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The energy crisis Flashcards

1
Q

a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.

A

 Crisis

The country now faces an economic crisis.

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2
Q

Make up
Balance

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Offset

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3
Q

خنثی کردن
جبران کردن

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Offset

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4
Q

leaking
انتشار مایع یا گاز

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Emission

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5
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crowd (something) untidily

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Clutter

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6
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مرتب کردن

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Sort out

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7
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In a way, that is unnecessary because it is avoidable

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Needlessly

“the war was needlessly prolonged”

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8
Q

راه بهره وری انرژی

A

Energy efficient way

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9
Q

Cook or warm in microwave

A

Zap

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10
Q

همکاری و کمک

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Contribution

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11
Q

خشک کن

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Tumble dryer

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12
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رفت و برگشت

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Round-trip

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13
Q

produce gas or radiation

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Emit

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14
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آسیب به محیط زیست

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Damaging to the environment

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15
Q

باور رایج

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A common myth

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16
Q

turn on

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Flicking the lights

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17
Q

Be heavier than

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Outweigh

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18
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اکثریت قریب به اتفاق

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The vast majority of the

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19
Q

0.88

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Nought point eight eight

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20
Q

Gas is produced by chemicals as patrol

دود

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Fumes

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21
Q

Balance

A

Counter

22
Q

ماندن

A

To last

23
Q

شواهد و مدارک نشان می‌دهد

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Evidence indicates that

24
Q

Size
Extent

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Magnitude

25
Q

Urgent
Push
A problem requiring quick or immediate action or attention

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Pressing

26
Q

Present or constitute a problem

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Pose hazard

27
Q

Extremely

A

 considerably

28
Q

The full amount of a product

A

 Yield (of oil )

29
Q

Discharge

Empty

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Deplete

30
Q

Serious
Strong
Radical and extreme

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Drastic

31
Q

Protect
Preserve

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Conserve

32
Q

Toxic

A

Poisonous

33
Q

Highly distractive or damaging

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Devasting

34
Q

Ordinary
Not unusual

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commonplace 

35
Q

Dates back

A

Trace back

I can trace my ancestry back to the Victorian era.

36
Q

Willingly

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Readily

“he readily admits that the new car surpasses its predecessors”

37
Q

costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay
synonym expensive.

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prove too costly

Buying new furniture may prove too costly.

38
Q

as time goes by.

دوره زمانی

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The course of time

“the property will deteriorate over the course of time”

39
Q

یکبار مصرف

an article designed to be thrown away after use.

A

Disposable

“don’t buy disposables, such as razors, cups, and plates”

40
Q

از نظر انرژی

A

In terms of energy

41
Q

قدمت دارد

to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned

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Dates back to

Our friendship dates back to the late 70s.

42
Q

risk
A rescue journey or undertaking

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Venture

“pioneering ventures into little-known waters”

43
Q

an obstacle or difficulty

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Hurdle

“there are many hurdles to overcome”

44
Q

something that has developed or been produced from something else

مشتق

A

Derivative

Heroin is a derivative of morphine.

45
Q

Think about something carefully

Consider

A

Ponder

“I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion”

46
Q

Found or distributed over a large area of number of people

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Widespread

“there was widespread support for the war”

47
Q

the action or fact of choosing to take up, follow, or use something.

قبول کردن
دنبال روی کردن

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Adoption

“the widespread adoption of agricultural technology”

48
Q

publicly recommend or support.

مدافع چیزی بودن

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Advocate

“they advocated an ethical foreign policy”

49
Q

Estimate

Evaluation

an act of assessing something or someone.

ارزیابی

A

Appraisal

“the report has been subject to appraisal”

50
Q

(آتانول ) قند محور

A

Sugar-Drive (ethanol)

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