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envisage

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/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/
formal
to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good
antever
- Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.
- It’s envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.
- When do you envisage finishing the project?
- It’s hard to envisage how it might happen.

to form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen
imaginar
He wasn’t what I’d expected - I’d envisaged someone much taller

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heil

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/heɪl/
small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain

formal
to call someone in order to attract their attention:
- Shall we hail a taxi?
- Television-Phone was hailed ´the telephone of tomorrow

A hail of things is a lot of them directed toward someone:
- After his speech he faced a hail of questions from reporters.

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unveiled by San Diego’s Kay Lab.

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/ʌnˈveɪl/
to remove a covering like a curtain from a new structure at a formal ceremony in order to show the opening or finishing of a new building or work of art
(inaugurar)
- The memorial to those who had died in the war was unveiled by the Queen
- shiled´s museum´s enveil ias gonna happen tonight

If you unveil something new, you show it or make it known for the first time.
(revelar)
- The company recently unveiled a test version of its new search engine.
- After the marriage ceremony, the bride unveils (her face).

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been many mishaps

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/ˈmɪs.hæp/
bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident:

  • The parade was very well organized and passed without mishap.
  • A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up.
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approximately

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/əˈprɑːk.sə.mət.li/check how to pronounce thissssss

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soil. microplastics are in our soil than in our oceans.

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/sɔɪl/
solo
- light/heavy/fertile soil
- sandy or chalky soils

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overflow

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transbordar

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dam

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/dæm/
barragem

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