Unit 4 Flashcards

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to try to deal with a problem, etc:

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Adress (issues / a problem)

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To help sb/sth

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Aid (poor people/developing countries)

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3
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to think that sb/sth is good or right.

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Believe in sth

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4
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to be a member of a group or an organization:

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Belong to sth

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5
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to take part in a planned series of activities in order to make sth happen or to prevent sth:

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Campaign

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a person who takes part in a planned series of activities in order to make sth happen or to prevent sth:

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Campaigner

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7
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To be worried about or interested in sth

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Care (about sb/sth)

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8
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A person who is employed by a charity
(= an organization that collects money to help people who are poor, sick, etc. or to do work that is useful to society):

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Charity worker

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9
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changes in the Earth’s weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide:

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Climate change

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10
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to live or be together at the same time or in the same place as sb/sth:

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Co-exist

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to try to win or achieve sth, or to try to be better than sb else:

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Compete

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12
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A person or an organisation that is competing against others

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Competitor

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13
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to add a substance which will make sth dirty or harmful:

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Contaminate

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14
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To work with sb else to achieve sth

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Co-operate

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15
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Cutting down trees over a large area

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Deforestation

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16
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To destroy sth or damage it badly

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Devastate

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17
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To stop happening or disappear

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Die out

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18
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An illness of the body in humans, animals or plants

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Disease

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19
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To give things to a number of people

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Distribute

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20
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a person or company that transports and supplies goods to a number of shops and companies:

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Distributor

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21
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to give money or goods to an organization, especially one for people or animals who need help:

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Donate (money/clothes)

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22
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a person who gives money or goods to an organization that helps people or animals:

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Donor

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23
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A long period without rain

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Drought

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24
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sudden, violent movements of the earth’s surface:

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Earthquakes

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to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer to leave a place because it is dangerous:
Evacuate
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A lack of food over a long period of time in a large area that cause the dead of many people
Famine
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Large amounts of water that have spread from a river, the sea etc and that cover an area which should be dry
Floods
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A person whose job is to find ways of collecting money for a charity
Fundraiser
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To say strongly that you must have or do sth, or that sb else must do sth
Insist (on sth)
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To communicate or mix with sb, especially while you work, play or spend time together
Interact
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involving two or more countries:
International
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To plan or arrange an event,activity, etc
Organize
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A person who plans or arranges an event, activity, etc
Organizer
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With too many people inside
Overcrowded
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So full that the contents go over the sides
Overflowing
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A person who takes part in to sth
Participant
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To take part or become involved in sth
Pollution
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The state of being poor
Poverty
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To keep sth safe or in good condition
Preserve
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To advertise sth in order to increase its sales or make it popular
Promote
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A person who organizes or provides the money for an event
Promoter
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To say or show that you do not approve of or agree with sth, especially publicly
Protest (against sth)
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To get money from people for a particular purpose
Raise (money)
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To increase the level of sth or to make sth better or stronger
Raise (awareness)
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to appear again or be seen again:
Reappear
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To built sth again
Rebuild
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To move to a new place to live or to run a business
Relocate
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To need sb/sth and not be able to live or work properly without them or it
Rely on sb/sth
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One half of a circle; sth that is arranged in this shape
Semi-circle
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Smth which doesn’t last forever, temporary
Semi-permanent
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To start a business, an organisation, a system
Set up (sth)
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To agree to pay money to a charity if sb else completes a particular activity
Sponsor
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To affect a larger area or a bigger group of people
Spread
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To help sb/sth by daging that you after with then or it, and sometimes giving practica help such as money
Support (a charity/a compaign)
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A person who supports a political party, sports team, etc
Supporter
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To continue to live or exist in or after a difficult or dangerous situation
Survive
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To change sb/sth completely, especially in a way which improves sb/sth
Transform (lives/a situation)
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Having few industries and a low standard of living
Underdeveloped
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The number of people who are unemployed
Unemployment
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The proces in which areas of the countryside become part of towns and cities
Urbanization
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Times when a mountain with a hole in the top throws out steam, lava, fire, smoke etc
Volcanic eruptions
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A person who offers or agrees to do sth without being forced or paid to do it
Volunteer
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To offer sth to do sth which you do not have to do or for which you will not be paid
Volunteer (time/help)
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To carry sb/sth away
Wash (sb/sth) away
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To do work for ah organization that collects money to help people who are poor, sick, etc
Work for charity
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a person who agrees to pay money to a charity if sb else completes a particular activity:
Sponsor