Reading: Wildfire Roar across Southern Europe Flashcards

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In full swing

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At a stage when the level of activity is at its highest
Ex: the fire is in full swing across the Mediterian

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Rage

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To happen in a strong or violent way
Ex: in France, fires raged on Tuesday less than 10 miles from the resort city of Nice

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Assistance in doing something

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Help or support
Ex: The authorities asked NATO for assistance in dealing with fires

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Evacuation

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The act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe

Ex: severe wildfires had forced evacuations along the coast

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Back

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Support

Ex: firefighters had backed by planes spraying fire-retardant

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Flame retardant (fire retardant)

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That makes a fire burn more slowly
Ex: the chair had flame-retardant covers

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Contain

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Prevent sth harmful from spreading worse

  • to contain an epidemic

Ex: farms in the area have been closed off in an attempt to contain disease

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Blaze

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Fire
Ex: firefighters were trying to contain a blaze

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Die down

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To become reduced in strength
Ex: the situation improved after winds died down

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Taste of

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A short Experience of something
Ex: the Continent got a taste of what was to come last month.

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Largely

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Almost completely
Ex: the fires were also largely under control after a dozen houses burned along the coast

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Suburb

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An area on the edge of the large town where people work in the town often live
Ex: Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne

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Acres

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A unit for measuring area
Ex: he’s got 400 acres of land in Russia

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Tear

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To move quickly
Ex: a blaze tore through central city

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Leave … adj

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When a blaze tore through central city, leaving more than 60 people dead

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Tragedy

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A very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death
Ex: the whole affair ended in tragedy

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Devastation

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Damage and destruction
Ex: the storm left behind it a trait of devastation

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Firefighting

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The activity of stopping fires burning
Ex: the government asked NATO for 2 firefighting aircraft

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Intervention

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Action taken to improve or help a situation

  • intervention in something

Ex: calls for government intervention to save the steel industry

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Full member

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So who is part of an organization and has all the rights to participle in it
Ex: Montenegro became a full member of NATO just last month

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Alliance

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A group of countries, political parties who have to work together because of shared interests or aims

Ex: a military alliance

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Circulate

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To send goods or information to all the people in a group ( lưu hành)

Ex: the request was immediately circulated

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Touristy

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Attracting or designed to attract a lot of tourist

Ex: people were evacuated from residential as well as touristy parts of Rome

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Extingquish

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To make a fire stop burning
Ex: firefighters extinguished a wildfire

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Suspect

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To have an idea that something is probably true but without having definite proof

  • strongly suspect
  • reason to suspect
  • It is suspected that
  • suspected of the crime

Ex: the authorities arrested a man suspected of arson

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Arson

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The crime of delibrately setting fire to something
Ex: to carry out an arson attack

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Ravage

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To damage something badly
Ex: Fires have ravaged the national park for several days

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Pasture

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Grass suitable for cows to eat

  • put SO out to pasture

Ex: fields and pastures have burned in central and southern Italy in recent weeks

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Spare … from

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Save somebody from having through an unpleasant experience
Ex: her family was spared from the serious devastation.