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Hacer estragos To destroy, to damage intensely,. O bien nombre: estragos

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Ravage, to ravage

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Clamor, clamar por algo.

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Clamour

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Afluente (río)

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Tributary

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Resurgir, resurgencia

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Resurge, resurgence

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Indígena

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Indigenous

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Involucrado, enredado, envuelto

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Enmeshed

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To bring something to light (pv). Lis periodistas sacaron a la luz el hecho de que…

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To dredge up. The journalusts dredge up the fact that…

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Concesiones

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Concessions

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Sobreconsumo

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Over-consuption

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Colonización

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Colonisation

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El agotamiento, la merma de recursos de agua

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Depletion of water resources

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Causar una severa disrupción al ecosustema

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To cause severe disruption TO the ecosystem

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Vivir en aislsmiento del resto del mundo

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Live in isolation from the rest of the world

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Polinización

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Pollination

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Cosecha

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Crop

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Nacido en cautividad

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Born in captivity

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Programas de rehabilitación

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Rehabilitation programmes

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Animales devueltos a la vida salvaje

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ÑAnimals released back into the wild

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Polinización de las cosechas por los insectos

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Pollination of the crops by insects

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Supervivencia, requisitos para vivir

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Livelyhood

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Legislación adecuada

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Suitable legislation

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Devastación de los bosques

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Devastation of the forests

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Croar (frog/toad)

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Croak

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Gruñir (besr, lion)

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Growl

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Chillido, gritito (bats, birds)

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Screech

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Piar, alegremente

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Chirp

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Ulular. Sound Owl

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To hoot

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Graznar

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Squawk

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Ladrar

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Bark

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Mugir. En humanos, gritar, bramar

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To bellow

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Bee sound, zumbido, murmurar

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Buzz

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Parloteo. Animals, quick sounds. Monkeys or birds

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Chatter

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Aullar

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To howl

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Insects (flies etc) also tararear

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To hum

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Rugido (largo, boca abierta etc)

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roar

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Chillidito, hamster, ratón…

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To squeak

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37
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No importar una M

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Don’t give a hoot

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Estar contento

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To be chirpy

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Inagotable fuente de energía

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Inexhaustible source of energy

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El aprovechamiento de las mareas oceánicas

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The harnessing of the oceanic tides

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Tomar medidas enérgicas contra el fraude

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To crack down on fraud

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Repartir (pv)

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Hand out

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Consumir, Agotar (pv)

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Use up

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Aniquilar, hacer desaparecer (pv)

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Wipe out

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Tropezarse con, enfrentarse con (pv)

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Come up against

46
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To become less common and finally stop existing (pv)

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Die out

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Equivale a…

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Amounts to

48
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Dar un paso atrás y Reconsiderar (pv)

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To step out

49
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Integración en la comunidad

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Integration into the community

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Basura tirada al mar

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Waste dumped to the sea

51
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Combustibles fósiles. Son usados como fuente de energía.
Hoy, el 80 % de energía utilizada por lis países desarrollados industrialmente es esta, pero los recursos son limitados.

Tipos.
Carbón.
Gas natural.
Petroleo

Diferencia coal- carbon

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Problem
Solution

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Fossil fuels. Are used as a source of energy.
Coal, natural gas, petroleum.

But adds large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide behaves as a greenhouse gas and therefore contributes to global warming.
How to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels?
Renewable energy:
Solar (panels roof)
Wind
Tidal
Geothermal

52
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Huella de carbono. La cantidad de dioxido de carbono liberado en la atmósfera como resultado de las actividades de un individuo, organización etc.

Cómo reducir nuestra huella de carbono?
Reducirndo las actividades que evitan las emisiones de carbono.
- 4 RS.
1.Refuse. (Buy things, polluting materials)
2.Reduce. What you buy, only what you need
3.Reuse. What you have, repair…
4.Recycle. The materials you can’t avoid
-Transporte público.
-Eat seasonally, locally and more plants.
Animal products require more water and resources.

Carbon footprint. The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization etc

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Carbon footprint. The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization etc

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Vertedero

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Landfill site

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Pancarta, cartel

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Banner, placard

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Pesticidas químicos

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Chemical fertilisers

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Arado

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Plough

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Restringir

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To curtail

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Delicado, delicadamente

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Dainty, daintily

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Maravillado

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Wonderingly

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Con los ojos abiertos

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Wide-eyed

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Abundante, lujoso

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Lavish

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Melancólicamente

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Wistfully

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Revolcarse en el barro

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To wallow in the mud

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Sacudir

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To twitch

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Pavonearse

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Strut (someone’s) stuff

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Pantano

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Swamp

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Esconderse, generalmente con malas intenciones

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Skulk

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Sencillo de entender. Honrado.

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straightforward

69
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Dejar algo rapidamente

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To dump

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Something that stops peopke from doing something

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deterrent

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Problemas iniciales

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Teething problems

72
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Climb using your body (pv)

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Scramble over

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To worry

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To fret

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to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable:

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Tweak

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doing things in a secret and unfair way (adj)

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Sneaky

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Wander around con libertad

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Roam freely

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Establo

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Barn

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To reduce

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To curb

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Leñador

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Logger

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Poner al corriente de/al día

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Bring someone up-to-date

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Make someone comfortable

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Put someone at ease

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Por capricho

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On a whim

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Capturar la atención de

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Capture the attention

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Prestar atención, interesarse

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Take interest

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Mostrar signos de

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Show signs of

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Poner importancia en

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Place importance on

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Ser llevado a su fin (terminar)

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Be brought to an end

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Comprar a granel

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To buy in bulk

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Poner lis planes en accion

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Put the plans into action

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Con toda probabilidad

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In all likelihood

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De casualidad

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By chance

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En memoria viva

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In living memory

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En ocasiones

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On occasion

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Sin respiración

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Out of breathe

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Dejar algo por el camino

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Leave something IN someones wake

96
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A un grado sin precedentes

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To an unprecedented degree

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