paulatinamente

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to dazzle

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deslumbrar

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dazzling, blinding

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deslumbrante

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to flow/lead into

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desembocar (ej: El río de la Plata desemboca en el océano Atlántico)

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to prevent

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prevenir, impedir

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to deny

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negarse

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witness

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testigo

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to testify to/ bear witness to

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testimoniar

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surface

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la superficie

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to stick (or to hit)

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pegar

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to confirm

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constatardes

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to heat

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calentar

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warming/warm up

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calentamiento

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warm

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caliente

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power

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el poder

180
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powerful

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poderoso

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seen, viewed (adj)

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visto

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view, sight

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la vista

183
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to be in danger

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peligrar

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dangerous

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peligroso

185
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danger

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peligro

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to cover

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cubrir

187
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cover

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la cubierta

188
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covered

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cubierto(a)

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increased

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aumentado

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shortage/dearth

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la escasez, la carencia (scarcity)

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Sustainable

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Sustentable, sostenible

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To sustain

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Sostener, sustentar

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