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Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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to try to deal with a problem, etc:

A

Adress (issues / a problem)

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2
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To help sb/sth

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Aid (poor people/developing countries)

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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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6
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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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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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11
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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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25
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to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer to leave a place because it is dangerous:

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Evacuate

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26
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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

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Famine

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27
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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

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Floods

28
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A person whose job is to find ways of collecting money for a charity

A

Fundraiser

29
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To say strongly that you must have or do sth, or that sb else must do sth

A

Insist (on sth)

30
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To communicate or mix with sb, especially while you work, play or spend time together

A

Interact

31
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involving two or more countries:

A

International

32
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To plan or arrange an event,activity, etc

A

Organize

33
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A person who plans or arranges an event, activity, etc

A

Organizer

34
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With too many people inside

A

Overcrowded

35
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So full that the contents go over the sides

A

Overflowing

36
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A person who takes part in to sth

A

Participant

37
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To take part or become involved in sth

A

Pollution

38
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The state of being poor

A

Poverty

39
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To keep sth safe or in good condition

A

Preserve

40
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To advertise sth in order to increase its sales or make it popular

A

Promote

41
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A person who organizes or provides the money for an event

A

Promoter

42
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To say or show that you do not approve of or agree with sth, especially publicly

A

Protest (against sth)

43
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To get money from people for a particular purpose

A

Raise (money)

44
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To increase the level of sth or to make sth better or stronger

A

Raise (awareness)

45
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to appear again or be seen again:

A

Reappear

46
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To built sth again

A

Rebuild

47
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To move to a new place to live or to run a business

A

Relocate

48
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To need sb/sth and not be able to live or work properly without them or it

A

Rely on sb/sth

49
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One half of a circle; sth that is arranged in this shape

A

Semi-circle

50
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Smth which doesn’t last forever, temporary

A

Semi-permanent

51
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To start a business, an organisation, a system

A

Set up (sth)

52
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To agree to pay money to a charity if sb else completes a particular activity

A

Sponsor

53
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To affect a larger area or a bigger group of people

A

Spread

54
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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

A

Support (a charity/a compaign)

55
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A person who supports a political party, sports team, etc

A

Supporter

56
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To continue to live or exist in or after a difficult or dangerous situation

A

Survive

57
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To change sb/sth completely, especially in a way which improves sb/sth

A

Transform (lives/a situation)

58
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Having few industries and a low standard of living

A

Underdeveloped

59
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The number of people who are unemployed

A

Unemployment

60
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The proces in which areas of the countryside become part of towns and cities

A

Urbanization

61
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Times when a mountain with a hole in the top throws out steam, lava, fire, smoke etc

A

Volcanic eruptions

62
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A person who offers or agrees to do sth without being forced or paid to do it

A

Volunteer

63
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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

A

Volunteer (time/help)

64
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To carry sb/sth away

A

Wash (sb/sth) away

65
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To do work for ah organization that collects money to help people who are poor, sick, etc

A

Work for charity

66
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a person who agrees to pay money to a charity if sb else completes a particular activity:

A

Sponsor

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