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Tourism/History/Country Flashcards

1
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Provides employment locally

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Boosts local economy through valuable foreign exchange

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Touristic attraction

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provides entertainment for all ages/ reflect the local culture and history/ become a long-term investment for the whole country

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Amenities

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Useful amenities within their hotel complex

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Ecotourism

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Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
In order to conserve biodiversity, ecotourism is advocated to link with agriculture in rural areas.

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Recreational activity

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Recreational fishing is allowed on the river.
Scuba diving is a popular recreational activity.
فعالیت تفریحی

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Peak season

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High season

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Package holiday

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Guided tours

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Advanture tourism

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like mountaineering, hiking and kayaking

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Stunning landscape

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sightseeing

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10
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Holiday brochures

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Travel agency

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Superb system of communication

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By air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other at a moderate cost

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12
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State of affair

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A situation

Many tourist organizations are responsible for this state of affair that tourists can not convers with locals

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13
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The modern tourist

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leads a cosseted and sheltered life

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Gaze

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a long steady look

Modern tourists gaze at the local ppl from distance

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Conducted tours

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guided tours

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To wander off

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go around

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17
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Strict schedule

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well planned

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Hideous

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Extremely ugly

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19
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Stereotypes

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We dont see the pp of other nations as they are but as we have been brought up to believe they are

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Preconceptions

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You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression

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National stereotypes

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are absurd and harmful

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Wild generalization

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stir up(grow)racial hatred and blind us to basic facts

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To embark

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To get on airplain

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To disembark

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To get off

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25
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Package tours

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Vs. independent traveller/ backpacker

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Mass tourism

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Negative affect on environment

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Trip

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Short trip

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Journey

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Travel w car

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Voyage

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Long journey

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Excursion

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Short trip by a group of ppl / To go on excursion

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Short-haul flight

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Long-haul flight

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32
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Immigration

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Is encouraged in canada because of the shortage of workers in the country

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33
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High-powered job

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High salary

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34
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Expatriates/ mohaajer

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Repatriates/ deported

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35
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Persona non grata

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a person who is not wanted or welcome in a particular country, because they are unacceptable to its government:
He was declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country within 48 hours.

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36
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Full swing

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At a stage when an activity is at its high

Mass tourism is in full swing

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37
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Lush Amazon rain forest

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spectacular forest

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38
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Internally displaces

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ppl who are MOVED to one part of their country to another by their uncaring government

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39
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Economic migrants

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FORCED to find a job and seek living wherever they can

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40
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Palm-fringed beach

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With palm trees along the beach

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41
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Hard-up student

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students in financial difficulties

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42
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Sophisticated

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comfort-loving

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43
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Brackish coffee

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ghahve monde

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44
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Corned beef

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preserved

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45
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Suffocate

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Deprive of oxygen

46
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Hump gargantuan weights on your back

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to carry huge bags

47
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Pursuit

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Camping has become the great pursuit of motorists

48
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Discomfort associated with it

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has been miraculously whisked away

49
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Outlay

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expense

a modest-outlay traveler

50
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Insulated tent

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waterproof

51
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Not-so-modest

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a bit luxury

52
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Resembles

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looks like

53
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Elaborate

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containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts:
They’re making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding.
He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn’t quite believe him.

54
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Bungalow

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small house

Cottage

55
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Driving round and round

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to wander around

56
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Hot and cold running water

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modern camping sites are well equipped

57
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Attractive proposition

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Attractive offer

Low-cost holidays make camping an attractive proposition

58
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Tremendous mobility

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تحرک فوقالعاده

59
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Always close to nature

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besides some clear stream with mountains in the background

60
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Develop hearty appetite

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sincere appetite

61
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Strained world of hotels

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full of stress

62
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Essence of true recreation

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real enjoyment

63
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Cosmopolitan

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melting pot of all nationality

64
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A modern metropolis

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Requires a good integrated transport system

65
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Traffic congestion

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rush hour

66
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Inner-city areas

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population explosion

67
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Cultural event

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entertainment complexes

68
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Pressure of modern city life

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Stress-related illnesses

69
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Cost of living

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Prices are exorbitant

70
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Anonymity

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Many people appreciate the anonymity of living in large cities

71
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Central business district

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peak periods

72
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Urban sprawl

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the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.

73
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Productive land

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Arable land

74
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Depopulation

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the action of causing a country or area to have fewer people living in it:
rural depopulation/depopulation of the rural areas
Closure of rural schools will accelerate depopulation.

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Swift and efficient bus service

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remarkable transport system/ excellent roads

76
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Whisk

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to take away or remove something or someone quickly:

A limo whisked us off to dinner.

77
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Predictable regularity of rush-hour

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ghabele pish bini

78
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Procession

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a line of people, vehicles, or objects moving forward in an organized manner, esp. as part of a ceremony:
a funeral procession

79
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Staggering proportion

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The queues for buses reach staggering proportion

80
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Standstill

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a condition in which all movement or activity has stopped:
Bad weather brought construction to a standstill.
The truck came to a standstill in the muddy field.
The traffic on the road has virtually come to a standstill

81
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utmost

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greatest or most or farthest:

Speed was of the utmost importance.

82
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Utter chaos

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The smallest unforeseen event can bring about conditions of utter chaos

83
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Power cut

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an interruption in the supply of electricity:

Storms caused power cuts in hundreds of homes last night.

84
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Derailment

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the fact of a train coming off the railway tracks:
There’s been a derailment just outside the city, and many people are feared dead.
The number of train derailments has risen.

85
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precarious

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پر مخاطره

I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.

86
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Obliged

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to be forced to do something or feel that you must do something:
Doctors are legally obliged to take certain precautions.
City-dwellers are obliged by their environment

87
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To adopt a wholly unnatural way of life

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Urban life

88
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To adopt a wholly unnatural way of life

To lose touch with the land and rhythm of natures

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Urban life

89
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Traffic fumes

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Pollute the atmosphere

90
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Unceasingly

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in a way that is continuing and unlikely to stop:
He worked unceasingly for international childrens’ charities.
The flow of traffic goes on unceasingly and the noise never stops

91
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Exorbitant rent

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high

92
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Disdain

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the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect:
He regards the political process with disdain.

93
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Burgle

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to enter a building illegally and steal things:

When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.

94
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White water rafting

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Exciting acts

95
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Volatile country

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Countries in which there is no stability and there is a possibility of war
Iran is a volatile country thats why you are not able to have your life planned.

96
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Ravage

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ویران کردن
to cause great damage to something or someone:
Hurricane Mitch ravaged the tiny Central American country.

97
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Lowest living standards

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Congo is amongst the lowest living standards in the world

98
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Amazing scenery

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Despite Congo’s troubled history is has amazing scenery and rich mineral resources

99
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Flocking

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Gather

Ppl are apparently flocking to see the volcano.

100
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Erupting volcano

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آتشفشان فوران

101
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To pose a threat to tourists

A

The volcano doesn’t pose a threat to tourists

102
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Ranger

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a person whose job is to protect a forest or natural park:

a forest ranger

103
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Lawless country

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no rule

104
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Hair-raising

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s.th so scarry your hair stands up

105
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A great boon

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very helpful

106
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Deceptive

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make you believe sth that is not true

107
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A bargain

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A great offer

108
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Hyper vigilant

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Extremely watchful of what is going on around you

109
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Insular

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interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas or people

110
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Claustrophobic

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Not having enough space to feel comfortable

111
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Quotient

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the degree, rate, or amount of something:
Intelligence Quotient (zaribe hooshi)
Success Quotient( zaribe movafaghiat)
112
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To hustle in big cities

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To work aggressively to make money

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